The criteria for determining the equivalence of foreign Chinese medical programs to domestic programs at the same educational level, in terms of admissions eligibility, graduation institutions, prescribed period of study, and curriculum, as set forth in Article 2, shall be as follows:1. Postbaccalaureate Chinese medicine programs:(1) Admissions eligibility: Possession of a baccalaureate or bachelor’s degree(2) Graduation institutions: Institutions included on the Ministry of Education’s Reference List(3) Prescribed period of study: Not less than five years(4) Curriculum: Comparable to the core competencies and core curriculum offered by domestic postbaccalaureate Chinese medicine programs 1. Courses: Preclinical medicine, Preclinical Chinese medicine, Clinical medicine, and Clinical Chinese medicine (See Appendix II). 2. Earning at least 204 credits or completing at least 5,404 hours of courses at the time of graduation, including no less than 1,120 hours of clinical observation/internship and 1,800 hours of clinical internship in Chinese medicine2. Chinese medicine programs:(1) Admissions eligibility: Possession of a high school diploma or an equivalent qualification(2) Graduation institutions : Institutions included on the Ministry of Education’s Reference List(3) Prescribed period of study: Not less than seven years(4) Curriculum: Comparable to the core competencies and core curriculum offered by domestic Chinese medicine programs 1. Courses: Preclinical medicine, Preclinical Chinese medicine, Clinical medicine, and Clinical Chinese medicine (See Appendix II). 2. Earning at least 276 credits or completing at least 6,815 hours of courses at the time of graduation, including no less than 1,280 hours of clinical observation/internship and 1,800 hours of clinical internship in Chinese medicineAppendix II The department of chinese medicine and postbaccalaureate chinese medicine.pdf