Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine (YUCM) was established in 1960, which is among the second group of universities of Traditional Chinese Medicine set up nationwide. YUCM was granted to offer Master degree in 1986 and Doctoral degree in 2018. It has 11 faculties, 1 public courses teaching department, 2 affiliated hospitals, 14 non-affiliated hospitals. There are more than 13,000 full time students. YUCM offers 28bachelor degree programs, 24 master degree programs and 5 doctoral degree programs. The university cultivates undergraduate and graduate students in medicine, science, engineering and management.

YUCM has been attaching great importance to international exchange and cooperation since its founding. The university has established cooperation with more than 30 universities and institutions in America, Australia, France, Germany, Canada, Switzerland, Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam etc., to conduct staff and students exchange as well as joint scientific research. The university has become the most influential exchange and cooperation platform in traditional medicine in South Asia and Southeast Asia.

The university has enrolled more than 2，000 students from America, France, Canada, Belgium, Sweden, Korea, Japan, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar and Malaysia. Now, there are more than 200 international students studying in YUCM.