ACTCM - American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Entry-Level Doctorate

Completed at least 3 years of undergraduate coursework?

Earn your doctorate without a master’s prerequisite degree in our Doctorate in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine (DACM) program.

Designed to provide beginning students without a previous acupuncture degree the skills needed for advanced training.

Earn Your Doctorate
ACTCM Grads Achieve 100% Pass Rate on Licensure Exam

Our degree programs prepare our students for a career in herbology, acupuncture therapeutics, and Chinese medicine.

Read more about our graduates’ impressive board results here.

Admissions Requirements
Transition Your Master's Degree into a Doctorate

Enrollment is now open to all MSTCM graduates interested in joining our two-semester Transitional DACM Program.

Classes are taught in convenient 4-day modules and online. Now Accepting Applications!

Transitional Doctorate
Specialize Your Acupuncture Education

We are the leading DAOM program in the U.S. offering two clinical specialties in women’s health and pain management.

Meet our expert instructors and discover the top-level academic and clinical experience.

Post-Graduate Doctorate
Visit Our Acupuncture & Herbal Clinic

We treat a wide variety of conditions and diseases using acupuncture, herbs, and other healing modalities of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Schedule your appointment now.

ACTCM Clinic

ACTCM at CIIS: Shaping the Future of Chinese Medicine & Health

Students choose our college for our rigorous master's and doctoral degree programs in acupuncture and Chinese medicine. A half-century of leadership in mind, body, and spirit education, our vast network of practitioners, and world-renowned faculty foster students' professional development and personal growth.

ACTCM's merger with CIIS expands our ability to re-envision integrative health through collaborations, multimodal approaches, and a broader community to take on today's most pressing health issues.