About the Colorado Chinese Medicine University®
Colorado Chinese Medicine University®’s (CCMU) name was changed from the Colorado School of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CSTCM). CCMU was founded in 1990 as CSTCM.
In 2023, after 34 years of CCMU being known as CSTCM, the CCMU Board of Directors authorized the name change to CCMU.
The name change to the Colorado Chinese Medicine University® reflects the growth of CSTCM from a single focus, single degree college into a multiple degree research institution. We offer all five professional degrees in Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine, and conduct research, maintain an Institutional Review Board (IRB), and have six specialized Educational Departments (Foundations of Acupuncture Medicine Department, Chinese Herbal Medicine Department, AHM Clinical Medicine Department, AHM Biomedicine Department, AHM Research Department, and the AHM Advanced Practice Degree Department for the DAOM program).
Since its founding 1990, CSTCM, now CCMU, remains focused on excellence in Chinese medicine expertise and education. CCMU is devoted to the success of its graduates and advancing the growth of the Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine (AHM) profession through quality education, effective AHM clinical medicine and ongoing AHM research.
The five professional degrees CCMU offers are the Master of Acupuncture (MAc), Master of Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine (MAcCHM), Doctor of Acupuncture (DAc), Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine (DAcCHM) and the advanced practice degree, the DAOM.
The MAc, MAcCHM, DAc and DAcCHM are the professional graduate degrees required to sit for the National Board Exams in Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine (AHM). Passing the comprehensive board exams is required to attain licensure to practice in the US as a Licensed Acupuncturist. The DAc and DAcCHM are also offered as completion doctoral degrees for Master’s degree graduates seeking a first professional doctorate degree.
The postgraduate DAOM Advanced Practice Degree is the highest level ACAHM accredited AHM degree currently attainable in the US. The DAOM program is only available to professional AHM degree graduates (MAc, MAcCHM, DAc, DAcCHM) who are Licensed Acupuncturists. The CCMU DAOM degree program is dedicated to enhancing clinical effectiveness through the advanced application of Classic Chinese Medicine. The CCMU DAOM program expanded Chinese Medicine from a symptom-based system to a comprehensive Qi level based system, including the anatomical structures of Qi, CCM diagnosis of Qi, CCM treatments of Qi, CCM preventions based on Qi, and also the research based on Qi. It requires an additional two years, 1215 hours, and 53.5 credits of postgraduate work encompassing rigorous academic study, specialized clinical training and completion of an AHM Capstone or research project. The CCMU DAOM degree program is unique in its field.
CCMU welcomes you to our catalog and the exploration of its professional degree programs in the art and practice of Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine.
