Table 1

List of acupuncture degree courses available in Australia

Course

Institution

Approving/Recognising bodies

Bachelor of Health Science (acupuncture): 4-year undergraduate course

Endeavour College of Natural Health (previously Australian College of Natural Medicine), Queensland and Victoria

CMRB*, AACMA

Bachelor of Applied Science (Chinese medicine/human biology): 5-year undergraduate course

RMIT University, Victoria

CMRB, AACMA

Master of Applied Science (acupuncture): 3-year postgraduate course

RMIT University, Victoria

CMRB

Bachelor of Health Science (Chinese medicine): 4-year undergraduate course

Southern School of Natural Therapies, Victoria

CMRB*, AACMA*

Bachelor of Health Science in traditional Chinese medicine: 4-year undergraduate course

University of Technology Sydney, New South Wales

AACMA

Bachelor of Applied Science (traditional Chinese medicine): 4-year undergraduate course

University of Western Sydney, New South Wales

AACMA

Note:

CMRB: Chinese Medicine Registration Board of Victoria

AACMA: Australian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Association

*Provisional approval/recognition

Xue et al. Chinese Medicine 2009 4:7   doi:10.1186/1749-8546-4-7