Beijing University of Chinese Medicine (BUCM, Chinese: 北京中医药大学) is a public university in China. Founded in 1956, the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine is one of the first traditional Chinese medical institutions for higher learning in China. It is a traditional higher learning institution, Double First Class University and former 211 Project for national development. The former Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and the former Beijing College of Acupuncture, Orthopedics and Traumatology merged into the new Beijing University of Chinese Medicine on July 31, 2000 and became a priority university directly under the supervision of the Ministry of Education. It is a Chinese state Double First Class University identified by the Ministry of Education.