Welcome to the first Acupuncture College in Ireland - the ICTCM.

The Irish College of  Traditional Chinese Medicine


The first Acupuncture College in Ireland, based in central Dublin since 1983, the Irish College of Traditional Chinese Medicine teaches:

  • TCM Acupuncture – Acupuncture taught within the framework of TCM
  • Chinese Herbal Medicine
  • Medical Qigong
  • Health-promoting Qigong

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Acupuncture Training


On graduating from the part-time, 3 year Licentiate programme, you can set up in practice as a qualified TCM Acupuncturist.

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Chinese Herbal Medicine


The Irish College of TCM provides a specialist postgraduate programme in Chinese Herbal Medicine.

Diploma in Chinese Herbal Medicine

Medical Qigong


Postgraduate professional training in Medical Qigong, to learn MQG as it is taught in China

What is Medical Qigong?

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Our Students


Our Acupuncture students come from all walks of life, from 21 to 70 years of age and and, so far, from 30 different countries.

Who trains to be an Acupuncturist?

Acupuncture Training

The TCM Profession


You can set up as a self-employed practitioner of Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine or Medical Qigong.

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Health Promoting Qigong


The College offers short weekend courses in Health-promoting Qigong 2 or 3 times each year. These are open to all adult members of the public.

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TCM and its Branches

Traditional Chinese Medicine is a full medical system with branches including

  • Acupuncture
  • Chinese Herbal Medicine
  • Medical Qigong

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ICTCM Features

Fees for the Acupuncture training programme can be paid by an payment plan, as shown in the current Prospectus pack.

The Four payments option is not available to late applicants.

The Terms and Conditions can be reviewed here.

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The course, called The Licentiate in TCM, begins in early October each year and we are accepting applications from January 2024 onwards.

The Prospectus 2024 has been updated and is available online. It includes:

  • An Application Form
  • Course fees and payment methods
  • A summary of the 3 year part-time programme.

Students on the Licentiate in TCM, learn to diagnose and treat clients using the underpinning theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine. This is far more comprehensive and all-encompassing than learning Acupuncture alone.

As is said on the College Website:

“The Acupuncture practitioner uses the ancient and well-established principles and theories of Chinese Medicine to diagnose and treat the client. These are exclusive to Chinese Medicine. They do not rely upon other medical systems or diagnostic methods, such as those used by Western Medical Practitioners.

A person who is working as a Practitioner of Acupuncture/TCM can be referred to as an “Acupuncture/TCM practitioner”, a “TCM practitioner specialising in Acupuncture” or a “Chinese Medical Acupuncturist”.

Other TCM treatment options are available to the Chinese Medical Acupuncturist including

Moxibustion
Cupping
Dietary therapy and
Life style advice.

These treatment methods are all taught as part of our professional Acupuncture Training Programme, the Lic.TCM.”

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The challenges and rewards of Acupuncture Training at the ICTCM

Students of Acupuncture training at the ICTCM come from many different backgrounds and life circumstances. Some are in full-time employment, have young children or even live in another country. The challenges and rewards faced in undertaking new studies are different for each student. While the Licentiate TCM is a part-time course, it is intensive. Initially […]

Traditional Chinese Medicine
offers a worthwhile, exciting, challenging  and fulfilling career.

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Faculties & Departments

Department of Acupuncture

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Featured Course: Professional Acupuncture Training

Staff in the Acupuncture Department are all fully qualified practitioners of TCM many of whom also  work as Acupuncturists and TCM professionals.

 

More information about the Department.

Department of Chinese Herbal Medicine

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Staff working in this Department are all TCM  practitioners with experience in using Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine.

Department of Qigong


The Honorary Head of the Qigong Department is Prof Song Xinhong, of GUCM, Guangzhou, China

This Department runs weekend workshops in Qigong for Health and Wellbeing and postgraduate programmes in Medical Qigong.

Head of the Medical Qigong Department

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