Maryland University of Integrative Health (MUIH), formerly the Tai Sophia Institute, is a private graduate school of alternative medicine in Laurel, Maryland. It is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and has an academic and clinical focus on whole person, relationship-centered healthcare. It is currently in the process of being acquired by Notre Dame of Maryland University.
The university was founded by Dianne Connelly and Robert Duggan in 1974 as the College of Chinese Acupuncture, U.S. In 1978, it was renamed Traditional Acupuncture Institute to train acupuncturists. [1] In 2000, it was renamed the Tai Sophia Institute and expanded its offerings to include other forms of traditional medicine, such as yoga, acupressure and herbalism. [2] In 2003, the institute moved to the Montpelier Research Park in Fulton on the site of the Montpelier Mansion (circa 1740) which was razed by Maple Lawn developers in 1996. In 2013, the Institute received approval from the state to offer graduate degrees and changed its name to the Maryland University of Integrative Health (MUIH) on March 1, 2013. [3]
It was announced in October 2023 that the university would be acquired by Notre Dame of Maryland University in Baltimore. The university will be absorbed into the new School of Integrated Health at Notre Dame of Maryland. [4]
The university offers doctoral degrees, master's degrees, graduate certificates, post-master's certificates, post-bachelor's certificates, and continuing education in areas such as acupuncture, oriental medicine, holistic health, yoga therapy, and herbal studies. [5] [6]
Bastyr University is a private alternative medicine university with campuses in Kenmore, Washington, and San Diego, California. Programs include naturopathy, acupuncture, Traditional Asian medicine, nutrition, herbal medicine, ayurvedic medicine, psychology, and midwifery.
The California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) is a private university in San Francisco, California. It was founded in 1968. As of 2020, the institute operates in two locations: the main campus near the confluence of the Civic Center, SoMa, and Mission districts, and another campus for the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Potrero Hill neighborhood. As of 2020, CIIS has a total of 1,510 students and 80 core faculty members.
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The National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM) is a private university of naturopathic medicine and Classical Chinese medicine located in Portland, Oregon. The school has approximately 553 students.
The Seattle Institute of East Asian Medicine is a private graduate college in Seattle, Washington. It is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine and authorized by the Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board to award the degrees of Master of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, Master of Acupuncture, and Doctor of Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine. SIEAM's educational programs offer training in acupuncture, tui na, shiatsu, Chinese herbal medicine, and Chinese medical language.
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Northwestern Health Sciences University (NWHSU) is a private university focused on alternative health care and located in Bloomington, Minnesota. The university has educational programs in chiropractic, Traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, therapeutic massage, Allied health professions, and human biology. The university was founded in 1941 by John B. Wolfe, DC.
J. R. Worsley was a British acupuncturist who is credited with European five element acupuncture also known as 'classical acupuncture'. The origins of Chinese Wuxing medicines have a Taoist, Chinese folk religious background distinguish it from the more widely known Confucian style of modernised traditional Chinese medicine.
Oregon College of Oriental Medicine (OCOM) is a private university in Portland, Oregon focused on graduate degrees in acupuncture and Oriental medicine. OCOM's programs are accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine and authorized by the Oregon Student Assistance Commission's Office of Degree Authorization to award Master of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine and Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine degrees. The institution's trustees voted in spring 2024 to close the institution because of declining enrollments and financial challenges.
The American Academy of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (AAAOM) is a private graduate school of traditional Oriental medicine and acupuncture in Roseville, Minnesota. It was established in 1997 in response to the encouragement of staff and faculty at the Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Jinan, China. Classes began in 1999 in a small collection of rooms in the University Technology Center building in Dinkytown, near the University of Minnesota. At that time there were about 40 full and part-time students and the school consisted of two class rooms, four treatment rooms and a small series of adjoining offices which served as reception, administration office and pharmacy. The one clinic consultation room was little more than a closet with a window and enough space for a desk and two chairs.
Regulation of acupuncture is done by governmental bodies to ensure safe practice.
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