The university has established cooperation with 14 countries and areas. More than 1243 short-term students from over 30 countries and areas such as Japan, Korea, Russia, France, England, America, Germany and Italy come to the university per year.  For nearly 50 years since the foundation, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine has trained all kinds and grades of people with Traditional Chinese Medicine abilities for our country. The school fellows now are in over 60 countries and areas. The university has more than 700 specialists and professors, including 1 academicians of Chinese Academy of Engineering, 1 academicians of Chinese Academy of Sciences and many leaders of state key academic disciplines and famous herbalist doctors. The University now has 17 secondary schools and departments, 3 directly subordinate 3A hospitals, Shuguang Hospital, Longhua Hospital and Yueyang Hospital, 2 indirectly subordinate hospitals, Putuo Hospital and Shanghai Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 13 subordinate or joint academies, 8 research centers and 1 union of medicine, instruction and research combined of 17 institutions of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It has 3 bases of Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Base of Wushu Training for University Students, Base of Cultural Education for University Students and National Base of Science Elements Research and Instructional Specialists Training. The 3 doctoral programs accredited by Level I academic disciplines, i.e. Traditional Chinese Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicinal Materials and Combination of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine are also research stations that offer postdoctoral programs. The University has 15doctoral programs accredited by Level II academic disciplines, 30 master programs, 30 undergraduate and junior undergraduate programs and 9 academic disciplines of continuing education.