The course is for existing practitioners who understand the importance of continuous professional development and learning and for specialisation in their practice; it is flexible, enabling them to build on their professional skills and learning whilst allowing them to be involved in some of the planning of their programme; practitioners are able to tailor the course to suit their needs and situation, choosing from clinical practice experience in China with our partner University, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine or in the UK with our affiliated training clinic, the Asante Academy of Chinese Medicine; students can choose to exit with a postgraduate certificate (a 60 credit module in professional practice) or a postgraduate diploma (120 credits in professional practice, advanced classical texts and research methods); both the postgraduate certificate and the postgraduate diploma can be completed over 2 semesters (an academic year).