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Why Study Acupuncture Here?

When you graduate you will receive a BSc (Hons) Acupuncture degree.

In February 2003 the College was validated by Kingston University. Graduates are awarded a BSc (Hons) degree as well as a Licentiate in Acupuncture (Lic Ac). We believe that university validation is an essential requirement for all courses training healthcare professionals.

Kingston University is a forward looking university with excellent educational standards and a similar ethos to our own. We are proud to be associated with it. Our students and graduates benefit from access to university facilities, including their library. They can access Blackboard, the University's online teaching, learning and communication facility, and download lecture notes. They also have Athens password protected access to online journals and databases, and can apply for a SCONUL (Society of College, National and University Libraries) Access membership card granting borrowing priviledges for about 178 libraries participating in the scheme. Read more about our acupuncture degree course.

By graduating from a fully accredited course such as ours you become eligible to become a member of the British Acupuncture Council (BAcC), the largest professional body for acupuncturists in the UK.

This is because the College has been fully accredited by the British Acupuncture Accreditation Board (BAAB). Read about who governs the acupuncture profession.

You will learn the two main styles of acupuncture taught in this country - the Five Element constitutional style and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).

You will be taught to integrate both styles - theoretically and clinically - so your patients can benefit from both styles of treatment.

The style of treatment you will learn will enable you to competently and confidently treat a large range of patients - and treat them at all levels of body, mind and spirit. Read more about integration.

We offer two study options: a weekend course and a weekday course.

This allows you to choose the option which best fits with your other commitments. Read more about how course time is organised.

You will learn from a highly motivated, inspirational and experienced teaching team?

Twenty-seven of our staff have been in practice for more than ten years - 14 of these for more than 20 years. Read more about our teaching staff

You will be attending classes in the beautiful learning environment

Our Georgian grade 2 listed buildings are at the heart of the lively town of Reading, Berkshire. Read more about the location of our College

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