1622 Galisteo Street
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505

Southwest Acupuncture College, with locations in New Mexico and Colorado, offers a master's degree program in oriental medicine.

Founded in 1980, Southwest's Oriental medicine program consists of 3,045 hours of training. The focus is the five branches of Oriental medicine, with the most time spent on acupuncture and herbal medicine. The other subjects are physical therapy, nutrition and exercise and breathing therapy.

Southwest Acupuncture College has three campuses: Santa Fe, New Mexico; Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Boulder, Colorado.

Southwest Acupuncture College is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine and is approved by the New Mexico Board of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine and the Colorado Commission on Higher education.

Quick Facts

Southwest Acupuncture College has an low-cost public clinic on campus as well as several off-campus extern clinics that offer free services to the public.

The yearly schedule of Southwest Acupuncture College consists of three 15-week semesters and a 10-week summer session.

Students who take Southwest Acupuncture College's Oriental medicine program in the accelerated format can complete the program in three years. The full-time format takes four years. Part-time students can take up to seven years to complete the program.

Southwest Acupuncture College also offers continuing education courses to licensed practitioners, graduates, students and qualified members of the public.

Southwest Acupuncture College students can opt to participate in a study abroad program at the International Training Center of the Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing, China.

Four-week advanced clinical training programs are offered in acupuncture, herbal medicine, medical qi gong and tui na.

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