The University of Tibetan Medicine in Lhasa, capital of the Xizang autonomous region, has accumulated experience training undergraduate, master's, and doctoral talents in Tibetan medicine. It bears the historical responsibility of cultivating innovative talents in Tibetan medicine, inheriting and innovating the traditional culture, and addressing major scientific and technological issues in Tibetan medicine.

Over the past 30 years, 58 percent out of 276 university faculty members has held master's or doctoral degrees, university officials said.