The International College of Oriental Medicine (ICOM) is the oldest acupuncture training college in the UK, providing high standards of acupuncture training since 1972. Affiliated with the University of Greenwich, ICOM offers acupuncture courses at degree level with flexible study options of both week day or weekend classes, full-time or part-time. ICOM teaches a uniquely integrated style of acupuncture based on the original teachings of the Classical texts of acupuncture. ICOM has turned out some of the best acupuncturists in the country and continues to enjoy a reputation of top notch training in acupuncture and Chinese medicine. ICOM is the only acupuncture college in the UK to teach the system of stems and branches acupuncture, which gives our practitioners a head and shoulders advantage in both their diagnosis and application of effective treatment.?