Advanced, clinically focused education for qualified healthcare professionals worldwide.
Developed by the British Cupping Society (BCS), the programme brings more than two decades of specialist teaching, clinical education and international standards work into one structured higher-level diploma. BCS describes it as the world’s only accredited Level 7 diploma dedicated to Medical Cupping Therapy, delivered by leading medical and healthcare experts in the field.
Designed for appropriately qualified healthcare and medical professionals seeking advanced, structured study, subject to admissions criteria and local scope-of-practice requirements.
Move beyond basic procedural instruction to study theory, clinical reasoning, patient selection, indications and contraindications, consent, infection prevention, risk management, professional governance and evidence-based practice.
Students learn with dedicated, experienced academic staff who support individual development, alongside accessible administrative staff who help facilitate progression through the programme.
A modern learning environment, hosted on an established virtual learning platform, combines advanced e-learning lectures, self-directed study, live group teaching, classroom learning, in-person lectures and supervised practical skills classes.
Healthcare professionals may register from anywhere in the world. Universities and higher-education institutions may also block-book places for an academic cohort, supporting structured professional-development or elective pathways.
Individual or institutional cohort.
Online theory with live and self-directed study.
Required theory components.
Three-day practical skills programme.
Online and in-person competency assessment.
The Level 7 structure is intended to provide a transparent academic basis for universities, professional bodies and higher-education institutions to evaluate the diploma for module credit and local credit equivalence within their own frameworks.
BCS has taught and trained medical students and healthcare professionals for more than 20 years and has contributed to the development and teaching of medical cupping standards across ministries of health, universities and higher-education settings internationally. Its wider work spans the UK, Germany, USA, Türkiye, South Korea, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Qatar, Canada and Malaysia, with a continuing focus on safer practice, professional standards, education, research and responsible integration of complementary medical practice.