Accredited Schools

Chiropractic is an internationally recognized profession with a single high standard of education. In countries where there is registration of the profession, the titles chiropractor, chiropractic physician, or *doctor of chiropractic all indicate that a person is the holder of a chiropractic degree from a professional degree-granting programme. This course would be a minimum of 5 +1 years of university in the Oxford educational system, or 4 +1 years of graduate professional school, after university, in the North American system.

Often, in unregulated jurisdictions, especially when traditional-practice bonesetting is translated into English, people who do not have chiropractic training use the terms “chiropractor” or “chiropractic” as a generic term describing the joint manipulation or even massage that they provide. This is misleading advertising and potentially poses a threat to public safety. Because of this “training gap” the difference in the level of differential diagnostic ability between these groups can be substantial, and often, knowing when not to initiate a course of chiropractic intervention is more important than knowing how to manipulate a joint, as well as selecting an appropriate type of care to suit the patient’s specific case.

The Chiropractic profession has its own independent body to certify training programmes as meeting the world standard, the Council of Chiropractic Education – International (CCE-I).

The chiropractic colleges in the list below meet the standards and are accredited by their regional affiliate of CCE-I.

Persons wishing to undertake chiropractic training are advised to only seek them at accredited chiropractic institutions, where rigorous education equips graduates with competencies on safe and appropriate case management. It is important for prospective students to seek out CCE-I programmes. It should also be noted there are currently only a few chiropractic educational institutions in Asia (refer to https://www.wfc.org/chiropractic-educational-institutions-flags for the updated global list).

*-not a medical or dental qualification