Dr. Ute Engelhardt is a sinologist, vice-president of the SMS (International Society for Chinese Medicine) and editor-in-chief of the journal Chinesische Medizin.

Since 1988 she is lecturer at the Department of Asian Studies, Institute for Sinology at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and since 2013 she is lecturer at theTCM-Masterprogramme of Technische Universität München.

Moreover she is active for over 40 years as alecturer and trainer for Chinese dietetics, Qigong and Taiji.