The integration of professional education and innovation and entrepreneurship education has become increasingly important in higher education in the new era. However

the current studies on such integration of English education and innovation and entrepreneurship education are still insufficient. From the perspective of the Triple Helix theory

we made a case study of Y Chinese Medicine University through a questionnaire survey of students and interviews with teachers

and analyzed the data from four perspectives including the cognition of students

the integration of relevant courses

the participation of enterprises and the support from government to explore the status quo of integrating English teaching and innovation and entrepreneurship program in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) colleges and universities. To solve the problems identified in the research

some strategies are proposed accordingly such as improving the cognition of students

innovative mixed teaching and collaborative innovation by universities

government and enterprises

aiming to provide reference for the integration of English education and innovation and entrepreneurship education in such colleges and universities.