A compact and economical transcranial magnetic stimulation system is provided which allows patient to carry out transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy routinely and repeatedly in, for example, his or her house or a neighborhood primary-care medical facility. The system 1 has a magnetic field generating means for generating a magnetic field to be used for providing magnetic stimulation to a specific part of the patients head. The magnetic field generating means has a magnetic coil 2 for generating a variable magnetic field, a holder 10 for holding the magnetic coil 2, cameras 150a and 150b for recognizing respective reference markings 24 or specific portions of ears of the patient M (tragi 24), and laser beam oscillators 160a and 160b. According to the system, the coil 2 is set in a proper posture with respect to the specific part of the patient by aligning the optical axes of the cameras 150a and 150b and the laser beam oscillators 160a and 160b with respective tragi 24.
