# China Pharmaceutical University

China Pharmaceutical University (CPU; 中国药科大学) is a public university in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education, and co-sponsored by the Ministry of Education and the Province of Jiangsu. It was founded in 1968 through mergers between the National College of Pharmacy and other smaller universities. The university is part of Project 211 and the Double First-Class Construction.

## History

In September 1936, the National Pharmacy College (four-year system) was founded. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, the school moved to Hankou, Wuhan, and then to Chongqing, and in June 1950, the school was renamed East China Pharmacy College (Chinese: 华东药学专科学校). In November 1952, the Department of Pharmacy of Qilu University and the Department of Pharmacy of Soochow University were merged into the East China Pharmacy College, and the pharmacy class of Wuhan Central and South China College of Hygiene was merged into the school in 1953, and the school began to enroll postgraduates in 1955. In 1956, the school was renamed Nanjing Pharmacy College, and in October 1986, the school was merged with Nanjing College of Chinese Medicine to establish China Pharmaceutical University. In 1996, university entered the ranks of the national "Project 211", in February 2000, turned into the Ministry of Education directly management. In 2001, Jiangsu Pharmaceutical School was merged into it.
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## Campus

CPU is located in the ancient capital of Nanjing and comprises two campuses including Xuanwumen campus located in downtown Nanjing and Jiangning campus in the southeast outskirts of Nanjing.

## Schools and departments

CPU consists of six schools (School of Pharmacy, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, School of life science and Technology, School of International Pharmaceutical Business, School of Continuing Education, and School of Higher Vocational Education), four independent departments (Dept. of Basic Sciences, Dept. of Foreign Languages, Dept. of Social Sciences, and Dept. of Physical Education), and five key labs and centers at state or provincial levels.

### Programs

The university has 3 first-level disciplinary doctoral degree authorization points (pharmacy, traditional Chinese medicine, biology), 1 doctoral professional degree authorization point (biology and medicine), 8 first-level disciplinary master's degree authorization points (pharmacy, traditional Chinese medicine, biology, chemistry, biomedical engineering, basic medical science, public administration, public health and preventive medicine), 5 master's professional degree authorization points (pharmacy, traditional Chinese medicine, biology and medicine, applied statistics, public administration), with two postdoctoral mobile stations in Pharmacy and Traditional Chinese Medicine. The first-level discipline of Pharmacy is a key discipline at the national level.

## Faculty

Among the 530 faculty members, 2 are academicians (members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering), and more than 40% have advanced academic titles. So far, the university has undertaken more than 70 research projects financed by the State Key Programs Foundation, and more than 300 research projects financed by the State Natural Sciences Foundation and the State New Drug Research Foundation. There are also funding from other national, provincial and municipal departments. Many projects have reached the international level and filled the gaps in the country's pharmaceutical field.

## Students

As of 2024, CPU has 19,730 full-time students, including 448 international students. CPU is the only institution that is authorized by the Ministry of Education to admit full-time pharmacy students, continuing education students and senior visiting scholars from overseas. It is also one of the higher educational institutions in the mainland for students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

## International

The university is also active in international academic exchanges. It has made academic exchange agreements with more than 30 higher education institutions in different countries and regions of the world, including Japan, the United States, UK, Australia, Italy and Hong Kong. In addition, it maintains academic relationships with research institutions and universities in more than 40 countries and regions.