China Pharmaceutical University

China Pharmaceutical University (CPU) is a public pharmacy-focused university in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, directly administered by the Ministry of Education and co-sponsored by the Ministry of Education and the Jiangsu provincial government.中国药科大学（简称药大）位于中国江苏省南京市，是教育部直属、由教育部与江苏省共建的公立药学类高校。

It traces its origin to the National Pharmacy College founded in September 1936 and took its present name in October 1986, when the Nanjing Pharmacy College merged with the Nanjing College of Chinese Medicine.学校源头为 1936 年 9 月创办的国立药学专科学校，1986 年 10 月南京药学院与南京中药学院合并后定名中国药科大学。

The university belongs to Project 211 and the Double First-Class Construction, runs campuses at Xuanwumen and Jiangning, and enrols about 20,000 students, including several hundred from abroad.学校是「211 工程」和「双一流」建设高校，设有玄武门、江宁两个校区，各类在校生约两万人，其中留学生数百人。

History

• In September 1936 the National Pharmacy College was founded in Nanjing as a four-year institution, and Meng Mudi served as its first president from 1936 to 1939.1936 年 9 月，国立药学专科学校在南京创办，学制四年，孟目的出任首任校长（1936 至 1939 年）。
• During the Second Sino-Japanese War the college moved first to Hankou in Wuhan and then to Chongqing, continuing instruction while displaced from Nanjing.抗日战争期间，学校先迁汉口，再迁重庆，在离乱中坚持办学。
• In June 1950 the school was renamed the East China Pharmacy College, marking its reorganisation under the new national education system.1950 年 6 月，学校更名为华东药学专科学校，在新中国教育体系下完成重组。
• In November 1952 the pharmacy department of Qilu University and the pharmacy programme of Soochow University were merged into the school, which became the East China College of Pharmacy.1952 年 11 月，齐鲁大学药学系和东吴大学药学专修科并入，学校组建为华东药学院。
• In 1953 the pharmacy class of the Wuhan Central and South China College of Hygiene joined, strengthening the school's pharmaceutical chemistry teaching.1953 年，武汉中南卫生专科学校药剂专科班并入，充实了学校的药物化学教学力量。
• The college began enrolling graduate students in 1955, one of the earliest pharmacy institutions in China to offer postgraduate training.学校于 1955 年开始招收研究生，是中国最早开展药学研究生教育的高校之一。
• In June 1956 it was renamed the Nanjing Pharmacy College, a name it held for three decades.1956 年 6 月，学校更名为南京药学院，此名沿用三十年。
• In October 1986 the Nanjing Pharmacy College merged with the Nanjing College of Chinese Medicine to establish China Pharmaceutical University, combining Western pharmacy and traditional Chinese medicine in one institution.1986 年 10 月，南京药学院与南京中药学院合并，成立中国药科大学，把现代药学与中药学纳入同一所学校。
• In 1993 the university set up its science and technology industry group, which spun off pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and chemical research companies.1993 年，学校成立科技实业集团，下设制药、生物制药和医药化工等公司。
• In 1996 the university entered Project 211, the national scheme for building about one hundred key universities.1996 年，学校进入国家「211 工程」行列，该工程旨在重点建设约一百所高校。
• In February 2000 it was transferred to the direct administration of the Ministry of Education, ending its period under the former State Pharmaceutical Administration.2000 年 2 月，学校转为教育部直属管理，结束了此前由原国家医药管理局管理的时期。
• In 2001 the Jiangsu Pharmaceutical School was merged into the university, adding secondary and vocational pharmacy training to its portfolio.2001 年，江苏省药科学校并入，学校由此增加了中等和高等职业药学教育。
• At its seventieth anniversary at the end of 2006 the university restored Jingye Jiqun as its motto, and the earlier slogan of rigour, truth, unity and innovation became the school spirit.2006 年末七十周年校庆时，学校恢复「精业济群」为校训，原校训「严谨求实团结创新」改为校风。
• Construction of the Jiangning campus library began in 2008, and the building opened to readers in September 2012.江宁校区图书馆于 2008 年动工，2012 年 9 月投入使用。
• The Jiangning campus gymnasium opened in 2011, giving the university its main venue for sports competitions and large ceremonies.江宁校区体育馆于 2011 年投入使用，成为学校体育比赛和大型典礼的主要场所。
• Lai Maode became president in January 2013 and led the university until September 2022, when Hao Haiping succeeded him.来茂德于 2013 年 1 月出任校长，任职至 2022 年 9 月，由郝海平接任。
• A new laboratory building on the Jiangning campus was completed in 2018 and is reserved for graduate research rather than undergraduate teaching.江宁校区新实验大楼于 2018 年完工，主要供研究生科研使用，不用于本科教学。
• In September 2017 the university was included in the Double First-Class Construction, with pharmacy named as its world-class discipline.2017 年 9 月，学校进入「双一流」建设名单，药学被列为世界一流建设学科。
• The university name inscribed on its gates was written by Hu Yaobang, who served as general secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1982 to 1987 and was born in Liuyang, Hunan.校门上方的校名由胡耀邦题写，他于 1982 至 1987 年担任中共中央总书记，是湖南浏阳人。
• Its emblem shows three benzene rings around a human figure, with the figure also forming the letter Y for yao, the Chinese word for medicine.学校校徽以三个苯环环绕人形图案构成，人形同时形似「药」字拼音首字母 Y。
• The school song, Weizhi Woxiao, opens with the line our university stands firm east of the river, and a newer song, Zai Chuang Huihuang, was composed by Cui Xin with lyrics by staff and students.老校歌《巍巍我校》以「巍巍我校，屹立江东」开篇，新校歌《再创辉煌》由药大人集体作词、崔新作曲。

Academics

• The university is organised into 16 schools and departments, including the School of Pharmacy, the School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the School of Life Science and Technology and the School of International Pharmaceutical Business.学校现设 16 个院部，包括药学院、中药学院、生命科学与技术学院和国际医药商学院等。
• It offers first-level doctoral programmes in pharmacy and traditional Chinese medicine, with 24 doctoral degree authorisation points, 29 master's degree points and professional master's degrees in pharmacy, traditional Chinese medicine and public administration.学校拥有药学、中药学 2 个一级学科博士点，24 个博士学位授权点和 29 个硕士学位授权点，并开设药学、中药学、公共管理等专业硕士学位。
• A post-doctoral research station in pharmacy admits postdoctoral researchers in 15 disciplines, and pharmacy is a national key first-level discipline.学校设有药学博士后科研流动站，15 个学科专业可招收博士后研究人员，药学为国家一级重点学科。
• The university employs 1,462 staff, including 743 full-time teachers, of whom 475 hold master's or doctoral degrees and 21 serve on Ministry of Education pharmacy teaching committees or in the Chinese Pharmaceutical Association.学校有在职教职工 1,462 人，其中专任教师 743 人，具有博士、硕士学位者 475 人，另有 21 人次在教育部药学类专业教学指导委员会、中国药学会等学术团体担任主要职务。
• Two academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Peng Sixun and Wang Guangji, have worked at the university, and more than 40 percent of the faculty hold senior academic titles.中国工程院院士彭司勋、王广基曾长期在校工作，学校 40% 以上的教师具有高级职称。
• Its faculty includes two Changjiang Scholars, three Jiangsu distinguished professors and four recipients of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, and it appoints 80 doctoral supervisors and 175 master's supervisors.学校有「长江学者」特聘教授 2 人、江苏特聘教授 3 人、国家杰出青年科学基金获得者 4 人，并聘任博士生导师 80 人、硕士生导师 175 人。
• Teaching is supported by 11 experimental teaching centres and by four ministerial key laboratories, including the MOE key laboratory for modern Chinese medicine and the one for drug quality and safety early warning.教学依托 11 个实验教学中心，以及「现代中药」和「药物质量与安全预警」两个教育部重点实验室等四个部级重点实验室。
• The New Drug Screening Centre and a pharmacokinetics key laboratory give the university platforms for early-stage drug discovery and evaluation.新药筛选中心和药代动力学重点实验室为学校提供了早期药物发现与评价平台。
• It is the only institution authorised by the Ministry of Education to admit full-time pharmacy students, continuing education students and senior visiting scholars from overseas.学校是教育部唯一授权招收海外全日制药学学生、继续教育学生和高级访问学者的高校。
• The university has signed academic exchange agreements with more than 30 higher education institutions and maintains research links in more than 40 countries and regions.学校与 30 多所境外高校签署学术交流协议，并与 40 多个国家和地区的研究机构保持合作。
• It enrols 448 international students and is one of the mainland institutions open to students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.学校有留学生 448 人，也是内地招收香港、澳门和台湾地区学生的高校之一。
• Research has been funded by more than 70 projects under the State Key Programmes and by more than 300 projects from the National Natural Science Foundation and the State New Drug Research Foundation.学校承担国家科技重大专项等国家级重点项目 70 余项，以及国家自然科学基金和国家新药研究基金项目 300 余项。
• The university's disciplinary strength spans pharmacy, traditional Chinese medicine, biology, chemistry, biomedical engineering, basic medical science and public health.学校学科覆盖药学、中药学、生物学、化学、生物医学工程、基础医学和公共卫生与预防医学等领域。
• Its 985 Engineering Advantage Discipline Innovation Platform, awarded before the Double First-Class scheme, funded shared facilities for drug discovery across several schools.学校建有「985 工程优势学科创新平台」，在「双一流」实施前即获得专项支持，用于建设跨学院的药物发现共享设施。
• The university runs continuing education and higher vocational programmes in pharmacy alongside its research degrees, a portfolio enlarged by the 2001 merger of the Jiangsu Pharmaceutical School.除研究生教育外，学校还开设药学继续教育和高等职业教育，2001 年江苏省药科学校并入后这一板块进一步扩大。
• Pharmacy and traditional Chinese medicine form the two core disciplines around which teaching, research and clinical collaboration are organised.药学与中药学构成学校教学、科研和临床合作的两大核心学科。
• The School of Basic Medical Sciences and Clinical Pharmacy links laboratory pharmacology with hospital practice, training students for clinical pharmacy roles.基础医学与临床药学学院把实验室药理学与医院实践相衔接，培养临床药学人才。
• Its pharmaceutical business school, one of the earliest in China, trains managers for an industry that the university has supplied with specialists since the 1950s.国际医药商学院是国内较早设立的医药商学院之一，为自 20 世纪 50 年代以来学校持续服务的医药行业培养管理人才。
• The university's industry group, founded in 1993, commercialises campus research through pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and chemical subsidiaries.学校于 1993 年成立的科技实业集团通过制药、生物制药和医药化工子公司推动校内科研成果转化。
• Doctoral training in biology expands the university beyond classical pharmacy into biopharmaceuticals and molecular medicine.生物学博士点的设立使学校从传统药学拓展到生物制药与分子医学领域。

Campus

• The university has two campuses: Xuanwumen in downtown Nanjing beside Xuanwu Lake Park, and Jiangning in the southeastern outskirts.学校设有两个校区，即位于南京市中心、紧邻玄武湖公园的玄武门校区，以及位于东南郊的江宁校区。
• The two campuses cover 1.7592 million square metres, and the university library holds 1.2498 million volumes including electronic books.两个校区占地 175.92 万平方米，图书馆藏书 124.98 万册（含电子图书）。
• The Jiangning campus occupies 2,439 mu in Jiangning University Town and houses more than 8,000 students, mainly undergraduates.江宁校区位于江宁大学城，占地 2,439 亩，入住学生 8,000 余人，以本科生为主。
• Freshmen and sophomores live and study at Jiangning, while most master's and doctoral students are based at Xuanwumen.本科一至四年级学生和高职学生在江宁校区，多数硕士、博士研究生则在玄武门校区。
• The Jiangning campus has five teaching buildings labelled A to E, nine laboratory buildings, two canteens with five caterers and dormitory groups A to H.江宁校区建有 A 至 E 五栋教学楼、九栋实验楼、两栋食堂（共五家餐饮）以及 A 至 H 八个宿舍组团。
• Dormitory group H, opened later than the others, has lifts and two-person rooms, a newer standard of accommodation on the campus.较晚建成的 H 组团配有电梯和二人间，是江宁校区较新的住宿标准。
• Nanjing Metro Line 1 terminates at China Pharmaceutical University station outside the Jiangning campus gate, and bus route 19 also serves the site.南京地铁 1 号线终点站中国药科大学站位于江宁校区门口，区内 19 路公交也在此设站。
• The library, built between 2008 and 2012, and the 2011 gymnasium are the main public buildings on the Jiangning campus.2008 至 2012 年建成的图书馆和 2011 年启用的体育馆是江宁校区的主要公共建筑。
• The university has installed facial recognition at dormitory groups, the library and campus gates for access control, a system reported by Xinhua News Agency.学校在宿舍组团、图书馆和校门安装人脸识别系统用于门禁管理，新华社曾对此作过报道。
• The older Xuanwumen campus at 24 Tongjiaxiang Road sits within walking distance of Xuanwu Lake, the Hunan Road commercial area and the Xinjiekou city centre.位于童家巷 24 号的玄武门老校区步行可达玄武湖、湖南路商业区，乘地铁至新街口也只需数分钟。

Reputation

• In the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities, China Pharmaceutical University is placed in the 601-700 band.在 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名中，中国药科大学位列第 601-700 名区间。
• U.S. News ranks it 806th in its 2026-2027 Best Global Universities list.在 2026-2027 年度 U.S. News 全球大学榜单中，学校位列第 806 名。
• It is not listed in the 2027 QS World University Rankings.学校未进入 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名。
• It is not listed in the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.学校未进入 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名。
• Its Project 211 membership, granted in 1996, and its 2017 Double First-Class designation with pharmacy as the selected discipline define its national standing.1996 年进入「211 工程」以及 2017 年以药学入选「双一流」，共同确立了学校的国家级地位。
• The 985 Engineering Advantage Discipline Innovation Platform, awarded in the same period, is often cited as evidence of its research strength in drug discovery.同期获得的「985 工程优势学科创新平台」常被视为学校在新药发现领域科研实力的体现。
• Pharmacy at the university is a national key first-level discipline, a designation held by only a few pharmacy schools in China.学校药学为国家一级重点学科，全国仅少数药学院校拥有这一身份。
• The university is widely known as Nanyao, the southern pharmacy school, in contrast with the northern pharmacy tradition centred on Shenyang Pharmaceutical University.学校在业内常被称为「南药」，与以沈阳药科大学为中心的北方药学传统并称。
• Its alumni include several academicians and the founders of major Chinese pharmaceutical companies, which sustains its reputation within the industry.学校校友中既有院士，也有中国大型制药企业的创办者，这使学校在行业内保持较高声誉。

Student life

• About 19,730 full-time students study at the university, including 448 international students, and total enrolment passes 20,000 when continuing education students are counted.学校有全日制在校生约 19,730 人，其中包括留学生 448 人，加上继续教育学生后各类在校生超过两万人。
• Undergraduates at Jiangning live in eight dormitory groups and eat in two canteens that together host five food outlets.江宁校区本科生住在八个宿舍组团，两个食堂共引入五家餐饮。
• The Jiangning campus has three supermarkets and several small shops, and its 2011 gymnasium hosts inter-college sports competitions.江宁校区设有三家超市和若干小商店，2011 年启用的体育馆承办各学院之间的体育比赛。
• The metro terminus at the campus gate connects students to central Nanjing, a journey that makes the downtown Xuanwumen campus and the city centre easily accessible.校门口的地铁终点站把学生与南京主城相连，前往市中心的玄武门校区和城区都十分便利。
• Freshmen complete military training and laboratory safety induction before beginning pharmacy coursework, which includes substantial practical training in the experimental teaching centres.新生在开始药学课程前要完成军训和实验室安全教育，药学课程本身在实验教学中心安排了大量实践训练。
• The university's motto Jingye Jiqun asks students to master their profession and to serve the wider community through it.校训「精业济群」要求学生精于专业，并以专业服务大众。
• The school song is sung at the opening and graduation ceremonies, and the older Weizhi Woxiao remains part of the university's ceremonial tradition.校歌在开学典礼和毕业典礼上演唱，老校歌《巍巍我校》仍是学校礼仪传统的一部分。
• Students organise pharmacy-themed public service activities, including drug safety outreach to neighbourhoods around the Xuanwumen campus.学生组织药学主题的公益活动，包括在玄武门校区周边社区开展用药安全宣传。
• International students study alongside Chinese classmates in pharmacy and traditional Chinese medicine programmes, with courses available in English.留学生在药学与中药学专业与中国同学一起学习，部分课程以英语授课。

Notable people

• Meng Mudi, the first president, guided the National Pharmacy College from 1936 to 1939 and is regarded as a founder of modern pharmaceutical education in China.孟目的是首任校长，1936 至 1939 年主持国立药学专科学校，被视为中国现代药学教育的奠基人之一。
• Peng Sixun, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a medicinal chemist, spent his career at the university and lent his name to its pharmacy school traditions.彭司勋是中国工程院院士、药物化学家，毕生在校工作，其学术传统深植于学校药学院。
• Wang Guangji, also an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, is known for pharmacokinetics research conducted at the university.王广基同为中国工程院院士，以在学校开展的药代动力学研究著称。
• Ye Juquan, a specialist in traditional Chinese medicine and materia medica, is counted among the university's most distinguished early scholars.叶桔泉是中医中药学家，被列为学校最杰出的早期学者之一。
• Xu Guojun, a pharmacognosist, helped establish the scientific study of medicinal plants at the university.徐国钧是生药学家，推动学校建立了药用植物科学研究体系。
• Yuan Chengye, an organic chemist and academician, is listed among the university's notable science alumni.袁承业是有机化学家、院士，被列入学校知名理科校友名录。
• Shen Jiaxiang, a medicinal chemist, and Zhou Jun, a plant resources and phytochemistry specialist, both appear on the university's list of distinguished figures.药物化学家沈家祥与植物资源及植物化学家周俊，均见于学校杰出人物名录。
• Hu Zhibi, a specialist in traditional Chinese medicine biotechnology, and Xie Jingxi, a medicinal chemist, represent the university's strength in natural product research.中药生物工程专家胡之璧与药物化学家谢晶曦，体现了学校在天然产物研究方面的实力。
• Xie Zongwan, a pharmacognosist and herbal literature scholar, and Liao Qingjiang, a pharmaceutical scientist, are also counted among its notable academics.生药学家和本草学家谢宗万、药物学家廖清江同样被列为学校知名学者。
• Liu Guojie, a pharmaceutics specialist, and An Dengkui, a pharmaceutical analyst, trained generations of pharmacy students in Nanjing.药剂学家刘国杰和药物分析学家安登魁在南京培养了一代代药学学生。
• Sun Piaoyang, founder of the listed pharmaceutical company Hengrui, is the best-known entrepreneur among the university's alumni and a frequent reference in its industry outreach.孙飘扬是上市公司恒瑞医药的创办者，也是学校校友中最知名的企业家，常被学校在产业合作中提及。
• Ding Jiayi, a specialist in traditional Chinese medicine, is listed among the university's notable scholars alongside the pharmacognosist Xu Guojun.中药学家丁家宜与生药学家徐国钧一起，被列入学校知名学者名录。
• Hao Haiping, president since September 2022, is a pharmacologist whose appointment continued the university's tradition of leadership by research scientists.郝海平自 2022 年 9 月起任校长，是药理学出身的研究型领导者，延续了学校由科学家治校的传统。