China Pharmaceutical University

Located in the ancient capital of Nanjing, China Pharmaceutical University was founded in 1936 as China’s first state-established higher education institution for pharmacy. Directly administered by the Ministry of Education, it is included in the national Project 211 and Project 985 Innovation Platform for Advantageous Disciplines initiatives and joined the national Double First-Class initiative in 2017. It is a multidisciplinary research university with a distinctive focus on pharmacy. Its pharmaceutical discipline cluster, led by Pharmacy and Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, has consistently maintained a leading position in China, earning it the reputation of “the cradle of China’s biopharmaceutical talent.” Since 2000, it has received national teaching achievement awards in both undergraduate and postgraduate education. It has won first prize in the National Teaching Achievement Awards, the government’s highest education award presented every four years, on 4 occasions. Its graduate employment rate has long ranked among the highest at Ministry of Education universities and universities in Jiangsu.

The university has 2 campuses, Xuanwumen and Jiangning, covering over 2100 mu. It has 20029 full-time students, including 11179 undergraduate and junior college students, 8323 postgraduate students and 462 international students. It has 1919 active faculty and staff, including 1171 full-time teachers. It brings together many renowned medical and pharmaceutical experts and has produced 10 academicians and numerous prominent scholars in pharmacy. Its current faculty includes 1 member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and 1 member of the German academy of sciences. It has 2 National Huang Danian-style University Faculty Teams, 21 national high-level talent selections and 81 national high-level young talent selections.

The university is dedicated to developing a world-class “Modern Pharmaceutical Discipline System 2.0,” driven by “Pharmacy + X,” characterized by new pharmaceutical sciences and broad pharmacy, and integrating human medicines, pesticides and veterinary medicines. It has 16 schools and departments, 31 undergraduate programs or program groups, 4 first-level disciplines authorized to award doctoral degrees (Pharmacy, Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, Biology and Biomedical Engineering), 2 professional doctoral degree authorization fields (Biology and Medicine, and Pharmacy), 8 first-level disciplines authorized to award master’s degrees, 6 professional master’s degree authorization fields, and 2 postdoctoral research stations (Pharmacy and Traditional Chinese Pharmacy). Traditional Chinese Pharmacy has been selected as a national Double First-Class development discipline. Pharmacy received an A+ rating in the fourth national discipline assessment. In the fifth discipline assessment and national professional degree assessment, its leading disciplines of Pharmacy and Traditional Chinese Pharmacy maintained their strengths and both achieved excellent results. In January 2025, 11 subject areas ranked in the global ESI top one percent: Pharmacology and Toxicology, Chemistry, Clinical Medicine, Biology and Biochemistry, Materials Science, Agricultural Sciences, Neuroscience and Behavior, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Environment/Ecology, Immunology, and Plant and Animal Science. Pharmacology and Toxicology ranked in the global ESI top one ten-thousandth, placing 13th worldwide (0.955 ten-thousandths) and first among Asian universities. In the 2024-2025 U.S. News Best Global Universities rankings, Pharmacology and Toxicology ranked fourth worldwide. In the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) subject rankings, Medicinal Chemistry ranked third worldwide. In the 2024 ShanghaiRanking Best Chinese Subjects Rankings, 4 disciplines were listed, with Pharmacy ranking first in China as a champion discipline.

The university actively serves major national strategies and continually improves its independent innovation capacity in new drug research and development. It has established the National Key Laboratory of Multi-Target Natural Medicines, along with provincial and ministerial key laboratories, engineering technology centers and innovation platforms. These cover all three major fields of chemical drugs, traditional Chinese medicines and biological drugs, providing comprehensive services for the development of new medicines. It has substantive academic partnerships with universities and research institutions in more than 40 countries and regions. In recent years, it has received 4 second prizes in the National Science and Technology Progress Awards, 1 second prize in the National Technological Invention Awards and 2 National Innovation Competition Awards. It has consistently ranked first among Chinese universities in the number of projects approved under the national major science and technology program for Major New Drug Development.

Contact information

Address: 639 Longmian Avenue, Jiangning District, Nanjing, China, 211198

School of International Education, China Pharmaceutical University

Contacts: Teacher Shao and Teacher Jin

Email: 1620204626@cpu.edu.cn, 1620214686@cpu.edu.cn

Website: international.cpu.edu.cn