The College of Pharmaceutical Sciences (CPS) at Zhejiang University has a long academic heritage. It originated from the Pharmacy Department of Zhejiang Provincial College of Medicine founded in 1913 and the Pharmacy Department of National Zhejiang University set up in 1944, becoming one of the earliest educational organizations for modern pharmacy in China. After the merging of four universities in 1998, CPS was established at Zhejiang University in 1999.

Guided by the college motto of ‘seeking truth and being creative’ and the mission of ‘creating the best medicine for human health’, CPS has achieved conspicuous development and now ranks among the best colleges of pharmaceutical sciences in China. CPS now has 3 specialties for undergraduate studies (pharmacy, pharmaceutics, and traditional Chinese pharmacy), is entitled to confer master’s degrees in 7 programs (pharmacology, pharmaceutical analysis, medicinal chemistry, pharmacognosy, pharmaceutics, microbiology and biochemistry, and traditional Chinese pharmacy), and doctoral degrees in 4 programs (pharmaceutical analysis, pharmacology, medicinal chemistry, and pharmaceutics). This enables a comprehensive advanced pharmacy education and a scientific research system. Under its administration are two departments, five research institutes, the Experimental Center for Pharmaceutical Sciences Teaching, and one post-doctoral position.

Faculty and Students

    CPS attracts the best students from China and around the world. Student enrollment reached 420 in June 2010.

The college now has 55 teaching and research faculty members, 47 research assistants, 8 teaching assistants and 10 management staff. There are 23 full professors and 26 associate professors in the teaching faculty. Its members have been awarded numerous honors, such as Professor of the Cheung Kong Scholars Program, Qiushi Professorship, China National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists, and National Excellent Teachers. Among the part-time professors, 14 are joint interdisciplinary professors from other universities in China, and 20 are visiting professors from international universities.

Structure

Department of Pharmacy

Department of Chinese Medical Science and Engineering

Experimental Center for Pharmaceutical Sciences Teaching

Institute of Material Medica

Institute of Toxicology and Biochemical Pharmacology

Pharmaceutical Informatics Institute

Institute of Pharmaceutics

Institute of Modern Chinese Medicine

Center for Drug Safety Evaluation and Research of Zhejiang University

Post-doctoral position

Programs

    CPS offers a full range of educational programs, including undergraduate, master’s, Ph.D. and post-doctoral programs. The college now has two class I disciplines, Pharmacy and Traditional Chinese Medicine. There are 6 class II disciplines, namely Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology, Pharmaceutical Analysis, Pharmaceutics, Pharmacognosy, and Microbiology and Biochemical Pharmacy. Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Analysis are key disciplines of Zhejiang Province. Traditional Chinese medicine is a key discipline in Medicine in Zhejiang Province. The pharmacology of traditional Chinese medicines, and its chemistry and analysis are key disciplines in traditional medicine in Zhejiang province. According to the Institute of Degree and Graduate Education Evaluation of the Ministry of Education in 2004, Pharmacy and Traditional Chinese Medicine both ranked fifth overall among the graduate schools of pharmacy in China.

Research Achievements

In the past five years, CPS has been awarded more than 100 major research grants including 20 national key research grants such as State 973 projects, 863 projects, National Outstanding Youth Fund projects, the National Natural Science Foundation of key research projects plan, and more than 70 National Natural Science Foundation and international cooperation projects, and an NIHRO1 project. More than 600 research articles are indexed by SCI, and 81 National Invention Patent to be authorized.  One project won the second prize in the National Scientific and Technological Progress Awards and 11 projects won Provincial Scientific and Technological Progress Awards. Three drugs developed by CPS are listed in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia.

Resources

The college building is located in the south of Zijingang Campus with a construction area of 15,386 square meters. CPS includes the Experimental Center for Pharmaceutical Sciences Teaching and the Center for Drug Safety Evaluation (GLM), and shares the Animal Experimental Center of Zhejiang University and Zhejiang University Library - Medical Branch.

International Collaborations

CPS takes an active part in international exchange and cooperation. It maintains close ties with top international research organizations. In recent years, it has carried out academic exchanges and cooperative research with institutions in the USA, Great Britain, Germany, France, Portugal, Italy, Belgium, Sweden, Korea, and Thailand. Friendly collaborative relationships with more than 20 foreign universities and research institutes have been established.

Website

www.cps.zju.edu.cn

Executive Dean: Professor Zhong Chen   

China National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists