About Guangdong Pharmaceutical University
Guangdong Pharmaceutical University is one of the three pharmaceutical universities in the
country. The school has a long history of running schools, and its origins can be traced
back to the Tuqiang Medical School (Tuqiang Midwifery School) founded by Wu Hanchi in 1902.
Through the years, it has maintained the continuity of medical and health education and
teaching. In 1958, the Guangdong Provincial School of Health Cadre Training was established.
In 1978, it was upgraded to an ordinary undergraduate college and named Guangdong Medical
College; in 1994, it was renamed Guangdong Medical College; in 2016, it was officially
renamed “Guangdong Pharmaceutical University” after approval by the Ministry of Education.
Since the establishment of the school, the school has adhered to the school motto of
“Pharmacy, Chinese Medicine, Western Medicine, and Good Medicine”, and has promoted the
school spirit of “Inspirational and Prosperous, Harmonious and New. A unique institution of
higher pharmaceutical sciences.
Guangdong Pharmaceutical University has five campuses in Guangzhou (University Town,
Chigang, Baogang), Zhongshan and Yunfu, covering an area of nearly 5,300 acres. There are 19
colleges (departments) and 2 affiliated tertiary hospitals. There are 47 undergraduate
majors, and it is one of the most complete universities in the field of pharmacy in China.
Among them, 3 are pharmacy, pharmaceutical preparations, and preventive medicine. The 11
specialties are Chinese medicine, clinical medicine, information management and information
system. Characteristic specialties; there are five master’s degree first-level disciplines
authorized in pharmacy, integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine, public health
and preventive medicine, basic medicine, and bioengineering, and six master’s degrees in
pharmacy, traditional Chinese medicine, clinical medicine, public health, nursing, biology,
and medicine Professional degree authorization category. There are more than 22,000
full-time undergraduate, graduate and international students.