Guangdong Pharmaceutical University (GDPU)

Chinese Training Program (1 semester)

Bachelor degree

Pharmacy

The four-year B.S. in Pharmaceuticals program prepares students for technical positions in the pharmacy production, control, and development sectors of the pharmaceutical industry or for graduate studies in pharmaceutics, medicinal chemistry/pharmacognosy, or analytical chemistry.

Students admitted to the College’s B.S. in Pharmaceutics Program are required to complete the general courses in the initial two years, which will equip the students with the tools of language and the basic concepts and procedures of academic inquiry needed for further study. After completing the general courses, each student must choose major courses in the third and fourth years, which are directly connected with the intensive specialization in principal areas of concentration, such as pharmaceutics, industrial pharmacy, biopharmaceutics and so on. In all the categories of general and major courses, there are required courses and electives. Upon graduation, the student must have completed investigations of graduation practice (dissertation) and other practice requirements. They are also required to have a good command of Chinese, get HSK certificate and be able to read Chinese literatures in pharmaceutical science.Main CoursesThe main courses include physical chemistry, chemical engineering principle, medicinal chemistry, pharmaceutical analysis, pharmacology, pharmaceutical polymers, industrial pharmacy, biopharmaceutics and pharmacokinetics, process design workshopNote: It opens when there are over 10 applicants.School of pharmacyThe department of pharmaceutics is one of the academic departments in the school of pharmacy. The academic policy of the Department of pharmaceutics is to produce graduates with well-round scholastic activities, good morality and professional etiquette, and experiences in pharmaceutics. This department offers excellent infrastructure, which includes laboratories having advanced instrumental facilities, well furnished classrooms, seminar room etc. The department is now involved in a variety of academic programmes. The department provides a broad based education background emphasizing the theoretical and practical disciplines essential for the dosage form design, evaluation and manufacture, and development of raw material for pharmaceutical applications.