Program overview
Pharmacy is the discipline that covers the entire process from drug discovery to clinical application. Its core lies in understanding how drugs interact with the human body and how to design safer, more effective medications. You will study core courses such as medicinal chemistry, pharmacology, pharmaceutics, and pharmaceutical analysis, while also gaining foundational medical knowledge in biochemistry and physiology. Simply put, it’s about figuring out “why drugs work, how to use them, and how to make them.” Chinese universities have strong capabilities in pharmacy—specialized institutions like China Pharmaceutical University and Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, as well as pharmacy schools at comprehensive universities like Peking University and Fudan University, all boast advanced labs and rich industry-academia collaboration resources. This major suits students who are interested in chemistry and biology, enjoy hands-on lab work, and are patient and detail-oriented. If you hope to directly participate in new drug R&D or drug quality control in the future, this major is a great fit.