Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, founded in 1958, is one of the three pharmaceutical universities in China. It was the earliest university in South China to set up a series of pharmacy specialties. Since its establishment, the school has been adhering to the motto of "Chinese medicine, western medicine and medical ethics help the world". After 60 years of hard work, it has developed into a pharmaceutical university with unique characteristics of "taking medicine as the main part, combining medicine with medicine, integrating pharmacists and coordinating development of multi-disciplines".

The school has a large scale and complete conditions. It has five campuses in Guangzhou (University City, Chigang, Baogang), Zhongshan and Yunfu, covering an area of nearly 5,300 mu, with a total construction area of 76,4337 square meters. The school is based in Guangzhou University City, which is located in Zhongling Yuxiu and has many schools. There are 19 colleges (departments) and 2 affiliated tertiary hospitals. There are more than 21,000 full-time undergraduates, postgraduates and international students.

The advantages and characteristics of the school disciplines are prominent. Clinical medicine has entered the top 1% of ESI in the world. Pharmaceutical science ranks 21st in the new round of subject evaluation in China and 2nd in the province. There are five key disciplines at the provincial and ministerial level, including one key discipline of Panfeng, three key disciplines of Guangdong Province, one key cultivation discipline of Guangdong Province, and two key disciplines of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. There are 5 first-class master degree authorization points and 6 professional master degree authorization categories.

School medical education system is complete. It has 44 undergraduate majors, including pharmacy, pharmaceutical preparations and preventive medicine, and 10 provincial-level specialties such as traditional Chinese medicine, clinical medicine, information management and information system. It has 24 national and provincial excellent open courses. There are National University Students'innovative experimental demonstration zones, National University Students' practical teaching bases, National University Students'cultural quality education bases, national and provincial experimental teaching demonstration centers, etc. The characteristics of students'innovation and entrepreneurship are outstanding. The founding team won the championship of China World Cup in 2017 and became the first medical university to win the championship. The school has been awarded "Guangdong University Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Demonstration School", "Guangdong University Students Entrepreneurship and Employment Demonstration Base" and "Guangdong Province Business Incubation Demonstration Base". Since its establishment, more than 90,000 graduates of high-quality medicine and related industries have been trained. Among more than 600 pharmaceutical enterprises in Guangdong Province, more than one third of them have been founded by alumni or served as senior managers.

The school has strong scientific and technological innovation strength. There are 43 national and provincial platforms such as "Guangzhou University Town Health Industry Industry Industry, Industry, University and Research Incubation Base" of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and "Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Joint Laboratory of Glucose and Lipid Metabolism Diseases" of the Ministry of Education. A complete R&D and innovation system of "Three Major Drugs" of Chemicals, Biological Drugs and Traditional Chinese Medicine as a whole has been established. The research on the prevention and treatment of Glucose and Lipid Metabolism The first international standard for the diagnosis and treatment of glycolipid metabolic diseases was formulated and issued at the 5th World Conference on the Integration of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine. A series of innovative Chinese medicines with independent intellectual property rights, such as "Compound Zhenzhu Tiaozhi Capsule", were developed, and 17 patents were authorized by the state, PCT and Europe and the United States. Over the past five years, the school has won 31 awards for scientific and technological achievements at or above the provincial and ministerial levels, including 1 National Second Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress, 1 National Innovation Competition Certificate, 1 He Liang Holi Prize, 2 National Patent Excellence Awards, 1 Wu Jieping Prize for Medical Innovation, 1 First Prize for Science and Technology of the Chinese Society of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and 1 Prize for Chinese Society of Western Integration, 1 Prize for Scientific and Technological Achievements of the Chinese Society of Three first prizes for scientific and technological progress in Guangdong Province, etc. Participated in the research and development of 81 new drug products and technologies, resulting in benefits of nearly 100 billion yuan.

    The quality of school teachers is relatively strong. There are 1614 faculty members, including 1142 full-time teachers, 81.08% with master's degree and doctoral degree, 45.3% with senior professional and technical positions, and 297 doctoral supervisors. There are four double-hired academicians, one national model teacher, 15 special allowance experts of the State Council, three members of the Teaching Steering Committee of the Ministry of Education, two outstanding talents of the Ministry of Education in the new century, one national outstanding scientific and technological worker, one engineering talent of Baijie in South Guangdong, four scholars of Pearl River, two famous Chinese medicine practitioners in Guangdong Province, and two national and provincial training objects of "Thousands of Talents of Talents Training Project" in Guangdong Province. There are 0 excellent teachers in the whole country, 20 excellent teachers in South Guangdong, 2 talents in the "Special Support Program" Series in Guangdong Province, 3 famous teachers in Guangdong Province and 5 high-level research teams at provincial level.

Foreign cooperation and exchanges between schools are frequent. It has established substantive cooperation and exchanges with more than 40 institutions of higher learning and scientific research institutions in more than 20 countries and regions on four continents in terms of scientific research cooperation, personnel training, academic exchanges and teacher training. At present, there are more than 400 foreign students in all kinds of schools, from more than 40 countries and regions such as the United States, France, Russia, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. In recent years, the school has hosted the Fifth World Congress of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, the 23rd Sino-Japanese Health Symposium and Sino-Japanese Cultural Exchange, the "He Liang He Li" Foundation Summit Forum and Photo Exhibition, hosted the 5th Lingnan International Forum on Metabolic Diseases, the Integrated Pharmaceutical Summit Forum, etc. School experts chaired the Xiangshan Conference and Shuangqing Forum, and led the establishment of collaborative innovation in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao pharmaceutical industry. Consortium, China Integrated Pharmaceutical Alliance, the influence of academic and industry in schools has been continuously enhanced.

A new era opens a new journey. At present, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University is continuing to carry forward the spirit of "self-improvement and pursuit of excellence", aiming at building a top-ranking, internationally renowned and distinctive high-level Pharmaceutical University in China, adhering to the connotative development path, implementing the strategy of innovation-driven development, and building the university into a highland of pharmaceutical education in the south, a highland of regional pharmaceutical innovation and a service highland of Guangdong's large health industry. And strive hard.