Master's in Pharmacological and Toxicological studies

Founded in 2008, the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Nanjing Tech University covers three training levels including undergraduate, master and doctoral education, with two undergraduate majors, pharmaceutics and pharmacy. The first-level discipline master's program of pharmacy includes pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacy, pharmacognosy, pharmaceutical analysis, microbiology and biochemical pharmacy, pharmacology, etc., and the doctoral program includes pharmaceutical engineering and biochemical engineering (biochemical drug direction). There are more than 700 undergraduate students (including about 40 international students) and more than 150 doctoral and master students.

Over the past decade, the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences has evolved in its approach to educating pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists for pharmaceutical companies and research institutes. Based in Jiangsu, a strong pharmaceutical province, and focusing on the major needs of Jiangsu’s pharmaceutical industry and enterprises, currently, many research centers have been established including the National Biochemical Engineering Technology Research Center (for biochemical drugs), Jiangsu Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Center, Jiangsu Provincial Drug Safety Evaluation Center (which has been certified by the national GLP certification), and Jiangsu Provincial New Drug Preparation Research and Engineering Technology Service Center. We have extensive cooperative relations with leading pharmaceutical companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Hengrui, and Simcere, which provide an excellent teaching and research base for academic training.

Education Programs

1. Pharmaceutics

The program is designed to train students to be leaders in the profession of pharmacy and to provide them with the tools to effectively practice in senior research and teaching positions in the field of innovative pharmaceutical research, biotechnology research, pharmaceutical assessment, design, production and management of new drug in research institutions, universities and enterprises. The research in this direction focuses on new nano-drugs based on multi-modal intelligent tumor therapy; pharmacokinetic mathematical model of sustained and controlled release preparations and evaluation technology of traditional Chinese medicine multi-component drug delivery system; nano-biomaterials such as nano-contrast agents for surgical navigation.

2. Pharmaceutical chemistry

The direction relies on the national first-level key disciplines of chemical engineering and technology, focusing on new target-oriented new drug discovery and precision therapy, organic integration of small molecule innovative drug synthesis, green drug synthesis and quality control technology and microfluidic field synthesis technology, etc.

3. Pharmacology

This direction focuses on the research of metabolomics based on translational medicine; establish a comprehensive pharmacological evaluation system to screen and evaluate the antitumor activity of innovative compounds synthesized by total chemical synthesis and innovative drug delivery materials; using metabolomics to study the pathological mechanism of major diseases.

4. Microbiology and biotechnology pharmacy

It is an interdisciplinary based on the National Biochemical Engineering Technology Research Center, Jiangsu Industrial Biotechnology Innovation and and Translation Center. The direction focuses on the production of biomedical products such as various pharmaceutical intermediates, amino acids, organic acids, unsaturated fatty acids and polyamino acids developed through microbial fermentation and enzyme engineering methods.

5. Natural pharmaceutical chemistry

The aim of this direction is to establish unique natural products and their modified high-efficiency biosynthesis and semi-synthesis new methods and technology platforms; in the directional biosynthesis of new natural products and their derivatives; carrying out research on quality standards for natural medicines; the molecular mechanism of the action of natural pharmaceutical active substances.  

6. Pharmaceutical Analysis and Separation Engineering

Relying on the key laboratory of separation (membrane) materials, it has formed a distinctive feature in the high-efficiency and energy-saving complete sets of separation equipment and technology; in the green manufacturing technology of high-end membrane materials and drugs; in the separation and crystallization of biological products.

📖 Introduction

Nanjing Tech University has a history of more than one hundred years as a cradle of education. It is one of the first batch of 14 universities of the Higher Education Innovative Capacity Promotion Plan to enhance the innovative ability of talents, disciplines and scientific research at the national level. NanjingTech is a key institution of higher learning in Jiangsu Province, which is piloting comprehensive reforms and strategy for developing a strong faculty of talents. Nanjing Tech University is among of the first group of institutions of higher learning approved by the Chinese Ministry of Education for the training of "Excellent Engineers" and the comprehensive reform of graduate education for professional degrees.

🏛️  About Nanjing Tech University

Dating back to 1902 and 1915 when Sanjiang Normal School and Tongji Medical Engineering School was established, Nanjing Tech University (Nanjing Tech) enjoys a history of more than 100 years as a cradle of education, same as Nanjing University and Southeast University. It has nearly 3000 staff and over 30,000 students including international students, undergraduates, and master's degree and PhD candidates, ranked TOP5% among 1265 universities in China. According to the latest news, NanjingTech ranked 34th-50th in mainland China in Times Higher Education World University Ranking; ranked 29th in mainland China in Natural Index; ranked 54th in mainland China in Essential Science Indicators; ranked 401th-500th in Shanghai Ranking's Academic Ranking of World Universities and ranked 50th-71th in the universities in mainland China. Located in Nanjing, known as the the mega city of China and the ancient capital of 10 Dynasties, situated in China National New Zone- Jiangbei New Area, at the side of the world's third largest river- Yangtze River and the foot of a national forest park- Laoshan Mountain, Nanjing Tech is regarded as the most beautiful university in Nanjing. It has a new campus featuring “ecological, landscape-style and digital” and covers a total area of ​​3800 mu (or 253 hectares). It also has all kinds of facilities available, including students' dormitory, sports stadium, indoor swimming pool, library, with convenient transportation including the subway of Nanjing Tech Station.

Nanjing Tech University has 11 faculties, 28 schools and over 38,000 students, one first-rate National Key Discipline, one first-rate Jiangsu Provincial Development Base for National Key Disciplines, two Jiangsu University Development Bases for National Key Disciplines and four Jiangsu Provincial Preponderant Disciplines. It has 7 postdoctoral research stations, 9 primary disciplinary categories that offer 38 doctoral programs in subordinate disciplines, 29 primary disciplinary categories that offer 112 Master Degree programs in subordinate disciplines and 101 undergraduate programs which comprise 9 branches of learning, namely, engineering, science, management, economics, liberal arts, law, medicine and art. As of May of 2024, Nanjing Tech University is ranked 56^th in the Chinese mainland universities in ESI and Chemistry, Materials Sciences, Engineering are among the top 1‰ in the world, Biology & Biochemistry, Environment / Ecology，Physics and Agricultural Sciences are among the top 1% in the world. Chemistry and Materials Science were ranked in top100 in the world. We are ranked 43^rd in Chinese mainland universities in Nature Index 2024, 38^th nationally in Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and 38^th in Shanghai Ranking`s Academic Ranking of World Universities 2024. 

Nanjing Tech University has more than 3100 teaching and administrative staff among whom there are 10 academicians of Chinese Academy of Sciences/Chinese Academy of Engineering, 148 National Talents, 14 winners of the National Outstanding Youth Fund, 13 Millions of Talent Projects National Candidates and one Huang Danian Teaching Team.

Nanjing Tech University always considers teaching as its central goal, endeavoring to live on quality, develop with distinctive features and foster and optimize the system of talent cultivation. It boasts two National Level Teaching Groups, one National Demonstration Center of Experimental Teaching, one National Best Textbook, twelve National Development Bases for Distinctive Programs, two Piloting Bases for Comprehensive Reforms in Professional Programs of the Ministry of Education, seven Piloting Bases for the Training of "Excellent Engineers" of the Ministry of Education. In addition, it has three National Best Courses, two National Model Courses of Bilingual Teaching, eight Jiangsu Provincial Brand Programs, ten Jiangsu Provincial Distinctive Programs, twelve Jiangsu Provincial Key Major Categories (including 30 majors), three Piloting Majors (software) of Jiangsu Provincial Training Plan for "Excellent Engineers", thirteen Jiangsu Provincial Demonstration Centers of Experimental Teaching, one National Top 100 Excellent Doctoral Dissertation and five nominations. In 2006, Nanjing Tech University scored A in the Undergraduate Education Assessment by Ministry of Education and passed the evaluation of MOE Undergraduate Education Assessment in 2016. Nanjing Tech University was authorized by the MOE to establish the "China-US Exchange Center for Young Makers" in 2017. Over the years, NanjingTech has cultivated more than 20 leading cadres at or above the provincial or ministerial level, more than 30 academicians of CAS/CAE, and more than 100 leaders of state-owned enterprises and listed companies.

Nanjing Tech University takes pride in its enormous research strength for it boasts 7 national scientific research platforms which are National Engineering Research Center for Biotechnology, National Center for International Research of Flexible Electronics, National Research & Development Center for Heat Pipe Technology, State Key Laboratory of Materials- Oriented Chemical Engineering and National Engineering Research Center for Special Membrane Separation Technology, National Science Park, the Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, 28 research centers and 29 key laboratories of provincial and ministerial level. Since the "12th Five-Year Plan", Nanjing Tech University has won more than 500 awards at various levels among which there are 6 Second Prize of National Technological Invention Awards, 6 Second Prize of National Science and Technology Progress Awards, 1 Second Prize of National Natural Sciences Awards.

Nanjing Tech University attaches great importance to the transformation of research achievements and the integration of industry, university and research. Nanjing Tech University Science Park is a national Science Park.  NanjingTech promotes the integration of university, government and industry. It has cooperated with local governments to establish dozens of new research and development institutions, industrial research institutes and industrial colleges.  At present, there are 1 national modern industrial college and 2 provincial key industrial colleges. Since the "12th Five-Year Plan", Nanjing Tech University has undertaken over 10000 scientific research projects, including those of the "973 Program", "863 Program", National Science and Technology Support Program and the National Natural Science Foundation. The research funding has reached about 7 billion Yuan. These researches have yielded a large quantity of high-level achievements and made great contributions to the relevant industries and the economic and social development of Jiangsu Province.

At the same time, NanjingTech is profoundly global. It has established partnership with more than 100 high-level universities and institutions in over 26 countries and regions in the world. Nanjing Tech University has joint research centers with top universities in the world such as Imperial College London, Moscow State University, Nanyang Technological University.   NanjingTech is a host institution of "Confucius Institute Scholarship", with two Confucius Institutes with the University of Johannesburg in South Africa and the University of Zaragoza in Spain. There are series of Sino-Foreign cooperative education programs, including one Master program in Control Science and Engineering (Machine Vision) with University of Burgundy (France), four 3+1 Joint Sino-Foreign Undergraduate Programs with Technological University Dublin. At the same time,  University of Queensland has co-sponsored the "2+2" undergraduate joint program of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Data Science and Big Data Technology, and the Macquarie University in Australia has co-sponsored the "2+2" undergraduate joint program of Accounting. There are also dozens of student mobility programs with University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, RWTH Aachen University, University of California, Davis, National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Imperial College London, and more 700 overseas students and scores of foreign experts from more than 10 countries and regions.

In the new era, Nanjing Tech University will continue to strengthen its traditional expertise in integration with industries and collaborative innovation to enhance the ability and level of serving the national and regional economic development and set on the new journey of building a world-renowned entrepreneurial university with distinct characteristics.

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Nanjing Tech University students’ accommodation and residence life is mainly responsible for accommodating approximately 30000 students in university-owned and managed residences. This is a vast part with 10 residences spread over 3 campuses at Nanjing Tech University, such as Tanxiang, Beiyuan, Xiangshan, Xiyuan, Pujiang, Yaqing, etc. The residence halls are equipped with the comforts of home. Each room is outfitted with furniture and telephone and wireless network connection. All residence halls are located just a short walk from dining halls, classrooms, the fitness center, and libraries. International students’ education continues outside of the classroom. The residence halls are not only where students sleep, study, and hang out, but also where students begin to put the puzzle pieces together- the intersections of their education, identity, and society.

Accommodation Cost:

Double-room on Jiangpu Campus: 4000 CNY/Person/Year
Quad-room on Jiangpu Campus: 1600 CNY/Person/Year
Double-room on Downtown Campus: 8000 CNY/Person/Year

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Required documents for application:

• Passport
• Graduation certificate
• Passport size photo

❓ Entry Requirements

The minimum age is 18 and the maximum age is 65.

You don’t need to have studied Chinese before.

Minimum education level: High School.

Application Procedure in Nanjing Tech University: 

STEP 1: Register your account and activate it.

STEP 2: Fill out the application and upload all required documents as follows:
1) An electronic passport photo;
2) Scan copy of passport (all pages)
3) Copy of your highest degree transcript ( Notarized English or Chinese translation)
4) Copy of your highest degree certificate (Notarized English or Chinese translation)
5) IELTS certificate or English language proficiency certificate (English taught program applicants must provide)
6) HSK certificate (Chinese taught program applicants must provide)
7) Research proposal (Master Doctoral program applicants must provide)
8) Two recommendation letters (Master Doctoral program applicants must provide)
9) Family financial statement (Minimum 5000 USD, Notarized English or Chinese translation)
10) Medical Report (Notarized English or Chinese translation)
11) Certificate of Non-criminal Record (Notarized English or Chinese translation)
12)Guardian's Letter of Guarantee (Applicants under 18 must provide)
STEP 3: Apply and note your application number.
STEP 4: Check your admission status regularly.
STEP 5: Admission notice will be sent through e-mail after successful verification.
STEP 6: Pay application fee and deposit to confirm your seat to account (application fee and deposit are non-refundable)
STEP 7: Admission documents (Admission Notice and JW202 Form) will be sent by express.
STEP 8: Apply for a Chinese Visa (X1) and come to university for registration on time.

NOTE:
1) Always mention your application number when making inquiries with us.
2) Your CV must be complete & continuous until the current year (Study or work experience).
3) Ensure all information and documents submitted/uploaded are factual and legible.

Scholarship:

Tuition Fee: Free

Accommodation Fee: 4000RMB Per year

Monthly Stipend: 1600 RMB Per month