Shenyang Pharmaceutical University (; SPU) is a university in
Shenyang,
Liaoning, China. It is the first research institute in
pharmaceutical sciences
Pharmacy is the science and practice of discovering, producing, preparing, dispensing, reviewing and monitoring medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective, and affordable use of medicines. It is a miscellaneous science as it links healt ...
in China.
History
Shenyang Pharmaceutical University has traditions that have brought it to prominence as one of two comprehensive
pharmaceutical
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universities in China. It started at
Ruijin in the
Jiangxi
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in 1931 and moved to its present location on the banks of the
Hun River in
Shenyang,
Liaoning in 1949.
Academics
SPU has developed into a
multidisciplinary
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, multilevel and multiform institute of
higher learning
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, covering wide and diverse majors in pharmaceutical study. It consists of the schools of
Pharmacy,
Pharmaceutical engineering
Pharmaceutical engineering is a branch of engineering focused on discovering, formulating, and manufacturing medication, analytical and quality control processes, and on designing, building, and improving manufacturing sites that produce drugs. I ...
,
Traditional Chinese Medicine
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an alternative medical practice drawn from traditional medicine in China. It has been described as "fraught with pseudoscience", with the majority of its treatments having no logical mechanism of acti ...
s,
Business Administration, Basic Courses, and
Adult Education. SPU has been authorized to confer master's and doctor's degrees and to enroll students from
Hong Kong
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,
Macau
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,
Taiwan
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, as well as other countries.
SPU has resources that facilitate learning: The Institute of Material Medicine; The Institute of Pharmaceutical Education of Higher Learning; The Computer Center; The Audio-visual Education Program Center; The Center of Instrumental Analysis; The Botanical Garden of Medicinal Herbs, and a subsidiary pharmaceutical factory.
SPU has a staff of 1,111; among them there are 394 full-time teachers. The student population has grown to more than 7,000. There is one
academician
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of the
Chinese Academy of Engineering
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, over 182
professor
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s and
associate professors (nearly one-quarter of them have
work experience
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* Work (human activity), intentional activity people perform to support themselves, others, or the community
** Manual labour, physical work done by humans
** House work, housework, or homemaking
** Working animal, an animal tr ...
abroad, nearly one-third have
doctorate
A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism ''li ...
s).
More than 3,000
academic paper
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s have been published by SPU academics on research toward recommended
dosages of pharmaceutical preparations,
polyphase liposomes and solid preparations, on chemical and active components of traditional Chinese medicines and
natural drugs, on the distinction and properties of
chemical models of
traditional Chinese medicine
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an alternative medical practice drawn from traditional medicine in China. It has been described as "fraught with pseudoscience", with the majority of its treatments having no logical mechanism of acti ...
s and the study of their
quality control. This scientific exploration is at the forefront of
research
Research is " creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular attentiveness ...
in China.
In recent years, mutually beneficial collaborative efforts have come to fruition between the university's academics and all levels of government: city, province, and state.
See also
*
Pharmacy in China Pharmacy in China involves the activities engaged in the preparation, standardization and dispensing of drugs, and its scope includes the cultivation of plants that are used as drugs, the synthesis of chemical compounds of medicinal value, and t ...
*
Pharmaceutical industry in China
The pharmaceutical industry is one of the leading industries in the People's Republic of China, covering synthetic chemicals and drugs, prepared Chinese medicines, medical devices, apparatus and instruments, hygiene materials, packing materials, ...
External links
Shenyang Pharmaceutical University Official Website
Campus real three-dimensional map
Educational institutions established in 1931
1931 establishments in China
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