Development and challenges of professional Master of pharmacy education in China

doi:10.5246/jcps.2021.01.007

Abstract

Abstract:

In the present work, we aimed to describe the current situation and developing trend of professional Master of pharmacy education in China. Systematic searches of websites for literatures related to the specialty of professional Master of pharmacy were conducted. E-mail or telephone inquires were made directly to 108 pharmacy institutions (schools and universities) in China offering the MPharm program. The MPharm program was established in China in 2010, which primarily focuses on cultivating professionals in fields, such as drug technology transformation, inspection and regulation of drugs, registration and distribution of drugs, and pharmaceutical services. After 9 years of development, it has almost completed the overall design of its higher education paradigm with Chinese characteristics. With the rapid development of the pharmaceutical industry in China, the professional degree of pharmacy education program at the master’s level is insufficient to meet social and market demand for qualified professionals. Therefore, doctoral-level programs are now being promoted.

Key words: China, Pharmacy education, Professional Master of Pharmacy, Chinese graduate program

Supporting:

Table S1. Outline of institutions offering MPharm program degree in China.

Institution	Province	Location	Time of Authorization
Peking University	Peking	North China	2010
Peking Union Medical College	Peking	North China	2010
Capital Medical University	Peking	North China	2010
Tianjin University	Tianjin	North China	2010
Tianjin Medical University	Tianjin	North China	2010
Hebei Medical University	Hebei	North China	2010
Shanxi Medical University	Shanxi	North China	2010
Jinzhou Medical University	Liaoning	Northeast China	2010
Shenyang Pharmaceutical University	Liaoning	Northeast China	2010
Jilin University	Jilin	Northeast China	2010
Yanbian University	Jilin	Northeast China	2010
Heilongjiang University Of Chinese Medicine	Heilongjiang	Northeast China	2010
Fudan University	Shanghai	East China	2010
Shanghai Jiao Tong University	Shanghai	East China	2010
East China University of Science and Technology	Shanghai	East China	2010
Soochow University	Jiangsu	East China	2010
Nanjing Medical University	Jiangsu	East China	2010
China Pharmaceutical University	Jiangsu	East China	2010
Zhejiang University	Zhejiang	East China	2010
Zhejiang University of Technology	Zhejiang	East China	2010
Anhui Medical University	Anhui	East China	2010
Fujian Medical University	Fujian	East China	2010
Shandong University	Shandong	East China	2010
Shandong University of traditional Chinese Medicine	Shandong	East China	2010
Zhengzhou University	Henan	Central China	2010
Wuhan University of Technology	Hubei	Central China	2010
Sun Yat-sen University	Guangdong	South China	2010
Sichuan University	Sichuan	Southwest China	2010
ChongQing Medical University	Chongqing	Southwest China	2010
Xi’an Jiaotong University	Shanxi	Northwest China	2010
Lanzhou University	Gansu	Northwest China	2010
Xinjiang Medical University	Xinjiang	Northwest China	2010
The Second Military Medical University	Shanghai	East China	2010
Army Medical University	Chongqing	Southwest China	2010
The Fourth Military Medical University	Shanxi	Northwest China	2010
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences	Peking	North China	2010
Yichun University	Jiangxi	East China	2010
Hubei University of Science and Technology	Hubei	Central China	2010
Kunming Medical University	Yunnan	Southwest China	2014
Yunnan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine	Yunnan	Southwest China	2014
Qingdao University	Shandong	East China	2014
Southern Medical University	Guangdong	South China	2014
Medical School of Chinese PLA	Peking	North China	2014
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China	Sichuan	Southwest China	2014
Guilin Medical University	Guangxi	South China	2014
Hebei University of Science and Technology	Hebei	North China	2014
China Medical University	Liaoning	Northeast China	2014
Dalian Medical University	Liaoning	Northeast China	2014
Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine	Jiangsu	East China	2014
Wenzhou Medical University	Zhejiang	East China	2014
Anhui University of Chinese Medicine	Anhui	East China	2014
Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine	Fujian	East China	2014
Binzhou Medical University	Shandong	East China	2014
Guangzhou Medical University	Guangdong	South China	2014
Guangxi Medical University	Guangxi	South China	2014
Dali University	Yunnan	Southwest China	2014
Ningxia Medical University	Ningxia	Northwest China	2014
Yantai University	Shandong	East China	2014
Chengdu Medical College	Sichuan	Southwest China	2014
Logistics University Of People's Armed Ploce Force	Tianjin	North China	2014
Hebei University	Hebei	North China	2014
Inner Mongolia Medical University	Inner Mongolia	North China	2014
Xuzhou Medical University	Jiangsu	East China	2014
Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine	Jiangxi	East China	2014
Wuhan University	Hubei	Central China	2014
Guangdong Pharmaceutical University	Guangdong	South China	2014
Jinan University	Guangdong	South China	2015
South China University of Technology	Guangdong	South China	2015
North China University of Science and Technology	Hebei	North China	2016
Weifang Medical University	Shandong	East China	2016
Wuhan Polytechnic University	Hubei	Central China	2016
Shihezi University	Xinjiang	Northwest China	2016
Hubei University of Medicine	Hebei	Central China	2016
China Three Gorges University	Hebei	Central China	2016
Inner Mongolia University of Science &Technology	Inner Mongolia	North China	2017
Mudanjiang Medical University	Heilongjiang	Northeast China	2017
Changzhou University	Jiangsu	East China	2017
Nantong University	Jiangsu	East China	2017
Zhejiang Ocean University	Zhejiang	East China	2017
Hangzhou Normal University	Zhejiang	East China	2017
Wenzhou University	Zhejiang	East China	2017
China Jiliang University	Zhejiang	East China	2017
Hefei University of Technology	Anhui	East China	2017
Bengbu Medical College	Anhui	East China	2017
Wannan Medical College	Anhui	East China	2017
Xiamen University	Fujian	East China	2017
Nanchang University	Jiangxi	Central China	2017
Ocean University of China	Shandong	East China	2017
Qingdao University of Science and Technology	Shandong	East China	2017
Shandong First Medical University	Shandong	East China	2017
Xinxiang Medical University	Henan	Central China	2017
Henan University	Henan	Central China	2017
Wuhan University of Science and Technology	Hubei	Central China	2017
Central South University	Hunan	Central China	2017
University of South China	Hunan	Central China	2017
Shantou University	Guangdong	South China	2017
Guangzhou Medical University	Guangdong	South China	2017
Shenzhen University	Guangdong	South China	2017
Guangxi University	Guangxi	South China	2017
Southwest Medical University	Sichuan	Southwest China	2017
Chengdu University of TCM	Sichuan	Southwest China	2017
Guizhou Medical University	Guizhou	Southwest China	2017
Zunyi Medical University	Guizhou	Southwest China	2017
Qinghai University	Qinghai	Northwest China	2017
Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University	Jiangxi	East China	2017
Huaihai Institute of Technology	Jiangsu	East China	2017
Chongqing University of Technology	Chongqing	Southwest China	2017
Hainan Medical University	Hainan	South China	2017

Jie Gu, Yanli Liu, Fengguo Xu, Yongze Zhang, Rong Shao, Tao Lu. Development and challenges of professional Master of pharmacy education in China[J]. Journal of Chinese Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2021, 30(1): 69-76.

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