Overview of SPS

School of Pharmaceutical Science (hereafter referred to as SPS), Sun Yat-sen University was established in June 2002, when the former Sun Yat-sen University and Sun Yat-sen Medical University were merged. SPS evolved from the Pharmacy Department of School of Live Sciences of Sun Yat-sen University. Relying on the comprehensive strength of the university, the school was founded by integrating the pharmaceutical research resource of School of Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Zhongshan School of Medicine. The establishment of SPS has obtained plenty supports from the university. President Daren Huang, the former president of Sun Yat-sen University urged to build a high level pharmacy school with solid foundation. Professor Xinzi Chen, the academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, also the former Dean of SPS proposed an aim to develop the school into a first class pharmacy school of China in 5 to 10 years. With all these attention and supports , leadership of SPS have poured great efforts into discipline establishment, talents introduction, facilities improvement, regulation improvement, faculty motivation and culture nurture which advocates our people to be rigorous, practical, energetic, creative, agglomerate and harmonious.