Usually, the defense of undergraduate thesis is held around June 10. Students usually leave school at the beginning of July, and the colleges basically complete their defense within two days. The school will hold an excellent defense in the middle of the year, and students will go through various formalities for leaving school in the rest of the time.

The school was founded in 1936, formerly known as the National College of Pharmacy (four-year undergraduate program), and it is the first pharmaceutical college founded by the state in China. 1937 moved back to Hankou, 1938 moved back to Chongqing and 1946 moved back to Nanjing. 1950 was renamed East China Pharmaceutical College. 1952 The Department of Pharmacy of cheeloo university merged with the Department of Pharmacy of Soochow University, and East China College of Pharmacy was established. 1953 pharmacy major of central south health college was merged into the school. 1956 was renamed Nanjing Pharmaceutical College. 1986 merged with Nanjing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine to form China Pharmaceutical University. In 2000, the school was transferred from the State Administration of Pharmaceutical Products to the Ministry of Education. 200 1 Jiangsu pharmaceutical school merged into the school. In May 2020, the official website of the school showed that the school has 166 1 person, including full-time teachers 10 14. Among the full-time teachers, 9 1.5% have doctoral and master's degrees, 19 1 have full-time professional and technical positions, 345 have associate senior professional and technical positions, 250 have doctoral supervisors, and 23 1 have master's supervisors. At present, there are 1 academician of China Academy of Engineering, 1 academician of German Academy of Sciences, 6 winners of National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, 19 "Four Small Schools" (6 national outstanding young scholars, 4 top young scholars), 50 people who enjoy special government allowance from the State Council, 2 "national famous teachers" and "national famous teachers". There are 1 innovation research group of National Natural Science Foundation, 2 innovation teams of Ministry of Education, 3 national teaching teams and 4 "1 1" intelligence introduction bases.