Saint-Petersburg State Chemical Pharmaceutical University

Saint Petersburg State Chemical Pharmaceutical Academy (SPCPA) was founded in 1919 and is now the oldest institution of higher pharmaceutical education in Russia. The Academy has been training both domestic and international students for over 50 years. The graduates of the Academy work in more than 30 countries of Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America. 
The Academy has available classroom facilities and laboratories, nurseries for medicinal plants, libraries, up-to-date equipment for research, Internet connected computer classes. At present foreign citizens from 21 countries are trained at the Academy, making up 25% of the whole number of students. They include students from Morocco, Alger, Tunis, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Israel, Kenya, Botswana, Ghana, Namibia, China, Vietnam and others.

The Academy is the leading higher educational establishment in the field of general and industrial pharmacy, having the highest rating among institutions of higher pharmaceutical education in Russia. 75% of the faculty members have PhD and DSc degrees. Those ones include prominent scientists widely known both in Russia and abroad. The departments and research laboratories (sectors) of the Academy carry on research in various fields of applied and fundamental pharmaceutical sciences. 

The Academy provides education in Russian language (at Faculty of Pharmacy and at Faculty of Drug Industrial Technology) and in French Language ( at the Faculty of Pharmacy). Duration of study at both faculties is 5 years. Having graduated with M.Sc., foreign students may apply for the PhD student position with study duration of 3 years. The academic year is divided into two semesters, starting in September and February, respectively. The entry date is September 1st. 

Faculty of Pharmacy trains Masters of Pharmacy: highly qualified pharmacists-technologists, pharmacists-analysts, specialists in pharmacy administration. The Curriculum of the Faculty takes into account the specific nature of work of the prospective graduates, thus the supplementary courses have been introduced: tropical/subtropical infectious diseases, subtropical medicinal plants, international pharmaceutical marketing. Faculty of Drug Industrial Technology trains highly qualified engineers-bio-technologists in the following directions: pharmaceutical bio-technology; pharmaceutical chemical technology; industrial technology for pharmaceuticals and nature-derived products.