Applied Chemistry Program

Applied Chemistry is among the first batch of full-time bachelor's degree programs offered by the School of Biological and Chemical Engineering (SBCE). It started to enroll students nationwide in 2013.

Based on the precise demand for talents and technology in the field of medicine and chemical industry in Chongqing and Southwest China, the program enables students to engage in research & development, process improvement, manufacturing, quality testing, safety, and environmental protection, marketing, quality management and chemical education of medicine, fine chemicals, and health care products in medicine and chemical industries, colleges and universities and other related institutions, who have all-round development with strong humanistic and scientific attainment, innovative thinking, broad basic knowledge, basic theory and professional skills of chemistry, pharmacy and pharmaceutical engineering, as well as physical and mental health, honesty and trustworthiness, love and dedication, strong competitiveness and sustainable development ability.

Adhering to the schooling philosophy of "centered on student development" and based on the disciplines of Chemistry and Pharmacy and research platforms such as Chongqing Key Laboratory of Three Gorges Reservoir Area Resources (a Chongqing key lab), Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, and the Key Green Laboratory of Synthesis, Analysis, and Detection, this program has strengthened of its curriculum system, labs and the team-building of "double-professionally-titled teachers". The program has built up a talent training mode that helps the students enjoy the integrated development of scientific theoretical knowledge, practical skills, and humanistic quality. It employs its innovative education and teaching methods and has established a complete systematic theoretical course group and a practical teaching system for the whole process of teaching and learning. It has established a strong, passionate, and highly-respected faculty team with an appropriate personnel structure, providing a solid guarantee for improving the quality of talent training.

The program has deepened the industry-education integration and the school-enterprise collaboration to cultivate talents. It has established close cooperation relationships and training bases with enterprises and institutions such as Chongqing Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Chongqing Academy of Chinese Material Medica, Southwest Synthetic Pharmaceutical (Group) Co., Ltd., Chongqing Kerui Pharmaceutical (Group) Co., Ltd. and Chongqing Institute for Food and Drug Control to do research on basic applied technology and to do training of application-oriented talent in the pharmaceutical and chemical fields. The program is distinctive from the same or similar programs offered by other universities in that it takes chemistry as its theoretical basis and pharmacy as the professional development support, and that it has provided the pharmaceutical and chemical industries with strong technical support and professionals who become the backbones of the industries and are highly recognized by the society.