History (2004- )

2004.9	School of Pharmacy was founded, Prof. Hualiang Jiang was appointed as the first dean.
2004.10	Prof. Dequan Ren was appointed as the honorary dean.
2005.1	Shanghai Key Lab of Chemical Biology (previous Institute of Pesticides & Pharmaceuticals) joined the School.
2005.2	Engineering Center for Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine was established.
2005.3	The transfer of the green pesticide with independent intellectual property rights (invented by Shanghai Key Lab of Chemical Biology)
2005.4	Ph. D Program of Chemical Biotechnology was founded.
2005.5	School of Pharmacy moved in the Research Building 11.
2005.12	Pharmaceutical Science was approved as a new undergraduate major.
2006.1	Two new Ph.D programs: Medicinal Chemistry, Pesticide Science; and three Master programs: Pharmaceutical Science, Pesticide Science, and Traditional Chinese Medicine were established.
2006.3	Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering joined the School of Pharmacy from the School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutics.
2006.6	Department of Pharmaceutical Science was established.
2006.9	First class of undergraduates majoring in Pharmaceutical Science was enrolled.
2006.12	Educational Center for Pharmaceutical Experiments was established.
2007.1	The 111 project, entitled “Structure, Function and Drug Discovery Studies of Important Proteins Associated with Neurodegenerative Diseases” was initiated.
2007.10	Engineering Research Center of Pharmaceutical Process Chemistry, Ministry of Education was approved for implementation.
2008.1	Pharmaceutical Engineering was selected as one of the featured major of Ministry of Education.
2008.3	School of Pharmacy moved in the Research Building 18.
2008.12	Shanghai Key Lab of Chemical Biology was ranked the first place in the assessment by Shanghai government.
2009.6	GMP Research Center of East China University of Science and Technology (affiliated to the School of Pharmacy) was established.
2009.10	Postdoctoral Research Station of Pharmaceutical Science was approved.
2010.5	Pharmaceutical Engineering was selected as one of the first pilot majors of "Excellent Engineers Plan" of Ministry of Education.
2010.10	Two new professional master programs: Pharmaceutical Science and Traditional Chinese Medicine were approved.
2011.3	PhD Program of Pharmaceutical Science was approved.
2011.3	The 973 project hosted by the School of Pharmacy was selected to participate in the National Exhibition of Major Achievements in the Science and Technology of "The Eleventh Five-Year Plan".
2011.6	Prof. Wei Wang, a recipient of National Recruitment Program of Global Experts, joined the School of Pharmacy.
2011.9	The first class of “Excellence Engineers” in Pharmaceutical Engineering was enrolled.
2011.11	Initiation of Shanghai Key Lab of New Drug Design was approved.
2011.12	Prof. Xuhong Qian was elected as the Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering.
2012.1	Pharmaceutical Engineering was selected as one of comprehensive reform pilot majors by the Ministry of Education.
2012.6	School of Pharmacy was approved to construct a national engineering practical education center with Shanghai Pharmaceutical Group.
2012.8	Prof. Yi Yang won the National Outstanding Youth Fund, NSFC.
2012.10	Postdoctoral Research Station of Pesticide Science was approved.
2012.12	Pharmaceutical Engineering major passed through the National Engineering Education Accreditation.
2013.8	Educational Center for Pharmaceutical Experiments moved to the Fengxian campus.
2013.12	Two Doctoral Dissertations were nominated as the National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation.
2014.2	School of Pharmacy was selected as the chair in the Pharmaceutical Engineering Teaching Coordination Group, Ministry of Education.