Shanxi Pharmaceutical Vocational College is an ordinary higher vocational college sponsored by the Shanxi Provincial People's Government and is affiliated to the Shanxi Provincial Department of Education. The predecessor of the college was Shanxi Provincial School of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Shanxi Vocational College of Biological Application. In April 2012, it was renamed Shanxi Vocational College of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
The college is a high-quality higher vocational college construction unit in Shanxi Province, a model higher vocational college in Shanxi Province, an "A-level" college for talent training in higher vocational colleges in Shanxi Province, and the first batch of 100 "modern apprenticeship" reform pilot units in the country . Cultivate high-quality technical and technical talents for enterprises in the pharmaceutical, food, health care, cosmetics, medical equipment and other industries.
The college occupies an area of 209,000 square meters. There are 18 training bases in the school, 1 training base supported by the central finance, 4 provincial demonstration training bases, 6 provincial training base construction reserve projects; more than 110 training bases are built outside the school.
The college recruits students from all over the country, with 6,395 full-time students and 369 faculty members. There are ten party and government departments including the Party and Government Office, the Organization and Personnel Department, and the Academic Affairs Office, two group organizations such as the labor union and the Youth League Committee, and three auxiliary departments including the training center. The Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, the Department of Business Administration, and the Pharmacy Department, Device Engineering Department, Food Engineering Department, International Cooperation Education Center, Basic Department, Public Sports Department and other teaching units and colleges belong to Jinyang Pharmaceutical Factory. The college focuses on serving enterprises in the pharmaceutical, food, health care, cosmetics, and medical device industries, and opens 22 majors (including directions), including 2 majors supported by the central government, 1 national-level education reform pilot major, and 1 provincial-level education reform pilot major There are 4 provincial-level characteristic majors, and 2 provincial vocational education key major professional construction planning projects. There are China Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University Correspondence Station for Undergraduate and Junior College, National Vocational Skills Appraisal Institute, and National Computer and Public English Test Station.
Since the establishment of the school for more than 60 years, the college has implemented the party’s educational policy, adhered to the socialist direction of running a school, carried forward the spirit of "continuous self-improvement", abided by the school motto of "cultivating morality and benefiting the world, cultivating one's career with excellence", adhering to the "Baicao Spirit" school spirit, and practicing "techniques". Paying equal attention to Taoism, teaching industry and training ability" teaching style, keeping in mind the "truthful" style of study, practicing the style of "rigorous, standardized, efficient, and dedicated", has cultivated tens of thousands of people in the pharmaceutical and food industry in Shanxi and even the whole country. "Well-used and trustworthy" high-quality technical talents.