Establishment of a Reformed Chinese-English Bilingual Teaching System of Pharmacology in Tianjin University of Science and Technology, China

Abstract

With the rapid development of pharmaceutical industry and the requirement of economic globalization, the demand of international pharmaceutical professionals in China has been kept increasing. In this project, to set up a Chinese-English bilingual teaching system of pharmacology for undergraduate students majored in Pharmaceutical Engineering, a survey had been conducting to evaluate the general talents and attitudes of students and the need of the industry for 7 years in Tianjin University of Science and Technology, the teaching contents were then adjusted and optimized to highlight the application ability of professional English on the basis of the emphasis of pharmacology knowledge. Basing on these works, a novel Chinese-English bilingual textbook of pharmacology was published in 2013, and an open and multi-mode reformed Chinese-English bilingual education system was also established in the university. In our opinion, this novel textbook and the teaching system might throw light to the bilingual education of pharmacology in China.

Keywords: Chinese-English bilingual education; Pharmacology; Pharmaceutical Engineering; Textbook reform; China