Rector: Igor A. Narkevitch Prof., DSc
Phone: +7 812 234 57 29
E-mail: rector@spcpa.ru
Vice-Rector for International Relations: Anton O. Karasavidi, Dr.Ph.D.
Phone: +7 812 234 42 32
International Service,
Phone: +7 812 234 25 46
Saint Petersburg State Chemical Pharmaceutical Academy was founded in 1919 and is now the oldest pharmaceutical institution of higher education in Russia.
The Academy has been training specialists for foreign countries for 50 years. The graduates of the Academy are citizens of more than 30 countries of Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America.
The Academy has available necessary classroom facilities and laboratories, nurseries of medicinal plants, reading rooms, up-to-date apparatus and equipment for research, computer classes, hooked up to the Internet system. At present foreign citizens from 21 countries are taught at the Academy, making up 25% of the whole number of students.
They include students from Syria, Morocco, Egypt, Tunis, Lebanon, Jordan , Israel, Greece, Turkey, Pakistan, Tanzania, Kenya, Venezuela, Peru, China, and others).
The Academy is the leading higher educational establishment in the field of general and industrial pharmacy, having the highest raiting among the pharmaceutical institutions of higher education in Russia. 75% of the faculty members have PhD and DSc degrees. They include great scientists widely known both in Russia and abroad. The departments and research laboratories (sectors) of the Academy carry on investigations in various fields of applied and fundamental sciences related to pharmacy.
The Academy offers education within the following two faculties:
Pharmaceutical Faculty and the Faculty of Drug Industrial Technology. The duration of study at both faculties is 5 years.
The academic year is divided into two semesters, starting in September and February. The entry date is September the 1st. The educational schedule you can see here ( more... )
Discounts are allowed for foreign citizens whose relatives study at or graduated from the Academy and for foreign students who have got excellent marks in their examination sessions.
Hostel accomodation per year: - double room – 12000 RUR;
trains Masters of Pharmacy - managerial staff for chemist's shops, pharmaceutical warehouses, centres of drug quality control, forensic-chemical laboratories and other pharmaceutical establishments and enterprises.
(drug industrial technology) trains qualified engineers-biotechnologists, the most prestigeous specialists in the field of engineering, prospective managerial staff for the pharmaceutical factories, perfume and cosmetic factories, design studioes.
At present time a number of the Academy graduates hold supervisory posts in the Public Health Service and pharmaceutical industry, as well as in leading research centres and institutes, they own the largest cosmetic and pharmaceutical companies, chemist's shops and other pharmaceutical enterprises in different countries of the world.
is intended to train foreign students not knowing the Russian language for entering the faculties of the Academy and other pharmaceutical, medical and engineer-technological institutions of higher education in Russia. Students of this Faculty study the Russian language, fundamentals of biology, chemistry and other basic desciplines, get acquainted with Russian culture and traditions. The duration of study is 10 months.
The Russian language course (3-10 months of study) is also offered, as well as the course training translators - Russian language teachers, the duration of study -1-2 years.
Having completed the MSc programme, foreign students may apply for the PhD course, the duration of study is 3 years.
If agreed in advance, in some separate cases one may be taught in the English language.
A modern hostel is available, dormitory-type rooms for two, single rooms are also available for additional
The hostel is connected with 
the Academy by a direct metro extension, it takes some 25 minutes to get to the Academy.
St.Petersburg is a traditionally religion-tolerant city, representatives of different denominations have been living here for centuries. Russian Orthodox Church is predominating, but a lot of temples, cathedrals and churches of other Christian denominations are also available. fl good few people profess Islam, there is a mosque in the city. For Muslim students a special room in the hostel is set aside for prayers. Some people in St. Petersburg profess ludaism, for these a sinagogue is available.
For Every foreign student must have a medical insurance-policy. There are a lot of highly qualified physicians in the city, first and emergency medical service is highly developed.There is a medical aid station in the hostel, where foreign students are provided with medical service free of charge. There is a dental surgery at the Rcademy, students are provided with dental service at a discount.
As any other big city St.Petersburg is not free from a number of criminal elements. Even so, it does not apply to the flcademy's hostel, it has its own security service.
You can buy goods from all world known firms here in St.Petersburg, most of them have their own shops in the city. Recently the quality of the Russian home-produced goods has become much better and you can buy Russian goods for a substantially lower price than Western
Is one of the most beautiful cities of the world, the most European city in Russia, its cultural capital. World I known museums and architectural ensembles are located in the city and its suburb. St.Petersburg is the place of a lot of traditional festivals.
The city is especially nice during the "white" nights. The population of St.Petersburg is about 5 min people. In contrast to inner territory of Russia the climate in St. Petersburg is mild due to the influence of the Baltic Sea. The Academy is conviniently situated in the centre of the oldest and the most prestigeous district of the city close to the oldest Botanical Garden of Russia.
