The school is located in Nanjing, a famous historical and cultural city, with two campuses, Xuanwu Gate and Jiangning, covering an area of nearly 2,200 mu. The building area is more than 500,000 square meters.

Among them, the teaching and scientific research administrative building covers an area of 277,000 square meters, the library covers an area of 34,000 square meters, and the student dormitory covers an area of 6,543,800 square meters. The sports ground covers an area of 98,000 square meters. Library collection 1.52 million books.

China Pharmaceutical University is a university directly under the Ministry of Education with a long history, distinctive features, excellent academic style and high reputation in the field of pharmacy. It is one of the first universities in China with the right to confer doctoral and master's degrees.