中国科学院上海药物研究所国际学生教育始于2013年，迄今已招收国际学生61名，其中博士生22名（含硕转博4名），硕士生37名，进修生2名，分别来自新加坡、马其顿、加纳、尼日利亚、伊朗、泰国、印度尼西亚、哈萨克斯坦、乌兹别克斯坦等10余个国家。

　　上海药物所是药学一级学科博士学位授予单位，面向国际学生的招生专业有：药物化学、药理学、药物设计学、药物分析学、药剂学。2016年启动英文授课硕士生项目（药学方向），招收世界各国优秀本科生进入国科大和相关研究所攻读药学硕士学位，培养高素质的国际药学人才，推动各国药物研究与研究生教育的相互合作与共同发展。

　　国际硕士生项目学习年限为3年，实行课程教学和科研实践“两段式”培养模式。课程教学阶段为期1学年，学生在国科大国际学院和研究所完成公共课程和专业课程的授课学习。科研实践阶段为期2学年，学生在研究所进行科研实践和开展学位论文工作。成绩优秀者可申请转博。

　　国际学生可通过申请中国政府奖学金、中国科学院“一带一路”国际科学组织联盟奖学金、中国科学院大学国际学生奖学金等各类奖学金到上海药物所学习。

　　Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica (SIMM) started international education in 2013. Up to date, SIMM has recruited 51 international students, 18 Ph.D. students (4 are Master-Ph.D. students), 31 master students and 2 visiting students, who come from Singapore, Macedonia, Ghana, Nigeria, Iran, Thailand, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, etc.

　　SIMM is authorized to confer master and doctorate degree of the first-level discipline in pharmaceutical sciences including medicinal chemistry, pharmacology, pharmaceutical analysis, pharmaceutics and drug design. SIMM has launched the international master program in pharmaceutical science since 2016. The program aims to recruit the excellent international undergraduates to cultivate high-level pharmaceutical talents and to promote the international cooperation and high level education for pharmaceutical research between China and other countries.

　　The basic study duration of international master program is 3 years. All colleges are organizationally structured as either “College-Teaching and Research Sector” or “College-Department” educational bodies. For those who are excellent can apply for transferring to Ph.D. study in the third year.

　　International students who intend to study at SIMM could apply for Chinese Government Scholarship, The ANSO Scholarship for International Students and UCAS Scholarship for International Students.