EUROPIN brings together six institutions to develop a joint PhD program on Pharmacoinformatics in order to promote training and education of top level scientists in this field. It will provide a platform for training through research focusing on methods and applications used in computational drug design and development. Core objectives are to promote creativity, competitiveness, employability and entrepreneurial spirit of young scientists. These will be achieved via strong emphasis on cooperation and mobility of students and teaching staff, by use of intensive programmes and workshops with strong participation of experts from Pharmaceutical Companies, and by extensive use of web-based virtual training activities.