Faculty of Pharmacy

Mission:

The Faculty is committed to ensure the graduation of qualified pharmacists capable of effectively exercising the profession of pharmacy and keeping pace with its constant evolution.
The Faculty also seeks to supply health care system with experts in the field of medicines, to effectively contribute to the development of the pharmaceutical industry,and to enrich the cumulative knowledge in the field of pharmaceuticalsciences.

Vision:
Achieving regional and international distinction in the areas of pharmacy education, scientific research, community service, and environment development.

Goals:

1- Continuous improvement of the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes to keep up with the rapidly advancing field of pharmaceutical sciences.

2- Support scientific research in the field of pharmaceutical sciences.

3- Encourage community service and environment development.

4- Improve the performance of the financial system and administrative staff.

The Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University, is considered one of the leading faculties in pharmacy education in Egypt. It started as the School of Pharmacy in 1947, as part of the Faculty of Medicine at Farouk I University. In November 1956, Law No. 245 was issued to transform the School of Pharmacy into an independent faculty in Alexandria University. The duration of the study was three years preceded by a preparatory year. Later, it became four years after the preparatory year where the first class graduated with a five-year study system was in 1964. The academic degree awarded by the faculty was the Bachelor of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, and it was changed to the bachelor’s degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences in the year 1970, and then to the Bachelor of Pharmacy degree in 2014. The faculty had four academic departments when it was established: Pharmaceutics (including microbiology), chemistry (including analytical chemistry), pharmacognosy and pharmacology. Then, the departments became seven, which are (1) pharmaceutics, (2) pharmaceutical chemistry, (3) pharmaceutical analytical chemistry, (4) pharmacognosy, and (5) pharmacology and toxicology, (6) industrial pharmacy and (7) microbiology and immunology. Recently, the Department of pharmaceutical biochemistry was added to the academic structure of the faculty, and finally a ninth department, the department of pharmacy practice, was added in 2019. In view of the great increase in the number of students admitted to the faculty over the years, the university created a new building to accommodate the increasing numbers of students. The construction work began in that building in 1995, and the cost of construction reached 25 million Egyptian pounds from the state budget, and it was furnished with contributions from pharmaceutical companies and graduates of the faculty until it opened in October 2003. Because of the faculty devotion to enhancement of its educational programs to keep up with pace of development in the pharmacy profession, the faculty introduced the “Clinical Pharmacy” program in September 2009, where the first intake of this program graduated in June 2014. During recent years the faculty started taking steps towards institutional accreditation and accreditation of educational programs in accordance with the standards of “The National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Education – NAQAAE”. The faculty was awarded the accreditation by Resolution No. 155 dated 27/6/2016 from NAQAAE and this accreditation was renewed at 24/11/2021.

Society of Pharmacy alumni:

• All pharmacy graduates are welcome to join the society.

To apply for membership, kindly visit the secretary office of the vice-dean of community service and environmental development to fill an application form and pay the membership fees. You can also download the application FORM and send it via e-mail to:

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• The society board is elected from members of the society. Application for the membership of the board is now open. Theelections date will be announced shortly.

For more information, please contact:

Miss Mai Elsiwy

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