Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science & Pharmaceutical Industries

About the Faculty

Faculty Overview

Pharmacy is the profession which is concerned with the art and science of preparing suitable materials from natural and synthetic sources for distribution and use in the treatment and prevention of diseases. It comprises the knowledge of identification, selection, effects, preservation, compounding, analysis, and standardization of medicines. It also consists of the safe distribution and use of drugs prescribed by a physician, dentist, or veterinarian or prepared and sold directly and legally to the consumer.

The physician may prescribe medicines and be concerned principally with their effect on the patient, therapeutic value, and toxicity. The nurse may be concerned with drug administration, route of administration and side effects, but the pharmacist is the only drug expert. Handling of drugs in his legal responsibility. The only educational program that offers the complete and comprehensive program pertinent to all facts of medicines is that offered through the college of pharmacy. Therefore, from that unique position, the pharmacist is the only person who possesses a thorough drug expertise.

The aim of the faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmaceutical Industries to provide the community with graduate pharmacists having the knowledge and experience in the following fields.

1.        Drug industry (Dosage forms, raw materials, packaging materials).

2.        Analysis and quality control either in drug industry, in ministry of public health or in pharmacy administration laboratories.

3.        Community pharmacy and the role of the Pharmacists in health care.

4.        Hospital and clinical pharmacy.

5.        Drug storage in drug stores either governmental or private.

6.        Private pharmacies in private hospitals and clinics.

7.        Regulatory control and drug management in ministry of health.

8.        Drug information centers.

9.        Analysis of water and food.

10.      Military pharmacy.

11.      Promotion and drug marketing.

12.      University and research centers.

13.      Medical appliance.

14.      Cosmetics.

Mission Statement

The Mission of the Future University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is to:

To ensure an academic environment of quality instruction around research and learning, supplemented with hands on experience as well as engagement and collaboration with social, professional and business communities. We will provide world class education and training that leads to highly competent pharmacists and scientists that are well equipped to achieve continuous development that will advance the health care and pharmaceutical industries to benefit Egypt and the whole of humanity.

The Vision for Future University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is to be the academic pioneer in pharmaceutical education, practice, research and industry capable of producing highly competent pharmacists who are fortified with state-of-the-art international developments and dedicated to professional and community welfare nationally and internationally

Indicators that the Vision is being achieved:

• Our faculty, staff and students are engaged across colleges, healthcare systems, industrial partners and professional associations to address healthcare needs.
• The education of students incorporates knowledge of cultural differences in healthcare delivery and effectiveness.
• We are providing access for a diverse student population that fosters a culture of inclusiveness and success.
• Medication safety and practice are enhanced as a result of our collaborative efforts with other professionals to develop and manage systems.
• The number of new synergies (partnerships, collaborations and strategic alliances at the local, regional, national and global levels) has increased.