FIP, as the global leader for pharmacy, has taken the initiative to build the “FIP World List of Pharmacy Schools”, which will be the most comprehensive and up-to-date list of pharmacy institutions from around the world. This global list is intended to guide all pharmacy stakeholders, from students to policymakers, in assessing the appropriateness and effectiveness of pharmacy education strategies. The availability, completeness and quality of FIP’s World List of Pharmacy Schools means it will provide a unique source of information for pharmaceutical workforce policies, procedures and plans.
Further background on the FIP World List of Pharmacy Schools:
The FIP World List of Pharmacy Schools is an initiative to monitor pharmaceutical capacity and capability, similar to those of many other global organisations, such as the World Medical Schools List held by the World Medical Association. Given 2021 is the World Health Organization’s Year of Health and Care Workers, the need for our global organisations to demonstrate increased capacity in all health workers is key to ensure our professions are not further diminished but amplified.
FIP is a founder member of the World Health Professions Alliance (WHPA) with doctors, nurses, dentists, and physiotherapists. All WHPA members have been requested to feedback their schools’ status to the WHO as part of pandemic preparedness, and FIP having a list of accredited pharmacy schools will help to identify where schools may be needed and created to ensure long-term pharmaceutical workforce capacity.
Founded in January 2010, the aim of the Department of Pharmacy was to provide quality education to future pharmacists. The Department of Pharmacy was accredited by the Pharmacy Council of Bangladesh in 2011, and since then, it is proud to have successful graduates (alumni) working as pharmacists, researchers and healthcare professionals, both nationally and globally.
In line with Brac University's vision for teaching and research, the School of Pharmacy was launched in 2022 with the purpose of conducting education and research of the highest quality and relevance to make a long-term difference in society.
Currently, just one undergraduate program is being offered: the Bachelor of Pharmacy (B. Pharm.) - a four-year professional degree. Our program at Brac University School of Pharmacy is a dynamic, interdisciplinary program that trains students to conduct research encompassing methodology from basic and clinical perspectives. We are dedicated to continuously improving interdisciplinary pharmaceutical education, research, practice and service focused on the health and well-being of patients.
The school also offers a wide range of student-centered activities to help build skills generally not taught in the classrooms that they may require in order to pave the way for a successful career. Examples include the Chembio Hackathon, i-tell Challenge, Toolbox for Success, the first of their kind to be hosted in Bangladesh by our school.
The School encompasses an excellent team of well-trained faculty members with diverse educational backgrounds and expertise from top universities around the world. Our faculty members play an instrumental role in the student’s learning experience and development to ensure the best educational experience for the students under the leadership of Prof Dr. Eva Rahman Kabir, Dean, School of Pharmacy. Professor Kabir was the former Professor of the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Dhaka and has over 25 years of academic and research experience in the field of Pharmaceutics with specific research interests in Biosimilars and Evidence Based Medicine.
Furthermore, the School of Pharmacy has collaborations with institutions like North Dakota State University and California Northstate University in the US and Leeds Beckett University in the UK to strengthen our teaching and research initiatives.