Bachelor of Pharmacy Program (B.Pharm.) is aligned at level seven of the ten level Qualification Framework Emirates comprises of 4 ½ years’ duration with four years of course work and 6 months of practice school

Goals & Objectives

The curriculum has been developed to provide learning opportunities enabling the students to acquire fundamental knowledge, develop basic skills and competence, relevant to health care in the context of patients and community.

The 4 ½ year curriculum has been designed to achieve the following goals :

• Provide a comprehensive pharmaceutical education leading to B.Pharm Degree.
• Prepare for an evidence based pharmacy practice in the changing health care environment of the 21st Century.
• Integrate the basic sciences with pharmaceutical sciences to enable the students to apply their knowledge to health care.
• Impart pharmaceutical knowledge with skills to enable the students to deliver efficient pharmaceutical care.
• Develop a professional and compassionate approach in the implementation and management of health care.
• Provide a practice and community based pharmacy education program.
• Prepare pharmacists who can function effectively in the multidisciplinary health care system.

Chair/ Program Coordinator

Dr Ahmed Moustafa Aly Mohamed Faheem,
Professor,
Department of Pharmaceutics

Clinical Pharmacy

MS in Clinical Pharmacy comprises of a two-year program with one year of course work and one year of clinical rotations & dissertation work.

Chair/ Program Coordinator

Dr Syed Arman Rabbani
Professor & Chairperson and Assistant to the Vice President for Research & Postgraduate Studies

Pharmaceutical Sciences

M.S. in Pharmaceutical Sciences comprises of one and half-year program with two specialization streams:

1. Pharmaceutics & Pharmaceutical Technology (In collaboration with Julphar Pharmaceutical Industries)
2. Medicinal Chemistry

Chair/ Program Coordinator

Dr Ikramy Abdel Raheem
Professor & Chair Department of Pharmaceutics

The PhD in Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences is a Level 8 research-intensive program in alignment with the UAE’s Qualifications Framework Emirates (QFE) 2024. Designed to cultivate research leaders in pharmaceutical innovation and scientific discovery, the program spans 3–5 years and combines rigorous coursework with advanced research. This PhD in Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences is a structured 58-credit program with 10 credit hours of core coursework focusing on advanced pharmaceutical research methodologies, ethical frameworks, and interdisciplinary collaboration strategies. Students then pursue 12 credit hours of specialized coursework in one of two concentrations:

• Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Clinical Pharmacy

The program’s centerpiece is a 36-credit research thesis, where candidates choose any one of the two concentration streams of the program and conduct original investigations under faculty mentorship, producing high quality publishable work that addresses global and regional healthcare challenges.

Program Goals

This research-intensive PhD program designed to achieve the following goals:

• To develop innovative researchers addressing global healthcare challenges through advanced pharmaceutical sciences and interdisciplinary research methodologies.
• To bridge discovery with clinical practice by translating pharmaceutical sciences applications into therapeutic solutions
• To shape policy leaders skilled in pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences frameworks
• To champion ethical healthcare stewardship through sustainable practice, health equity advocacy, and culturally-responsive medication safety strategies

Available PhD Supervisors: