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.
Sanata Dharma University
Faculty of Pharmacy
The Faculty of Pharmacy Sanata Dharma University is located on Java Island, which is about 600 kilometers or 375 miles from Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia. Our Faculty was established in 1995. We have two programs, i.e. the undergraduate pharmacy program and the pharmacy profession program. The course in the undergraduate pharmacy program covers four major topics, i.e. chemistry; biology; pharmaceutical and technology; and pharmacology, clinical, and community pharmacy. The pharmacy profession program comprises two semesters, with an internship at pharmaceutical industry, hospital and community pharmacy in the second semester.The teaching methods are tutorials, workshops and laboratory classes using a student-centred learning approach.
There are two centres within the Faculty. The first is Centre of Drug Information and Research that manage research projects conducted by the Faculty members. The second is Centre of Pharmaceutical Services that offers a range of laboratory tests such as pre-clinical trial, toxicology test, biological and chemical analysis.
The Faculty has a number of partnerships with local industries, including pharmaceutical industries, hospitals and pharmacists. We currently conduct two international research collaborations in the field of clinical pharmacy and pharmaceutical technology.
The Faculty holds the “A” level of accreditation from BAN-PT (Directorate General of Higher Education/DIKTI- Indonesia Ministry of Education).This A level places the Faculty as one among the few top pharmacy faculties in Indonesia.
Many of the alumni have reached excellence and are acknowledged in their professional fields, especially in hospital pharmacy, quality assurance and quality control in pharmaceutical industries and government.