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.
University of Auckland
School of Pharmacy
The School of Pharmacy prides itself on producing graduates with the broad range of skills required to fulfill the vital role of pharmacist.
Undergraduates in the Bachelor of Pharmacy programme examine how drugs are developed, used, and how pharmacists can optimise patient care through interaction with other health professionals. Ethical issues related to practice and pharmaceutical management are also addressed.
Our programme is world-class, and aims to produce the very best pharmacy graduates.
We take an approach that embraces both traditional and non-traditional pharmacy education.
We produce well-rounded graduates who gain rewarding careers in a broad range of pharmacy practice by shifting the focus from drug chemistry and delivery to issues such as:
• how drugs are developed
• how patients use them
• how pharmacists can optimise patient care through interaction with other health professionals
• ethical issues related to practice and pharmaceutical management.
In addition to the Bachelor of Pharmacy, we are committed to developing high-quality postgraduate programmes and Research.
Read more about the Bachelor of Pharmacy here
We are very fortunate to be sited within the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at Grafton Campus, which has a long-standing, international reputation for the quality of its teaching and research.