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.
Disclaimer: The information contained in the FIP World List of Pharmacy Schools is provided on a voluntary basis by pharmacy schools and educational institutions worldwide. While the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) makes reasonable efforts to maintain the accuracy and currency of this list, the data presented may not constitute a complete or fully accurate representation of all pharmacy schools available in any particular country or region.
Inclusion in this list does not imply endorsement, accreditation, or quality verification by FIP. Users are advised to independently verify information regarding any institution through appropriate national or regional authorities. FIP assumes no responsibility for any decisions made based on the information provided in this list and encourages users to conduct their own due diligence when evaluating pharmacy education programs.
University of Michigan
College of Pharmacy
College Vision
We will be world leaders in positively transforming human health.
College Mission
To advance human health through innovation, collaboration, and leadership in pharmacy education, scientific and translational discoveries, and practice.
About
In 2026, we will celebrate the College of Pharmacy’s 150th birthday (December 29, 1876), but pharmacy courses date back to 1839 when we were a part of the Department of Literature, Science and the Arts when Douglass Houghton, Professor of Geology and Mineralogy was charged with the subjects of Chemistry and Pharmacy.
37 years later, we would appoint our first Dean, Albert Prescott, when the Regents established the ‘School of Pharmacy’ in 1876. Our name was changed to conform to University policy in 1915 to the College of Pharmacy.
Prescott insisted that a pharmacy education be grounded in basic science and fact. At that time, this stance was considered heretical, and he was ostracized by educational and professional establishments. At the time of his death, three decades later, nearly all pharmacy schools in the nation embraced the basic science model.
Notably, going back as early as 1871, we were graduating women and, in 1912, Black Americans (earliest documented). The significance? We were a College open to all and graduating all at a time when they still did not have the right to vote.
Over the next several decades, the College, its academic programs, degrees and curriculum, evolved to establish itself as a leader in research and practice. Interestingly, it wasn’t until the year 2000 that a departmental structure existed, at which point Clinical Science, Social and Administrative Services (now Clinical Pharmacy), Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Medicinal Chemistry were created. Read more about our history
Degrees Offered
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Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)
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Master of Science in Integrated Pharmaceutical Sciences
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PhD in Medicinal Chemistry
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PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences
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PhD in Clinical Pharmacy Translational Science
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