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.
Lebanese International University
School of Pharmacy
The mission of the School of Pharmacy at the Lebanese International University is to be a distinguished institution, where leaders in pharmacy practice, research and education are developed. Our vision is to enhance a continued professional development through education, practice, and community services. In order to serve this mission and to generate qualified and professional health care pharmacists, the pharmacy curriculum was designed to incorporate basic and advanced pharmaceutical sciences with communication skills, ethics and professional training. The school has established laboratories that are equipped with new and advanced instruments and facilities, in addition to an electronic library that provides access to hundreds of medical journals and text books which support and serve the learning procedure.
Moreover, the school has created collaborations with high-standard university hospitals and community pharmacies for students’ on-site training, and always seeking worldwide institutional cooperation and partnership. We are also highly involved in providing and supporting continuing education programs for the faculty members through conferences, and for the local pharmacists through regular professional seminars and workshops, as well as by organizing awareness campaigns for the public.
The School offers two degrees: Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm) and Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD).
We are committed to maintaining quality and excellence, and to being ethical and responsible in all our undertakings.