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.
Sri Ramachandra University
Faculty of Pharmacy
The Faculty of Pharmacy (FOP) is one of the 14 faculties of the prestigious SRIHER (Deemed to be University) and was established in 1993 in the verdant campus of the university with in the city of Chennai, Tamilnadu. The Fop has the approval of the Pharmacy Council of India and accredited by NAAC (A++ grade with CGPA 3.53) and National Board of Accreditation.
The Faculty offers B. Pharm, Pharm. D, Pharm. D (Post Baccalaureate) and M. Pharm in
the following specialities
• Pharmacy Practice
• Pharmaceutics
• Quality Assurance
• Pharmacognosy
• Pharmacology
• Pharmaceutical Analysis
• Regulatory Affairs
and has full time and part time Ph. D research Scholars.
The Faculty is equipped with the state of the art class rooms and laboratories and over 60 faculty members which ensures smooth delivery of pharmaceutical education.
The medical college and 1780 bedded hospital provide the project setting for training in good pharmaceutical care practices. The students are afforded comprehensive skill development such as
• IV Admixture
• Total Parenteral Nutrition and Antibiotic Stewardship
• Analytical Toxicology
• Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
• HPLC
• HPTLC
• GC
• Particle Size Analyser was newly initiated in the department of pharmacy practice.
The presence of Central Research Facility and Centre for Toxicology and Development Research which is a GLP accredited animal house facility support quality research. The faculty members publish in quality indexed journals, so for 8 patents have been field and 5 granted.
The Faculty encourages student exchanges and has MOUS signed with St. John Fisher, Wegmans School of Pharmacy, Rochester, USA, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Boston, USA and University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy, Maryland, USA. The faculty facilitates students to do part of the internship / projects at the India’s premier institutes like ICMR, CDRI and CLRI.