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.
Near East University
Faculty of Pharmacy
Near East University Faculty of Pharmacy is the first Faculty of Pharmacy in Cyprus established in 2007. Our leadership in pharmacy education houses some of the region's top lecturers and researchers and educates bright students in the area. Our curriculum is a 5 year MPharm Degree program, our teaching language is English.The Faculty of Pharmacy is a 7200 meter square building within the campus. Seven lecture halls and nine laboratories fully equipped with high tech equipments are in student use. We also have a very sophisticated tissue and cell culture laboratory.Our curriculum is patient oriented and student friendly. Our students have access to the NEU Hospital where they have their bedside teaching and hospital pharmacy practices.We have 2 semesters per academic year. September – January and February – June. Our class sizes are 100. Our program being fully in English our foreign students do not need a sperate course. Our main research areas are clinical pharmacy, toxicology, medicinal plants, plant chemistry, solid drug formulation studies, biochemistry and molecular biology.Our program has been accreditated by the Turkish Higher Education Council (YÖK). We have published our education and program in the following journal. We also have PhD programs in the following fields:
- Clinical Pharmacy
- Pharmacology
- Toxicology
- Medicinal Plants and Herbal Therapy
- Biochemistry
- Pharmaceutical Chemistry
- Pharmaceutical Technology
- Department of Analytical Chemistry
- Department of Biochemistry
- Department of Pharmacognosy
- Department of Pharmacology
- Department of Pharmaceutical Botany
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy
- Department of Toxicology