Pharmacy Education in Public Universities

Pharmacy Education in Bangladesh The education in Pharmacy was first introduced in the country in 1964 with the establishment of the Department of Pharmacy in the University of Dhaka. Recently the Department has been expanded to a Faculty comprising of three new Departments. For about 25 years the Dhaka University had been the only institution offering Pharmacy courses until establishment of a "Pharmacy Section" in Jahangirnagar University. The Section was expanded to a full?fledged Department within a few years of its establishment. Until now, there are four public universities and five private universities offering the undergraduate courses in Pharmacy. The public universities are Dhaka University, Jahangirnagar University, Rajshahai University and Khulna University. Among the private universities, University of Science & Technology, Chittagong and Asia Pacific University have conferred the degree of Bachelor of Pharmacy to a few batches of their students. The other private universities have started academic activities within last couple of years.

Pharmacy Education in Public Universities ( Accreditation ) Sl. Name Location Estd of Pharmacy Department Approved No of Seats 1. University of Dhaka Dhaka 1964 70/Yr go 2. Jahangirnagar University Savar 1985 55/Yr go 3. University of Khulna Khulna 37/Yr go 4. University of Rajshahi Rajshahi 1993 45/Yr go

University of Dhaka

Founded in 1964, the Department of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka is the first and foremost institution providing pharmacy education in Bangladesh. Approximately 90 percent of the Bangladeshi pharmacists working home and abroad are graduates of the University of Dhaka. With the ever-increasing demand and timeliness of this noble profession, the department has been raised to a full-fledged faculty in 1995 owing to the tireless efforts of its faculty members, researchers and scholars. Recognized as the most innovative institution for pharmacy education in the nation, the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Dhaka has been serving as a model for other progressive pharmacy departments, particularly in private sectors throughout the country. The faculty has now an annual average of approximately 280 full-time students in the four year Bachelor of Pharmacy program conducted under the faculty supervision. The relatively newly established faculty initiated three independent departments in 2003 under the heading of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Technology, which offer Master of Pharmacy and postgraduate degrees (M.Phil. and Ph.D.) to approximately 80 students per annum. These degrees and programs have proven to provide the insights and right direction for future pharmacists. 

Contact to: Faculty of Pharmacy

Name:	Dr. Md. Saiful Islam
Designation:	Dean
Address:	Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000.
Phone:	880-2-8612069-ext(8137/4363)
Fax:	880-2-8615583
Email:	saifulpharmacy@yahoo.com
Website:	n/a

Jahangirnagar University
 Department of Pharmacy

Jahangirnagar University (Bengali: জাহাঙ্গীরনগর বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় Jahaŋgirnôgor Bishshobiddalôe) is a university in Bangladesh, located in Savar upjila.It is a purely residential university.
The university was established in 1970 by the government of Pakistan by the Jahangirnagar Muslim University Ordinance, 1970. During the first two years, it operated as a project. Its first Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mafiz Uddin Ahmad (Ph.D in Chemistry, University of Illinois, Chicago) took up office on September 24, 1970. The first group of students, a total of 150, was enrolled in four departments: Economics, Geography, Mathematics and Statistics. Its formal inauguration was delayed until January 12, 1971, when the university was launched by Rear Admiral S. M. Ahsan, the Chancellor.
After the independence ofBangladesh, the university was renamed as Jahangirnagar University by the Jahangirnagar University Act, 1973.
In 2010 the university had a total of 10,500 students, 672 teachers, 206 staffs and 1,200 other employees. Dr. M Anwar Hossain is the (18^th may, 2012) Vice-Chancellor of the university.

Contact:
Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.
Telephone: PABX: 880-2-7791045-51, Fax: 880-2-7791052
Web: www.juniv.edu

University of Khulna

Khulna University was established at 1991. There are 5 schools and 21 disciplines under these schools. The most promising characteristic of this university is that it is free from student politics. No session jam in academic activities. A big number of professors, associate professors and assisstant professors are working as faculty member of various disciplines. Many national and international research projects are on going. Student accommodation facility is very well. There are two halls for male students and one hall for female students. Library and laboratory facility is also of high quality. Students and stuffs are provided with transport facility. Overall student quality of this university is very satisfying. Graduates of this university are working all over the world with a lot of fame.

Contact:
      Phone

• VC: +880-(0)41-721393
• Registrar: +880-(0)41-720663

      Email

• info@ku.ac.bd
• admission@ku.ac.bd

      Address

• Khulna University
• Khulna-9208, Bangladesh.

University of Rajshahi

The Department of Pharmacy is one of the seven academic departments within the Faculty of Science. Established in 1990, the department of Pharmacy has started its academic activities in 1991 in 2nd Science Building of RU campus. Since then the respected teachers and the office staffs are struggling to keep up the standard of the department as an example. The department has 34 teaching staffs and 150 students in various classes.

Our mission is to prepare pharmacists to provide optimal pharmaceutical care and to prepare graduate and postgraduate students to provide leadership in scholarship and practice. The Department generates and disseminates knowledge to assure the safe, effective, and cost-efficient use of medications.

Our vision is to be recognized nationally as a leader in pharmacy education and scholarship that optimizes the use of pharmaceuticals and the provisions of pharmaceutical care. 

Campus Mailing Address:

2nd Science Building (3rd floor)

Rajshahi University, Rajshahi-6205

Bangladesh

Phone:

Main Office: +88-0721-750041-54/4110

Fax: +88-0721-750064 (University)

Website:

http://www.ru.ac.bd/phar