The Faculty of Pharmacy, which was established in July 1991, is an offspring of the Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences created within the Faculty of Medicine to run the pharmacy undergraduate course.The course itself was established in 1974.

The faculty is housed in a single two-story building. The Dean, assisted by three heads is responsible for all academic and administrative activities in the faculty. There are four departments in the faculty namely the department of Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacognosy, Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Pharmaceutics, the latter having two units, Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutics. The department of Pharmaceutical microbiology is, administratively, under the Head of the Department of Pharmaceutics.

Mission of our faculty is to train Pharmacists to run the pharmaceutical services in the country, to carry out research and to offer consultancy service in the field.

The academic staff situation has greatly improved since the beginning of the course. Almost all academic staff are Tanzanians, eleven of whom are Ph.D. holders, ten with Masters degrees and two on Ph.D. programs. In 1992 the Faculty introduced a Masters program in each department. In addition, plans are underway to introduce a continuing education course for pharmacists in the country. This will not only increase efficiency in the profession but also keep the professionals up-to-date

Undergraduate Program:
The undergraduate curriculum is modeled on the University of Aston (UK) syllabus. Faculty has no unit system instead each year is divided into two semesters amounting to 38 teaching weeks. The academic year starts in early October and ends in mid July of the following year.
At the end of each academic year second and third year students go for field work in hospitals, industries and community pharmacies for two weeks and eight weeks respectively where they are expected to practice the knowledge they gained in theory during lectures.
The Faculty of Pharmacy currently offers a four-year Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm) degree program of the University of Dar-Es-Salaam. The minimum criteria for admission to the undergraduate program for direct entrants (form six-leavers) are A-level principal passes in Chemistry, Physics and Biology or Zoology at the level of C, D and D respectively. There is also an equivalent qualification for those with a diploma in Pharmaceutical Sciences A-level principal passes of at least E each in Chemistry, Physics and Biology/Zoology. The current intake is 50 students, Also there is and ongoing expansion programme the aim was to increase intake of students from 25 in 1991 to about 50 in 2003 with emphasis given to gender balance, the same scheme applies to postgraduate courses. 

How to Apply
Application forms can be obtained from Dean of students office and Registrars office or from Admission office at University of Dar es salaam (Mlimani Campus)

Postgraduate Courses

Master of Pharmacy students will be enrolled to specialize in any of the following specialties in Pharmacy, namely:

• Industrial Pharmacy

• Quality control and Quality Assurance

• Hospital and Community Pharmacy

• Clinical Pharmacy

• Pharmacognosy

• Medicinal Chemistry

• Pharmaceutical Microbiology

Eligibility

Candidates with a minimum of lower second class B.Pharm degree or an equivalent qualification will be eligible for enrollment fro the degree of Master of Pharmacy by coursework and dissertation.

Each candidate must satisfy all the general requirements set out under the regulation for Master's degree of University of Dar es salaam.

Duration of the Course

The course will be conducted over a period of two academic years and will be divided into 2 parts as follows:

Part i: Theory and practicals to be completed in the 1st Year.
Part ii: Research and dissertation to be completed in the 2nd year.

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) course also available

For more information about our postgraduate programme please contact the dean of faculty of Pharmacy (e-mail dean)

Research and Publications
Research is the second most important activity in the faculty after teaching. Basically all members of staff are involved in a kind of research whether independently or through supervision of undergraduate students.
Fourth year students are required to present results of a research project they have been doing in the last two years of their study, as part of academic assessment for the award of a degree.
Areas covered include, drug utilization studies, development of rapid methods of drug analysis, drug quality assessment, screening of natural products for biological activity, isolation and characterization of novel agents.

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