The Faculty of Pharmacy has a proud record of education and research in the
pharmaceutical sciences. It is one of Australia's leading schools of pharmacy,
offering professional qualifications and further education for the pharmacy
profession, undergraduate programs in formulation science and medicinal
chemistry and research higher degrees.
The faculty is located at the Parkville campus, in close proximity to other
leading research organisations in the `Parkville strip'. It shares its premises
with the Pharmacy Board of Victoria and the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia
(Victorian Branch) Ltd, and has strong links with the national and
international pharmaceutical industries and health research communities.
The faculty is an internationally recognised specialist centre in drug
discovery and development: Australia's first commercially successful drug for
the global market, Relenza(TM), was developed here.
In 2002, a new Centre for Drug Candidate Optimisation further expanded the
faculty as a resource for industry.
There are four departments within the faculty: Pharmaceutics, Pharmacy
Practice, Medicinal Chemistry, and Pharmaceutical Biology and Pharmacology. All
departments are headed by internationally recognised research professors.
Administration is managed through the Office of the Dean. Selection and course
enquiries should be directed to the faculty office.
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