Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Pharmacy is a healthcare profession that links health sciences with community service. It is the science and technique of preparing and developing drugs that are safe and effective in curing diseases, maintaining good health and general well-being of individuals and animals. The scope of Pharmacy education and practice has expanded over time such that the practice, which hitherto was mainly concerned with compounding and dispensing of medications, has now transformed into modern services related to treatment including clinical services, review of medications for safety and effectiveness as well as provision of drug information. In Nigeria, Pharmacy training has evolved steadily from the issuance of Chemist and Druggist Certificate in the 1960s to B. Sc. Pharmacy Degree of the 1970s and 1980s, then to unclassified B. Pharm. Degree which started in the late 1980s, and now the Pharm. D. Degree that was introduced in the early 2000s. The Pharm. D. degree programme is aimed at accommodating the new concepts of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Care.

The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences in Veritas University Abuja was established in 2021/2022 academic session after the approval by the National Universities commission (NUC) and offer courses leading to the award of Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm. D.) Degree after 6 years of intensive training. The Pharm. D. curriculum has been designed to give the students a general education and, at the same time, deliver intense training in the Pharmaceutical Sciences that meets the professional practice requirement of the contemporary times.

It is envisioned that the Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm. D.) programme will provide the required level of education, development and training for students to attain their career prospects in any aspect of pharmaceutical practice, such as distribution/supply, industry, national/international administration, hospital, community pharmacy and academia.

The programme provides an opportunity of learning how to apply pharmaceutical and biomedical knowledge to problems of drug therapy in relation to patient care. The graduates of this programme are expected to have acquired a broad-based experience in healthcare and use of medicines, so as to be able to practicalise the concept of pharmaceutical care within the healthcare delivery system. Moreover, various components of the programme provide comprehensive foundational basis for the pharmacy graduates who may wish to pursue a career in research and the academia.