European University of Lefke

Faculty of Pharmacy

European University of Lefke, Faculty of Pharmacy, located in the campus of European University of Lefke, offering education in the faculty building designed for pharmacy education. Faculty of Pharmacy offers both Pharm M and Pharm D degrees. During this time period, students receive rigorous training in theoretical and practical knowledge of all aspects of pharmacy. The university has established a number of Labs to support students of this Department for their practical work. The medium of instruction in the faculty is English. Accordingly, for the Pharm M degree the period of study is 5 years (10 semesters).

In addition to that, The Faculty of Pharmacy offers Pharm-D program to the perspective students which is known as Doctor of Pharmacy and is a 6 years degree program of 12 semesters. The aims and objectives of Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm-D) curriculum are to prepare graduates who will have the capacity, UpToDate knowledge, strong ethical values, behavior, communication, writing and social skills that will enable them to pursue careers in pharmaceutical care in health systems, community environment where appropriate medication usage and patient’s safety is paramount, pharmaceutical industry and its quality systems, academia, research and development.

The education in our faculty is conducted with specialist pharmacist faculty members all of whom have Ph.D. degrees in the related discipline.

We, as European University of Lefke Faculty of Pharmacy open our doors to education with our fully equipped laboratories and teaching staff. Here, students will receive education in order to become an expert in pharmacological care and with the basic and occupational science courses and fully equipped laboratory trainings that they will receive, they will graduate as the ‘pharmacists of the future’ who will offer first level health services among the health care teams of their countries.

Our mission is to raise innovative pharmacists and scientists pioneering in education for the benefit of society and people.

Our vision is to contribute to the protection, promotion and development of health and the sustainability of social welfare by leading pharmacy education, research and serving the public.

Laboratories in our faculty are adequate for education as well as researches.

Our students will graduate with friends all over the world thanks to our multi-cultural student profile.

The graduates of the Faculty of Pharmacy have extensive working fields. They may find jobs as pharmacy pharmacists, hospital pharmacists; clinical pharmacists, pharmacists in relevant departments in ministries of health, in the fields of pharmaceutical manufacturing, formulation, quality control, licensing and medical departments; in the cosmetic industry; and in drug stores. Furthermore, our students who are the only ones that receive formal education on medicinal plants and treatment with medicinal plants will have the chance to take place in the production of herbal medicinal raw materials and herbal medicine.

Our students who are well-trained with clinical pharmacy knowledge and skills will be the Medicine Treatment Managers of the future.

Dean’s message

Dear Students

European University of Lefke, Faculty of Pharmacy has shaped its educational approach with the motto of ‘Zero Error in Health’. According to this understanding, when our students reach the end of the 5th year, they will have received formation on pharmaceutical technologies, natura lor synthetic sources of drugs, effects on human metabolism, treatment responses varying according to the individual, and will have reached the value that will present all their knowledge and equipment to the service of the society they belong to like confetti. In addition to the MsC diploma, they will have the chance to continue their education in the 6th year and carry the PharmD degree with the title of ‘Clinical Pharmacist’.

Today, when the societies of the world are getting older and the cost of disease-diagnosis-treatment-monitoring processes are increasing in disadvantaged societies, value of the pharmacist and the pharmacy profession are rising in direct proportion to these conditions. While the value you will add to human health and the society we live in is shaped by our faculty, I congratulate you for choosing to be a valuable element in the field of health and welcome you to our family.