Department of Pharmacy

The Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Life Sciences,  Sarhad University acknowledges pharmaceutical care as an evolving mode of pharmacy practice in which the pharmacist in consultation with other health professionals, takes an active role on behalf of patients in making appropriate drug choices, by effecting distribution of medications to patients, and by assuming direct responsibilities to empower patients to achieve the desired outcomes of drugs and related therapy.    
Pharm-D program of the Department provides educational preparedness, so as to enable a student to collaborate with other health professionals and to share responsibility for outcomes of drug and related therapy. Pharm-D program promotes the knowledge, skills, abilities, attitudes and values necessary for the provision of  pharmaceutical care for general practice of pharmacy in any setting. The Department of Pharmacy also assures an understanding of pharmaceutical care by its students early in the professional program in pharmacy. The philosophy of practice as well as the necessary professional attitudes, ethics, and behaviors are evolved during the course of study. Moreover, Pharm-D program ensures the provision of a positive outlook for all aspects of pharmacy practice. In long and short, the Pharm-D program is based upon scope, depth and proficiency of knowledge, skills, and judgment acquired. The curriculum of Pharm-D adopted by our Department is in-line with the curriculum proposed by Pharmacy Council of Pakistan and approved by HEC, which provides the students with enhanced core of professional knowledge and skills through enrichment of the Biomedical Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Clinical Sciences through practice and experience. The curriculum prepares students to be practitioners with maturity in clinical, hospital, community, and industrial practice of pharmacy.

To become a globally recognized center of excellence in research driven pharmacy education, empowering graduates to lead innovations and improve health care outcomes at national and international level.  

To prepare pharmacy graduates with advanced scientific knowledge, technical proficiency and ethical awareness to excel in pharmaceutical design, manufacturing and clinical applications, while, fostering research and innovations to address contemporary health care challenges.