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           INTRODUCTION ABOUT THE KARACHI UNIVERSITY




At the time of creation of Pakistan as a sovereign state in 1947, means for higher education and research were negligible. Responding to the impending requirement of higher learning, Pakistan started establishing relevant educational institutions of higher learning and research and thus under went rapid modernization. The University of Karachi was established by an act of Pakistan parliament in September, 1950.
The present campus to which the University shifted in 1959, is spread over 1279 acres of land, situated 12 Km away from the city center. Altogether over 12,000 regular students are enrolled in 14 departments functioning under 5 faculties of Arts, Business Administration, Commerce, Islamic Studies, Pharmacy and Science, as well as 14 research institutes and centers. Almost 4 percent students are foreigners who have come to University of Karachi from 23 different countries of the world. The faculties of Education, Law and Medicine are located in the city. More than 80 colleges are affiliated to this University, and therefore University of Karachi is an affiliating, examining and teaching body, and hence caters to the teaching requirement of 10 million population of the city.

The University has the best training teaching staff consisting of more than 600 teachers. Many of the teachers are highly qualified having international fame. In addition to this, more than 1600 non teaching staff is available in the University to cater to the administrative and man power needs. University being located un the port city of Karachi, serves as a window of higher education in Pakistan. Up until now around 200 Ph.D. 500 M.Phil. degrees have been awarded, and above the Faculty of Pharmacy more then 600 research papers have been published. The University has acquired a high status in the field of education in Pakistan as well as abroad within a short span of 48 years. Presently it occupies a prominent place especially in the teaching and research in Science, Pharmacy, Business Administration and Medicine.

II. The Faculty Of Pharmacy (Top)

The Faculty of Pharmacy of University of Karachi owes its origin from the Department of Pharmacy, which was established in 1964. The Department of Pharmacy in this University was founded in response to the need of better drug delivery system in hospital and retail pharmacy, and also to cater the ever growing need of pharmaceutical industry. As 90 percent of the drug based industry in Pakistan, both national and multi-national, are located in Karachi, the development of pharmacy education at the University of Karachi was very rapid, and in a very short span of time it occupied a prominent position as the largest pharmacy teaching institution, and has made a significant contribution in the development of pharmaceutical industry. The erstwhile department of pharmacy was raised in 1973 into a full fledged and the first faculty of pharmacy in the country. The Faculty of Pharmacy comprises 4 teaching and research departments of Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy. More than 900 regular students are today perusing their studies leading to the award of Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm.), Master of Pharmacy (M.Pharm.), Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.), and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree and Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D).

The Faculty of Pharmacy has well equipped laboratories in all the department, which fully cater to the teaching and research needs of the various degree programs. Moreover, there is a good library of the Faculty. The Faculty of Pharmacy is now taking another step forward by initiating a project to establish an Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences under its auspices so as to give more impetus to scientific and technological research and development.

The Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Karachi, in keeping with its tradition and accomplishment, will continue to carry out its mission as a leading institution to excel higher learning in drug sciences in Pakistan.

III. Students Facilities (Top)

1. Foreign Students
Faculty of Pharmacy admits 15 foreign students to B.Pharm. degree course every year. These admissions are not given directly but only after being duly processed by the concerned Embassies and the Ministry of Economic Affairs in Islamabad. Several students from Afghanistan, Canada, Egypt, Hungry, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Mauritius, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Syria have successfully completed their studies for B.Pharm. and M.Pharm., and other are continuing their education. Recently students from Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka too have been enrolled.

2. Extra Curricular Activities (Top)
a) Annual Tours
Students of B.Pharm. final year tour the country as a part of their training to get acquainted with the various pharmaceutical industries, while the junior students visit the local industries. Expenses of both trips are borne by the University of Karachi.

b) Students Activities
Pharmacy Students have been very active to organize functions which include promotion of academic and extra-curricular activities, the later include social and literary function as well as assistance to students in their day-to-day problems. They also publish two or three magazines every year from their own resources, to which students contribute their writings and are supplemented by teachers.

3. Incentives & Assistance (Top)
a) President's Award
The Ministry of Health, Government of Pakistan gives this medal to the students who tops in over all performance during the 4 year B.Pharm. course.

b) Research Fellowships
The University of Karachi, the University Grants Commission and Pakistan Science Foundation grant fellowships for talented students (enrolling) in M.Phil. and Ph.D. programs.

c) Fee Remissions
Over a hundred deserving undergraduate and postgraduate students are given full-fee remissions.

d) Duty Loans
These interest-free loans are granted by the the Banker's Equity of Pakistan to outstanding and deserving students. Moreover, Pakistan Fauji Foundation and other social and cultural organizations give financial assistance to needy students.

4. Gold Medals (Top)
a) Hakimsons Chemical Industries Gold Medal is awarded to a student, who performs best in the 4 year B.Pharm degree course.
b) Al-Haj Ikram Siddiqui Gold Medals goes to the most outstanding M.Pharm. student of the faculty.

5. Professional Activities (Top)
Pakistan Pharmacy Council was established after the enactment of Pakistan Pharmacy Act in 1967. This council, along with Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Association, Pakistan Pharmacists Association and Pharmakarians (an alumni association of the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi), is playing a vital role in propagating and establishing professional traditions of Pharmacy in the country.

IV. Publications (Top)
The bi-annual Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences is the official publication of Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi, which carries research papers from the faculty members, as well as those from other research organizations. Its contents are abstracted in the Biological and Chemical Abstracts and other international abstracting services.

Pakistan Journal of Pharmacology, on organ of the Pakistan Pharmaceutical Society is edited by one of our faculty members. This journal too is internationally abstracted.

V. General Academic Outlines (Top)
Students are required upon entering first year in B.Pharm. studies to take introductory courses in the area of knowledge of pharmaceutical sciences with general education. Fundamental courses in the field of humanities (Islamic Learning or Pakistan Studies), social sciences (Sociology and Economics), natural sciences (Physiology, Biochemistry, Chemistry and Microbiology), and mathematical sciences (Mathematics and Statistics) are given in order to ensure that the students of pharmacy have a well rounded education in general, both in liberal arts and science. Although all the courses are compulsory throughout B.Pharm. course duration of 4 years. The curriculum is so designed to provide basic knowledge in the very first year, which enhances to some extent in the second year along with professional orientation of drug substances, ultimately leading to the total professional learning of pharmacy subjects in third and forth years. This approach successively builds the under-graduate program in pharmacy and prepares the students to acquire knowledge in Pharmacognosy, Pharmacology, Toxicology, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Microbiology, Pharmaceutical Analysis, Quality Control, Medicinal Chemistry, Spectroscopy of Natural Products, Pharmaceutical Technology, Industrial Pharmacy, Clinical and Hospital Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Management and Jurisprudence, Retail Pharmacy, Cosmetology, Physical Pharmacy, Bio-Pharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics. It can be visualized that undergraduate course in pharmacy has a pyramid like structure, consequently leading to understand drug molecules in all its detail and entirety. At the end of forth year, the students are provided training either in the industry or hospital to acquaints them with practical aspect of the profession and to expose them with real practice. which is quite amply reflected in their program of studies.

Of Course, an effective education is not purely the result of teacher's deliberation and endeavors in given course of lectures or laboratory experimentations, but also depends largely on the spontaneity, creativity and responsibility of the students. In order to deal more effectively with and to cultivate better understanding of pharmaceutical and medicaments, a variety of exchange programs of teachers and students, seminars, special lectures, and counseling are exchanged.

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