Welcome to the only free-standing specialist school in the UK which is devoted to teaching and research in pharmacy.

The demand for our graduates at all levels is strong. In our innovative Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) degree, we integrate the pharmaceutical and molecular sciences with clinical therapeutics and patient care to meet the needs of the next generation of pharmacists in all sectors - community, primary care, hospital, industry, regulatory and academia. Many of our undergraduates spend a period studying in other European countries or even further afield, for example in the USA, Australia or New Zealand.

Research underpins all our teaching and provides a rich knowledge base to be passed on to the scientists and practitioners of tomorrow. An important focus for the School is Molecular Pharmacy. We are now beginning to understand illnesses such as cancer, neurodegenerative disorders and infectious diseases at the molecular level - the genes that cause them and how individuals differ from each other in the types of illnesses that they have and their response to the medicines used to treat them. Molecular Pharmacy focuses on medicines. Understanding how they act and how patients respond to them supports our goal of developing new safer medicines that truly capitalise on the revolution in genomics. Progress offers the enticing prospect of personalised medicine.

For many years, we have sought strategic collaborations with partners both here in the UK and further afield to create interdisciplinary teams tackling important questions in drug discovery, development and medicines usage. One example is the Centre for Cancer Medicines that has been set up to exploit our expertise in this field along with neighbouring organisations such as the other specialist colleges of the University of London.

The Centre for Paediatric Pharmacy Research is another relatively new venture which is successfully achieving its aims of assessing, improving and monitoring medicines in children.  The Centre is a collaborative venture with the renowned Great Ormond Street Hospital and the Institute of Child Health, University College London.

We are proud that we have a strong reputation both nationally and overseas, as a result of over 150 years of proven excellence in teaching and research.

Please contact us if you would like any further information about the School.

Professor Anthony Smith
Principal and Dean