National University of Pharmacy

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The National University of Pharmacy is a domestic centre of pharmaceutical education and science development, which occupies a leading place in realizing public policy in training a new generation of highly skilled specialists and implementing competitive scientific developments for the science-intensive pharmaceutical industry. The University creates conditions for in-depth scientific training of highly qualified specialists on education and science cooperation principles.
Founded in 1805 as a pharmaceutical department of Kharkiv Emperor University, the National University of Pharmacy is the leading pharmaceutical higher education institution in Ukraine with rich scientific traditions and history. The National University of Pharmacy is the only higher education institution of pharmaceutical profile in our country. Its evolution has provided the development of the national pharmaceutical school, science, production and the whole pharmaceutical industry of Ukraine. In 1921, based on the Proposal of prominent Kharkiv scientists, the first and the only in Ukraine Kharkiv Pharmaceutical Institute (KhPhI) was founded by Resolution of Health Care Narkomat Golovnauk. Outstanding scientists worked in the Kharkiv Pharmaceutical Institute at different times.
The origin of Ukrainian pharmaceutical science in such areas as a chemical synthesis of biologically active substances, pharmacognostic researches of medications, chemical and toxicological analysis, formulation and production of medications of both synthetic and natural origin, quality control of medicines, organization and economy of the pharmaceutical industry is connected with the National University of Pharmacy.
All conditions for training highly skilled specialists for all pharmaceutical industry segments such as pharmacy establishments, pharmaceutical, perfumery and cosmetic enterprises, drug quality control and scientists (Doctors and Candidates of Sciences (PhD)) training for state institutions are created in the National University of Pharmacy.
The National University of Pharmacy is unique, acknowledged in the world. Educational and scientific complex the team includes over 20 thousand students and employees, among them, are over 17.5 thousand students, Master degree students, postgraduate students, and interns in 14 specialities and six training directions.
The University consists of 49 Departments Institute of Pharmacy Professionals Qualification Improvement College of the NUPh Central Scientific-Research Laboratory State Scientific-Research Laboratory of the NUPh for Medicinal Substances Quality Control Educational-Scientific Technological Laboratory of Dosage Forms Clinical-Diagnostic Center of the NUPh Laboratory of Clinical Diagnostics Problem-based Laboratory of Morphofunctional Researches Research Laboratory of Microbiological and Immunological Researches Scientific Methodological (Scientific Research) Laboratory on Pharmaceutical Education Electrical Engineering and Electronics Laboratory Center of Distance Training Technologies Computer Center.
There are 617 members of the academic and teaching staff at the university, among them: 122 Doctors of Sciences, 91 Professors 441 Candidates of Sciences, one academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, ten academicians and corresponding members of branch Academies of Sciences of Ukraine, 14 Honored Workers of Science and Technology, 2 Honoured Workers of Health Care System, 1 Honoured Inventor of Ukraine, 2 Honoured Workers of Pharmacy, 3 Honoured Workers of Education, five laureates of State Prizes.
Twenty-two scientific schools are formed and work fruitfully at the National University of Pharmacy, such as chemical synthesis and analysis of bioactive substances, creation of medicines of synthetic and natural origin nanotoxicology and nanopharmacy pharmacognostical study of bioactive substances technology of formulation of original and combined medicines in different dosage forms a pharmacological study of bioactive synthetic and natural substances and medicines creation of homoeopathic medicines development of new methods for the analysis of medicines for operative exposure of the falsified products of pharmacy and industrial production organization of pharmaceutical business management and marketing in pharmacy study of efficient management mechanisms of pharmaceutical enterprises development in the conditions of international quality standards implementation, etc.
The scientific potential of the University is put into effect in research works. In 2013, 257 fundamental and applied research works in priority directions of science and technology were performed by the University scientists, which were financed by the state budget and self-financing agreements. At the expense of the University within the internal program of support and assistance of scientific development.
The University gives much attention to the exchange of scientific information and approbations of scientific researches. Every year about 20 scientific and practical events, including international, are conducted at the NUPh. The National University of Pharmacy is University of the European level which trains highly qualified specialists. The University has trained over 50 thousand specialists, including over 6 thousand Masters of Pharmacy, for 94 countries globally. Training of specialists for the far-abroad countries is a significant impact factor of our country's international image. University has educational and scientific relations with 50 higher education institutions from Central and Eastern Europe, America, Asia, Middle East, and Africa. It extends international cooperation of the University scientists to carry out and extend joint scientific researches and programs.

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