PHARMACY IN ''RHODES UNIVERSITY"

Rhodes University                                                

Rhodes University (RU or simply Rhodes) is a public research university located in Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, established in 1904. It is the province’s oldest university, and is one of the four universities in the province.It is the fifth or sixth oldest South African university in continuous operation, being preceded by the University of the Free State (1904), University of Witwatersrand (1896),Stellenbosch University (1866) and the University of Cape Town (1829).^{[verification needed]} Rhodes was founded in 1904 as Rhodes University College, named after Cecil Rhodes, through a grant from the Rhodes Trust. It became a constituent college of the University of South Africa in 1918 before becoming an independent university in 1951.

The university has an enrolment of over 7,000 students, approximately 3,000 of whom live on campus in several residences located on campus while the remaining students (known as oppidans) take residence in digs (off-campus residences) or in their own homes in town.

Faculty of Pharmacy

The Rhodes University Faculty of Pharmacy is dedicated to achieving excellence in an environment of interdisciplinary co-operation, and mutual respect, consistent with the mission of the University and with the mission of the profession of Pharmacy

Community engagement is one of the key focus areas in the Faculty of Pharmacy. Academic members of staff in the Faculty contribute to policy decision-making in provincial and national arenas involving the use, management and distribution of medicine and the training of health professionals.
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General and Official Enquiries

The Registrar

Postal Address

The Registrar
Rhodes University
P. O. Box 94
Grahamstown, 6140
South Africa

Physical Address

Rhodes University
Lucas Avenue
Grahamstown, 6139
South Africa

Telephone: +27-046-603-8276
Fax: +27-046-603-7350
Email: registrar@ru.ac.za

Admissions and Courses Enquiries

Student Bureau – Rhodes University

Student Bureau
P O Box 94
Grahamstown 6140
South Africa

Telephone: +27 (0)46 603 8276
Fax: +27 (0)46 603 7350
Email: registrar@ru.ac.za

Rhodes University: Johannesburg Recruitment Office

Physical Address
51 Seventh Avenue
Parktown North

Postal Address
P O Box 52303
Saxonwold 2132
South Africa
Telephone: +27 (0)11 788 5543/4

Media Enquiries

Members of the media requiring information relating to our institution’s activities, our leading academics or any other information should contact:

Publicity and Media Liaison Officer: Zamuxolo Matiwana

Telephone: +27 (0)46 603 7023

Fax: +27 (0)46 603 8744
Email: z.matiwana@ru.ac.za

Director: Communications and Marketing Division:

Lebogang Hashatse is the Official University Spokesperson.
Telephone: +27 (0)46 603 7022
Fax: +27 (0)46 603 8744

Student Fees Enquiries

Rhodes University: Student Fees

P O Box 94
Grahamstown 6140
South Africa

Telephone: +27 (0)46 603 8253
Fax: +27 (0)46 603 7019/20.
Email: student-fees@ru.ac.za

website for pharmacy department : 

http://www.ru.ac.za/pharmacy/

University of KwaZulu-Natal

The University of KwaZulu-Natal or UKZN is a university with five campuses all located in the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. It was formed on 1 January 2004 after the merger between the University of Natal and the University of Durban-Westville. 

Welcome to Pharmacy and Pharmacology

The School consists of four Departments, viz., Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmaceutics, Pharmacology and Pharmacy Practice. The School’s core function is the training of pharmacists to competently practice in all spheres of Pharmacy, i.e., community/retail, hospital, industry, Pharmacy education and training/ academia and pharmaceutical research and development.

Pharmacy is a dynamic, information driven, product- and patient-orientated profession where the pharmacist, through inculcated competence and skills during the Bachelor of Pharmacy degree and the Pharmacy internship, is committed to meeting the health care needs of all health seeking communities by being the:

• custodian of medicines;
• formulator, manufacturer, distributor and controller of safe, effective and quality medicine;
• advisor on the safe, rational and appropriate use of medicine;
• provider of essential clinical services including screening and referral services;
• provider of health care education and information;
• provider of pharmaceutical care by taking responsibility for the outcome of therapy and by being actively involved in the design, implementation and monitoring of pharmaceutical plans;
• provider of cost-effective and efficient pharmaceutical services. (South African Pharmacy Council)

  

Contact:

Tel: +27 31 260 7358 
Fax: +27 31 260 7792 

Head of School: 
pharmacyhos@ukzn.ac.za 

Research: 
pharmacyresearch@ukzn.ac.za 

Undergraduate Issues: 
pharmacyundergrad@ukzn.ac.za