Bachelor of Pharmacy

For Bachelor of Pharmacy, tuition fees are 82,500 AED per year.

Pharmacy is the health science discipline that studies how medications are developed, how they act within the body, and how they can be dispensed and used safely to treat and prevent illness. The Bachelor of Pharmacy at Fatima College of Health Sciences, delivered in English in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, provides a broader and more advanced foundation than shorter pharmacy qualifications, covering subjects such as pharmacology, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacotherapy, and pharmacy practice. Students typically study how different classes of drugs work, how they interact with one another, and how dosing decisions are made for various patient populations, alongside coursework in anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry that supports an understanding of drug action. Practical and clinical training is generally built into pharmacy education, giving students exposure to dispensing procedures, patient counseling, and collaboration with other healthcare professionals in preparing and reviewing prescriptions. The discipline also addresses pharmaceutical care principles, medication safety, and the regulatory framework governing the sale and distribution of drugs. Graduates of bachelor-level pharmacy programs are typically prepared to pursue licensure as pharmacists, working in community pharmacies, hospital pharmacy departments, or the pharmaceutical industry, where roles may include drug information, quality assurance, or regulatory affairs. Some graduates go on to further specialization through postgraduate study in clinical pharmacy or pharmaceutical sciences. Within Abu Dhabi's expanding healthcare landscape, pharmacy graduates play a central role connecting pharmaceutical science with direct patient care, contributing to medication safety across hospitals, clinics, and retail pharmacy settings throughout the United Arab Emirates.