Pharmacy

Vision: The College of Pharmacy seeks to prepare pharmacists who are scientifically and practically qualified, holding a bachelor's degree in pharmaceutical sciences, taught by specialist faculty, and able to serve the community and provide pharmaceutical care to patients competently and responsibly.

Mission: The department trains students in clinical and industrial pharmacy and laboratory analysis, develops their skill in handling medicines and chemicals, promotes pharmacovigilance in cooperation with the health authorities, and encourages the therapeutic use of natural resources such as medicinal plants.

Objectives: To graduate qualified pharmacists with the scientific knowledge and applied skills to work in hospitals, private pharmacies and pharmaceutical factories, and to contribute to excellent health services for the community.

The Department of Pharmacy was founded in the 2024–2025 academic year.

Admission for 2026–2027 is centralised through the Qaddim platform of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

• Eligible applicants: graduates of secondary school in the biological and scientific streams.
• Minimum average to apply: 89.5% for morning study; there is no evening study.
• Places are allocated competitively by average, order of preference and capacity.
• Applicants for morning study must have been born in 1996 or later.
• A medical examination meeting the requirements of the programme.
• The Ministry reserves free places in private pharmacy colleges, 5% of each university's capacity, for the previous year's graduates of the scientific stream, through the free-places channel for the medical group.

Annual tuition for 2026–2027: IQD 5,000,000,. Students with an average of 95 or above receive a 25% discount. Discounts are explained under “Fees and scholarships” on the admissions page.

Graduates work in fields including:

• Hospitals and primary health care centres
• Private pharmacies
• Pharmaceutical and medical supplies manufacturing
• Analytical and toxicology laboratories
• Pharmacovigilance in cooperation with the Ministry of Health