The Faculty of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences at the University of Petra , Amman-Jordan was established in 1991. The Faculty offers three programs: B.Sc. in Pharmacy, B.Sc. in Nutrition, and M.S. Pharmaceutical Sciences. The B.Sc. in Pharmacy consists of 5-year program (165 credit hours) and is made of the following disciplines: medicinal and photochemistry, pharmacognosy, pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical technology, pharmacology, clinical Pharmacy and pharmaceutical communication and marketing skills whereas the M.Sc. in Pharmaceutical Sciences consists of 33 credit hours including 9 credit hours for research thesis.
The Faculty of Pharmacy and Medical Technology has four departments:
The B.Sc. in Nutrition consists of 4-year program (135 credit hours).
The department of medicinal chemistry and pharmacognosy through its academic programs introduces the students to various structural requirements for various drugs used in disease management with the emphasis on the structural-activity relationships and the essential chromophore for that particular activity.More