School of Pharmacy Ready to Welcome Students in the New Academic Year

Dean of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences School of Pharmacy said: “the conditions in Mashhad School of Pharmacy have improved compared to past years after moving to the new building and the status of academic spaces and classrooms is favorable”.

According to WebDa, reporting on Mashhad School of Pharmacy’s welcoming students in the new academic year, Dr. Mohsen Imen Shahidi-dean of the School of Pharmacy and faculty member of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences said: “in the current year, about 90 new students are admitted to this school in October and January semesters-academic year 2017-18 -in total”.

He added: “of this number, 60 students are admitted in October and 30 students will be admitted to the autonomous campus in the second semester”.

Faculty member of Mashhad School of Pharmacy said: “the school is all ready to receive new students and the schedule for registration, unit selection and a briefing to introduce the school and the beginning of the classes is arranged”.

Dr. Imen Shahidi said: “the conditions in Mashhad School of Pharmacy have improved compared to past years after moving to the new building and the status of academic spaces and classrooms is favorable; the only challenge is simultaneous attendance of students in both old and new buildings of the school”.

Dean of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences School of Pharmacy added: “the old building is used because laboratories have not been transferred to the new building; should laboratories are not ready to use until late September, we have to make use of transportation services between the two buildings”.

He believes that the number of practical laboratory lessons are considerable; he said: “there are many practical lessons in the field of pharmacy, and one third of their units is practical and apprenticeship lessons”.

Faculty member of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences mentioned that the number of units in the field of pharmacy in a total of six academic years and in professional PhD is 213, one third of which is practical lessons.

Dr. Imen Shahidi referred to the graduation ceremony of students admitted to the university in 2011 and said: “graduation ceremony of students who entered the university in 2011 was held in August 2017 which indicates that maximum time needed for professional PhD students to graduate in pharmacy is six years or at least five and a half years”.

Dean of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences School of Pharmacy said: “the school of pharmacy has 9 active departments and 45 faculty members that accept students in eight PhD fields as well as professional PhD in pharmacy”.

He said that students will be admitted to the clinical pharmacy field; he stated: “recently, the Ministry of Health has issued the permit to admit students in the clinical pharmacy field and Mashhad School of Pharmacy admit students to 9 professional PhD majors.

Faculty member of Mashhad School of Pharmacy pointed out that this field is very strategic in pharmacy because its graduates have good relationships with the School of Pharmacy and the Medical School, stay in hospitals and give pharmaceutical advice and play a role in educating medical and pharmacy students.

Dr. Imen Shahidi said: “the number of students of professional fields in each course is limited and three to five students are admitted to the field of clinical pharmacy”.

Faculty member of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences School of Pharmacy stated: “in each course, 25 students study in the school; the number of professional students in the school is now 120 and with a master’s degree course, the number of students of graduate studies amount to 140”.

Dean of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences School of Pharmacy said: “research activities of Mashhad School of Pharmacy are considerable not only among faculties of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences but also among pharmacy schools of the country”.

He said: “on average, about 200 credible scientific papers are published by faculty members of this school annually and 301 credible articles with impact factor 7 and higher are published  in 2016”.

Faculty member of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences School of Pharmacy said: “Mashhad School of Pharmacy has five knowledge-based companies and has marketed quality products. Besides, the school’s connections with industry are being strengthened”.

Dr. Imen Shahidi said: “departments of pharmaceuticals, pharmacognosy, biotechnology, pharmacodynamics, toxicology, pharmaceutical nanotechnology, pharmaceutical biotechnology, drug control, traditional pharmacy, and clinical pharmacy are active in this school”.

Dean of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences School of Pharmacy said: “professional fields of the school are organized according to these 9 departments and students are admitted accordingly”.

He said: “the master’s degree in toxicology is the only master’s course of the school and a sum of 140 students of graduate studies and 650 professional PhD students are studying in this school”.

Responding to a question about student admission capacity of this school, Faculty member of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences School of Pharmacy said: “usually, the students are admitted beyond the capacity of the school of pharmacy; however, in the current year, as suitable classrooms and educational settings provided for the students, we have no trouble admitting new students”.

Pointing to proper laboratory space that is left unused in the School of Pharmacy, Dr. Imen Shahidi noted that not benched laboratories or incomplete laboratories make it impossible to use new laboratory equipment of the School of Pharmacy.

He said: “it is promised that all new laboratories will be usable by November and we will be able to completely move to the new school by December”.