About Us

In view of the fact that Iraq is witnessing major development in all fields, especially health and education, the Faculty was established in 2011 to assist in the upgrading and advancement of health care services for the Iraqi people. The Faculty is a part of Al-Rafidain University College (RUC), one of Iraq’s first private institutions (established in 1988).

The Faculty of Pharmacy at Al-Rafidain University College should be the first choice for distinguished students, researchers and those interested in pharmaceutical sciences in Iraq and the region.

To meet the needs of the local and regional labor market, we provide high-quality academic programs in the fields of pharmaceutical sciences, delivered by trained cadres capable of applying international standards.

• Scientific integrity
• Cultural and social diversity
• Equality of opportunity and justice
• Teamwork
• Time management
• Empowerment and leadership
• Transparency and credibility
• Maintain confidentiality and privacy

• Students’ science and practical abilities and skills are being developed.
• Strengthen students’ academic and extracurricular abilities.
• To instill and strengthen the profession’s ethics.
• Keeping up with labor market changes through the modernization and development of academic programs and their associated material, financial, and human resource requirements.
• Focus scientific research on national development priorities.
• Prepare students for postgraduate studies and encourage them to enroll.
• Ongoing development of the academic and research faculty members’ skills and abilities.
• Interaction with and service to the local community.

Graduated students have many advantages, including the ability to work in a variety of pharmaceutical fields (both public and private), including:

• Pharmaceutical services provided by the Ministry of Health.
• Drug stores and general (private) pharmacies.
• Pharmaceutical companies and chemical research labs.
• Promotion and sale of pharmaceuticals.
• Academic responsibilities and empirical studies
• Working with the military medical services as a pharmacist.
• Laboratory for clinical research.
• Pharmacists are also used in a variety of areas, including forensic medicine and consultative bodies, as well as marketing of medications and medical products, drug regulation, and inspection of health and medical institutions.