The Faculty of Pharmacy. Part of something great.

Uppsala University is Sweden’s first university, founded already in 1477. Today we are a modern, broad and dynamic research university with a clear threefold: to conduct first-class research, provide education of the highest quality and interact with society to contribute to changing the world for the better. Being consistently ranked among the top 100 universities in the world confirms that we are doing a solid job.

Life sciences certainly are among our university’s scientific strongholds. At our Faculty of Pharmacy – Sweden’s only, founded in 1968 – we conduct research and education with both breadth and excellence. In 2020, we climbed to 36th place in the world in Pharmacy & Pharmacology on the QS World University Ranking. This is a recognition that makes us proud but certainly not satisfied. Here we present a selection of our ongoing activities. Welcome to us.

• The Faculty of Pharmacy 2021 – An introduction
• Facilities
• Current collaborations
• Research environments
• Successful history. Prosperous future.

At Sweden's only Faculty of Pharmacy, we conduct research in all phases of pharmacy and educate the pharmaceutical experts of the future.

Together, we pave the way for better care and a healthier world. Read more about our activities in Faculty of Pharmacy 2021 – Successful history. Prosperous future.

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Uppsala Biomedical Centre, BMC, is the home of the Faculty of Pharmacy and one of Northern Europe’s largest research centers in pharmacy, medicine, biomedicine and chemistry. In top-equipped premises we conduct world-leading basic research focusing on the development and use of pharmaceuticals. At BMC we also provide education at undergraduate level, each year we conduct courses for 1,000 full time students, as well as extensive postgraduate education.

More information  Uppsala Biomedical Centre

European infrastructure for translational medicine (EATRIS)

EATRIS is a European infrastructure for the development of medical therapies and tools. With the Swedish node at our Faculty of Pharmacy, we have direct access to an effective link between industry and academia, as well as a unique network with partners in both Europe and the world.

More information  EATRIS Sweden

European Gram Negative AntiBacterial Engine (ENABLE)

Our Faculty of Pharmacy has a central function in ENABLE, the European collaboration within the IMI New Drugs for Bad Bugs program. A large part of the antibacterial drug discovery hub is located in Uppsala and we provide expertise in, among other things, medicinal chemistry, computational chemistry, ADME profiling, microbiology and project coordination.

More information  ENABLE

SweDeliver

SweDeliver is a national competence centre with focus on drug delivery. With the academic hub at our Faculty of Pharmacy research and industry combine in a cross-sectoral environment where a successful research program is conducted at three technology platforms. SweDeliver contributes to the development of drugs, better pharmaceutical treatments, continued investments in and supply of future competence to Swedish Life Science.

More information  SweDeliver

Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences

Our mission is to lead in research that benefits the development of effective and safe pharmaceuticals. We aim to increase the knowledge about the uptake, kinetics, metabolism, effects and side-effects of pharmaceutical drugs. The research is performed in a number of research groups.

Cooperation with society is of great importance to us, and our research is often conducted in close collaboration with national and international laboratories or pharmaceutical companies. All PhD students are working within the research groups.

Learn more about our ongoing research

• Biopharmaceutics
• Biological research on drug dependence
• Protein and peptide drugs
• Pharmaceutical Bioinformatics
• Pharmaceutical Cell Biology & Biotechnology
• Pharmacognosy
• Pharmaceutics
• Medical Mass Spectrometry
• Neuropharmacology, addiction and behaviour
• Drug Safety & Toxicology
• Molecular Neuropharmacology

Department of Pharmacy

Our Department centers its research on three areas: Drug Delivery, Rational Drug Usage and Pharmaceutical Materials Science. The research is developed by a series of research groups, some of international prominence. The research groups represent a unique cluster of academic competences in Sweden and Department of Pharmacy has thus a key role in the development of the pharmacy discipline in Sweden. For an overview of the profiles of the research groups, go to the respective research group.

Learn more about our ongoing research

• Drug Delivery
• Pharmacometrics
• Social Pharmacy
• Translational pharmacokinetics / pharmacodynamics

Department of Medicinal Chemistry

At the Department of Medicinal Chemistry, six research groups work to develop substances into novel drugs and treatments, often in collaboration with academia and industry in Uppsala, Sweden and beyond the nation's borders. Our scientific achievements provide us with a stable basis for regrowth, strategic recruitments and bringing our successful tradition into an exciting future. In parallel, we conduct education in an environment characterised by inspiring teachers firmly established in frontline research and knowledge.

Learn more about our ongoing research

• Analytical Pharmaceutical Chemistry
• Drug Design and Discovery
• Pharmaceutical physical chemistry
• Preparative Medicinal Chemistry
• Theranostics
• Translational imaging

Uppsala University's tradition of pharmaceutical activities dates back to the middle of the 17th century, but has in recent decades experienced enormous development. The field's growing health and socio-economic significance has added the aspect of social science. At Uppsala University, the Faculty of Pharmacy and Faculty of Medicine work in close collaboration within the Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy.

Important years in the development of our faculty:

1968	Farmaceutiska Institutet is integrated into Uppsala University as the Faculty of Pharmacy.
1973	Adjunct professors are established with employment in industry and service at the university, thus forming a bridge between academia and business.
1975	All of the faculty's departments are on site in Uppsala's Biomedicine Center.
1976	The National Board of Health and Welfare's pharmaceutical department (from 1990 the Swedish Medical Products Agency) moves its operations to Uppsala and becomes a neighbor of the Faculty of Pharmacy.
1977	The faculty appoints Arvid Carlsson, pharmacologist and later Nobel laureate, as honorary doctor.
1990	The faculty takes an active part in the formation of the ULLA consortium, the purpose of which is to strengthen European research and postgraduate education in the field of pharmaceuticals.
1992	The faculty reorganizes and eleven departments become three.
1994	The Wallenberg Foundation and Astra allocate SEK 30 million to the faculty's doctoral programs in Galenic pharmacy.
1999	Uppsala University's faculties of pharmacy and medicine unite in the Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy.
2001	Thomas Lönngren, a faculty alumni graduated in Uppsala in 1976, is appointed head of the European Medicines Agency.
2006	Anders Hallberg, Professor of Medicinal chemistry, is appointed Vice-Chancellor of Uppsala University.
2018	The Faculty of Pharmacy celebrates 50 years at Uppsala University.
2020	SweDeliver, the national competence center with a focus on drug delivery is inaugurated with the Faculty of Pharmacy being the academic hub.

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