College Of Pharmacy

On behalf of the Chancellor, the Pro-Chancellor, the Vice Chancellor, the University Management Team, and the entire Staff and Scholars of the College of Pharmacy, Gregory University Uturu, Abia State, I heartily welcome you to one of the best Colleges of Pharmacy in Nigeria, where ladies and gentlemen are modelled into great pharmacists of national and global relevance. The College has the mandate to pursue a 6-year Pharm.D program, graduating our scholars with Doctor of Pharmacy degree.

The College of Pharmacy, GUU, is exceptionally unique in various ways. This uniqueness has attracted scholars from various parts of Nigeria and beyond. Firstly, we run  a standardized Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards, CCMAS program as approved by both Nigeria University Commission (NUC) and Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN). The academic program is uninterrupted as there is no industrial strike or any form of system breakdown that slows down scholars academic progression and graduating at the record time.  The human resources and academic staff to deliver quality pharmacy education are top-notch. The College is a reservoir of best brains drawn from various fields of Pharmacy practice, with distinguished professors, senior lecturers and other cerebral academic staff engaging in interactive and scholars-oriented teaching. 

The College is equipped with modern facilities and utilized for global best practices in training Pharmacists. More than 6 Laboratories we have are properly and adequately equipped with modern state-of-art equipments for the holistic training of our scholars. Other training facilities such as Medicinal Plant Garden, Herbarium, Modern Computational Lab, Model Pharmacy, Drug Information Center, Clinical Simulation Labs, Animal House etc are well equipped and available to support our scholars training.

Our topmost priority is to produce pharmacists, professional leaders and innovators in the broad area of healthcare and beyond. More importantly, we empower our scholars to achieve their dreams and realize their potential within a conducive and productive academic environment. As a professional vocation, we hold strongly to our lofty ideals of positively transforming society and the ethics of conduct required of the pharmacy profession.

Therefore, in pursuit of our university motto ‘knowledge for tomorrow,’ we seek young men and women who are motivated, passionate and committed to discover their world through knowledge. Are you enthusiastic and highly motivated to embark on the journey of becoming a Pharmacist, we invite you to the College of Pharmacy, Gregory University, Uturu, Abia State. You will be professionally tutored and mentored to actualize your dream.

Once again, I welcome you to the College of Pharmacy with a well-designed environment where academically and professionally sound pharmacists with competency to apply enhanced pharmaceutical care knowledge and professional skills to respond to the immediate community, industrial as well as contemporary global needs of pharmacare are prepared and dispensed to the society.

Dr. Sunday N. Okafor

Dean, College of Pharmacy