Foundation
King Faisal University was founded in 1975 G (1395 H) the City of Hufof, Al-ahsa. The College of Clinical Pharmacy at King Faisal University, Al Hofuf City in Al Ahsa was established according to the Royal decision 167/ 8 on 29 / 3 / 1423 H for the improvement of the health services and the advancement of the pharmacy profession and to cope with the educational policy of the kingdom, which is distinguished by applying the most advances in the technology and sciences in various fields.
The study has been commenced in the academic year of 1425 / 1426 H (For Male Section) and the number of the students who joined the college in the first year reached twenty five students and an the academic year 1429/1430 h (For Female Section) the number of the students who joined the college in the first year reached Thirty students. The college offers a very advanced curriculum that follows the semester system for six years. The last year includes field training in the hospitals and community pharmacies to cope with the development of the pharmacy profession in the world with the emphasis on the clinical pharmacy sciences. In addition this curriculum was revised and developed on 2010.
The graduate of the college gets a Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm. D.) degree so that he can do his role as a clinical pharmacist in the hospitals and the governmental and community pharmacies as well as a distinguished researcher in the pharmaceutical sciences.
Based on the recognition of the importance of the College of Clinical Pharmacy, the college got an approval to build a temporary building that follows the international specifications and standards.
The project of the temporary building occupies an area of about 17110 m2. This building includes 21 laboratories for the different college departments, 22 classrooms, 3 auditoria, a central library and a computer laboratory in addition to a typical animal house, offices and administrative and technical rooms.
