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Pharmacy is a profession that deals with drugs and patients. To become a pharmacist, a person must acquire either a bachelor of pharmacy (B Pharm) or doctor of pharmacy (Pharm D) degree from an approved school of pharmacy. Private University with Pharmacy Approval of the school of pharmacy comes from the national university commission (NUC) and the pharmacists council of Nigeria (PCN). There is temporary and permanent accreditation. With permanent accreditation from both parties, the school can successfully induct graduates into the profession. Read Also :  List of state university offering pharmacy programme To run a pharmacy faculty is expensive. Very expensive. That is why it took many federal universities years to roll out the programme. This also applies to state own universities. And with what is on ground now, only four private universities have been approved in Nigeria. And most of them did not start the programme with the founding of the school. However, there are some uni...

Pharmacy postgraduate courses  To practice as a pharmacist in Nigeria, one has to study in an accredited university of pharmacy. The study programme is long and practically impossible for anyone to learn everything the profession has to offer. This ranges from the undergraduate and postgraduate study. There are more than 100 accredited universities by National Universities Commission (N.U.C). Of them, just 22 offer pharmacy programmes according the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria ( The P.C.N.) website. Courses each university offer varies and changes year in year out. This is because these universities grow with time. However, this post will list out the the universities that offer pharmacy course as a degree. Undergraduate degree in pharmacy is presently two in Nigeria. This is not the case in United States Of America (U.S.A) where they are presently phasing out one of them. However, without wasting much time, let us see the universities. Universities That Offers B. Pharm...