I am pleased to welcome you to the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria. The undergraduate pharmacy program commenced in 1970 in the then Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, which was part of Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of the University of Benin. In December 1975 it became a School in the College of Medical Sciences. The Senate of the University upgraded the School into a Faculty in October 1981 but it was reverted to the status of a School in October 1988. In October 1991, Faculty status was once again restored as a result of the Collegiate System whereby related disciplines in the University were grouped into Colleges on the advice of the National Universities Commission (NUC). The Faculty thus became part of the College of Health Sciences, as the new College was then called. In December 1993, the Collegiate System of the University was scrapped and consequently, the Faculty of Pharmacy emerged as an independent Faculty.
