Department of Pharmaceutics.
About the Department
The Department teaches different courses to provide scientific knowledge and training in the domains of compounding, formulating, developing and evaluating various pharmaceutical forms drug delivery, good manufacturing practice (GMP), biopharmaceutics and pharmacokinetics. The department concerned with the theoretical and practical studies of the physical and chemical properties of the substances involved in the composition of pharmaceutical preparations and the effect of such substances on the effectiveness of prepared dosage forms. Also, the department is concerning with conducting the necessary tests to ensure that all pharmaceutical formulations comply with the specifications contained in the Pharmacopoeia,
In addition to leaning the students about the instructions should be given to the patient for the best way of drug administration.
Courses Offered by the Department of Pharmaceutics
| Serial | Course title | Course code | Level |
| 1 | Medical physics | PHCU1005 | 2 |
| 2 | Mathematics | PHCU1007 | 2 |
| 3 | Pharmaceutical calculations | PHCU1008 | 4 |
| 4 | Physical Pharmacy | PHCU1250 | 5 |
| 5 | Pharmaceutics-1 | PHCU1252 | 6 |
| 6 | Pharmaceutics-2 | PHCU1502 | 7 |
| 7 | Pharmaceutics-3 | PHCU1750 | 8 |
| 8 | Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics | PHCU1251 | 13 |
| 9 | Industrial Pharmacy-1 | PHCU1753 | 14 |
| 10 | Graduation Project - 1 | PHCU1752 | 13 |
| 11 | Graduation Project – 2 | PHCU1754 | 14 |
| 12 | Graduation Project - 3 | PHCU1756 | 15 |
| 13 | Advanced Drug Delivery system | PHCU1755 | 15 |
| 14 | Industrial Pharmacy-2 (elective) | PHCU1757 | 15 |
| 15 | Dug stability (elective) | PHCU1758 | 15 |
Staff Members of the Pharmaceutics department
| No. | Name | Specialization | Academic Rank | E-mail address |
| 1 | Dr. Ahmed Algendy | Pharmaceutics | Associated professor | ahmed.m@bu.edu.sa |
| 2 | Dr. Saleh Abdelrasoul | Pharmaceutics | Associated professor | sabdulrasal@bu.edu.sa |
| 3 | Dr. Abdullah Asiri | Pharmaceutics | Assistant Professor | aasiri@bu.edu.sa |
| 4 | Mr. Abdulaziz Alasmari | Pharmaceutics | Lecturer | analasmari@bu.edu.sa |
| 5 | Ms. Hanan Alqarni | Pharmaceutics | Lecturer | halgarni@bu.edu.sa |
Contact Us
Head of the Department of Pharmaceutics
Dr. Abdullah Asiri (Please click here)
University Main Campus, Building 2, office S143
Email: aasiri@bu.edu.sa
Extension: 14894
