Medical University of Bialystok. About Faculty.

The Faculty of Pharmacy with the Division of Medical Analytics was established as part of Medical Academy of Białystok on 1 July 1977 by the decision of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. In the year 2001 the name was changed to The Faculty of Pharmacy with the Division of Laboratory Medicine.

Based on the parametric evaluation of scientific units conducted by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education in 2012,

The Faculty of Pharmacy with the Division of Laboratory Medicine obtained the highest category A+.

Currently, the Faculty comprises 29 organizational units, divided into 24 departments and 5 independent laboratories, with over 120 academic teachers (20 professors and 29 habilitated doctors) working full-time.

The Faculty educates students on the following courses:

Laboratory Medicine (since 1977)
Pharmacy (since 1987)
Cosmetology (since 2009)

Both Laboratory Medicine and Pharmacy courses have been accredited by the Polish Accreditation Committee. In 2012, Faculty has received institutional accreditation by the Polish Accreditation Committee.

Until the 10th of June 2015, degrees were obtained by:

1485 laboratory diagnosticians
1459 pharmacists
271 cosmetologists

In the academic year 2015/2016, the total number of students is 1178.

The Faculty offers PhD courses and postgraduate training of pharmacists and laboratory diagnosticians as part of the Faculty's Postgraduate Study Center..

In 2013 were created post-graduate studies in the fields of:

"Food safety and food supplements"
"Cosmetology - health care and beauty"

The Faculty of Pharmacy with the Division of Laboratory Medicine is authorized to confer:

PhD degree in medical biology (since 2000)
PhD degree in pharmaceutical sciences (since 2004)
habilitated doctor degree in medical biology (since 2005)
habilitated doctor degree in pharmaceutical sciences (since 2012)

The Faculty offers a PhD courses:

in the area of medical sciences in the field of medical biology
in the area of pharmaceutical sciences

Of the employees of Faculty of Pharmacy with the Division of Laboratory Medicine:

175 obtained the doctoral degree
68 obtained the habilitated doctor degree
37 were awarded the professor degree.

The Faculty employees conduct research in cooperation with numerous Polish and foreign centres. The major scientific interests include e.g. new synthetic and natural drugs, evaluation of drug action mechanism, drug toxicity, the pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic profile, drug form technology, medical diagnostics with special emphasis on the assessment of the pathomechanism of neoplastic, inflammatory and metabolic diseases as well as determination of their markers.

In 2012,The Centre for Innovative Research (CIR),which includes The Faculty of Pharmacy with the Division of Laboratory Medicine has received the status of the Leading National Research Centre (KNOW) - a prestigious award granted by the Minister of Science and Higher Education.