University of Iceland

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

The Faculty is a vibrant and culturally diverse teaching and research unit of international standard.

The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences is an effective research unit within the University of Iceland, where diverse research is carried out in the various fields of pharmaceutical sciences. Research is carried out in collaboration with numerous parties domestically and abroad, including universities, research institutes and companies. Lecturers in pharmaceutical sciences are members of Nordic and European teaching and research networks, ensuring important international relations, and allowing students to take part of their studies abroad.

All lecturers at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences are active research in their respective fields, and their participation in the international scientific and research community has grown considerably in recent years. In Iceland, lecturers at the faculty have hosted and organised international conferences, including those deal with the chemistry of cyklodextrins, clinical pharmaceutical research and mucus membrane-immunity studies, chemometrics and chemical engineering in pharmaceutical development.