School of Pharmacy, University of London
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| Motto | Salutifer Orbi |
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Motto in English
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Bringing Health to the World |
| Type | Pharmacy school |
| Established | 1 January 2012 (merger with University College London) 1949 (incorporated into the University of London) 1842 (founded as the College of the Pharmaceutical Society) |
| Director | Professor Duncan Craig |
| Students | 1,355 |
| Undergraduates | 730 |
| Postgraduates | 625 |
| Location | London, United Kingdom |
| Campus | Urban |
| Nickname | The Square |
| Website | ucl.ac.uk/pharmacy/ |
The UCL School of Pharmacy (formerly The School of Pharmacy, University of London) is the pharmacy school of University College London (UCL). The School forms part of UCL's Faculty of Life Sciences and is located in London, United Kingdom.
The School was founded by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain in 1842 as the College of the Pharmaceutical Society. It was renamed The School of Pharmacy in 1949 when it became independent of the Pharmaceutical Society and was incorporated into the University of London as a constituent college. The School was granted a royal charter in 1952 and merged with UCL in January 2012.
The School was founded in 1842 by the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. The School began offering University of London degrees in 1925 and joined the University as a specialist school in 1949. It received a Royal Charter in 1952.
Construction of the School's current main building, designed by Herbert Rowse, began in 1938, although work was stopped on the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 and the building was not completed until 1960. To its alumni and colleagues in the profession it is known as "the Square", which refers to the fact that it was originally located in Bloomsbury Square and now in Brunswick Square.
It was decided on 13 May 2011, after a consultation and development process, that the School would merge with University College London (UCL). The merger was completed on 1 January 2012, and the School was renamed the UCL School of Pharmacy.
The School is organised into four academic departments, each with one or more associated specialist research centres.
The Department of Pharmaceutical and Biological Chemistry is the largest of the School's departments. Its research is focused on cancer, natural products and phytomedicines, molecular neurosciences and biopharmaceutical analysis.
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