In the health care service system in Indonesia, the pharmaceutical profession (Pharmacist) is an absolute component that is still very much needed to improve the quality of life of the community. Increasing the role and function of pharmacists both in quality and quantity is needed because the need for pharmacists in Indonesia will not stop. Brawijaya University as one of the universities that already has a Faculty of Medicine feels called to organize a pharmacist education program at the Faculty of Medicine in order to meet the needs / expectations of society and the state.
The Rector formed a working group in charge of preparing the opening of the S-1 Pharmacy Program through the Rector’s assignment letter number: 267/J10/KP/2007. This working group was tasked with making and preparing a proposal for the opening of the S-1 study program at the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Brawijaya. The educational activities of the Pharmacy Study Program were officially held in the 2009/2010 academic year based on the Rector’s Decree No.252/SK/2009 dated July 1, 2009 and confirmed by the Higher Education Decree No. 228/D/O/2010 as one of the study programs under the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Brawijaya. The educational activities of the FKUB Pharmacist Professional Study Program (PSPA) were officially held in the 2016/2017 academic year based on DIKTI Decree No. 243/KPT/I/2016 as one of the study programs under the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Brawijaya. Due to the existence of the Bachelor of Pharmacy Study Program (PSSF) and the Pharmacist Professional Study Program (PSPA), the Pharmacy Department of the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Brawijaya was established in July 2017.