The department teaches pharmacology courses, toxicology courses, biochemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry, and drugs courses to students of the Bachelor’s and PharmD (Doctor of Pharmacy) degrees according to the needs of the program, where students are taught the basic and applied concepts of pharmacology and toxicology and how to use them to know the ways drugs work on different organs of the body and know the effects. side to use. In addition, while studying the department's courses, students learn about the latest medications used to treat cardiovascular diseases, neurological diseases, cancer, diabetes, respiratory diseases, and other diseases. The aqiqir courses also include, within their framework, knowledge of methods for collecting the drug of plant or animal origin, storing it, separating its components, and preparing it for use in the formulation of pharmaceutical preparations. For this purpose, the department teaches various fields, including preparing the drug for medicinal use, methods of evaluating it, and the biosynthesis of some of them, and the study extends to include some biological drugs. Natural products such as antibiotics, anti-cancers, enzymes (yeasts), vaccines, serums, vitamins, hormones, and methods for identifying drugs, toxins, and stimulants. The department also teaches courses in pharmacology, toxicology, and biochemistry to undergraduate students in various health colleges at the university, such as the college of medicine, dentistry, medical laboratories, applied medical sciences, nursing, Medical Technology and medical administration.

Pharmaceutics is one of the basic subjects in pharmaceutical sciences. The Department of Pharmaceutics teaches pharmaceutical courses that focus on the foundations of biopharmaceutics, drug kinetics, etc., which can be used in developing pharmaceutical preparations and their therapeutic methods and understanding the causes of drug interactions and how to prevent or reduce them. The department’s curricula include various courses. These courses represent a basic focus integrated with the college’s departments to grant a bachelor’s degree in clinical pharmacy and Pharm.D.

The Department of Clinical Pharmacy aims to prepare competent professional pharmacists who provide health care in various sectors. The department seeks to be a leader in education, training, and clinical pharmacy research locally and regionally while providing the best health care services to individuals, establishments, and the community. The department offers courses that prepare the student to play an effective role within the health team in a manner consistent with the requirements of the profession and the labor market. This is done by providing students with information about diseases, their causes, symptoms, development, and methods of preventing and treating them. In which students discuss the therapeutic effect of different medications, through a correct understanding of drug kinetics and clinical tests, and the ability to identify side effects and toxicity of medications. In addition to pharmaceutical care outcomes and policies, drug epidemiology and drug safety, health policies and drug economics. The department is involved in training students in the areas of pharmacy practice in hospitals and community pharmacies. In addition to its effective contribution to teaching the courses of the Pharm.D. program at the undergraduate level, the department also offers a graduate program, which includes a master’s degree in clinical pharmacy, which was established in 2022 AD.