Universidad de Sevilla
Facultad de Farmacia
What is the FIP Academic Institutional Membership?
FIP recognises the prominent role of schools of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences in providing the foundation for our profession and developed the FIP Academic Institutional Membership (AIM). FIP AIM is the only global network interconnecting schools of pharmacy and academic pharmacy leaders around the world for networking, knowledge sharing, and leadership.
2019 marks the 10 th year anniversary of FIP AIM. We are proud to celebrate a decade of FIP AIM, supporting the parallel evolution of faculties and schools of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences alongside the ongoing changes in pharmacy practice and pharmaceutical sciences.
Why You and Your Institution Should Join Academic Institutional Membership
FIP AIM members benefit from FIP’s global credibility, its unsurpassed knowledge base and convening power, extensive networking opportunities and involvement in high-level academic decision-making.
Benefits of FIP Academic Institutional Membership:
- Network with pharmacy leaders worldwide through online discussion forums and international conferences
- International platform of discussion and shared challenges and successes
- Stand out in the global arena through publication and presentation opportunities
- Gain exposure to career opportunities in academia
- Have a worldwide impact via collaboration on global FIP projects
- Stay relevant on academic pharmacy trending topics through exclusive publications including monthly FIP AIM Newsletters and The Pharmacy Education Journal
For more details on the membership benefits please see our flyer.
Join us at the FIP AIM Global Academic Leaders Forum at FIP World Congress
Each year FIP AIM hosts the Global Academic Leaders Forum (GALF) alongside the annual FIP World Congress for all academic pharmacy leaders to discuss current and relevant topics on leadership and pharmacy education in an international arena. GALF includes interactive workshops given by foremost experts covering topics such as "Entrepreneurship", "Science integration into the curriculum", and "Strategic planning". Click here to learn more about this year’s GALF at World Congress in Abu Dhabi, UAE or visit The FIP website for more information on World Congress. We encourage you to attend GALF together with your faculty leadership team for a complete leadership development experience.
Becoming an AIM Member
To apply for FIP Academic Institutional Membership for yourself, your institution, or Faculty, visit fip.org. All faculties or schools of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences around the world are invited to apply for FIP AIM.
Hear it from the AIM Members:
“One of our university mottoes is that internationalisation is very important… AIM can help support
and further [our] vision of the internationalising the school. It’s also good to hear about what other
deans are going through and how they’re tackling situations.”
- Lilian M. Azzopardi, Head of Department of Pharmacy, University of Malta, Malta
“The Deans Forum allowed me to perform major improvements in our pharmacy programme
including curriculum design and development, interpersonal education, leadership and experimental
education and training.”
- Mohamad Rahal, Dean of the School of Pharmacy, Lebanese International University, Lebanon
AIM Advisory Committee
The AIM Advisory Committee drives FIP's global strategy and projects on academic and institutional development and provides leadership and technical advice. The AIM Advisory Committee covers all World Health Organisation (WHO) Regions in the world. Advisory Committee elections will take place at the Global Academic Leaders Forum alongside the FIP Congress in Abu Dhabi, UAE, on 24 September 2019.
Message from AIM Advisory Committee Member
Yulia Ladutko, St. Petersburg State Chemical Pharmaceutical University
"Being an AIM Advisory Committee Member gives me the opportunity to be fully involved in the
global network of the professionals for the highest quality of pharmaceutical education."
| WHO Region | AIM Advisory Committee Members |
| Eastern Mitterrandian (EMRO) | Pierre Moreau (Kuwait) Mohamad Rahal (Lebanon) |
| Americas (AMRO) | John Pieper (USA) Wanda Maldonado (Puerto Rico) Ralph Altiere (USA) |
| Europe (EURO) | Lilian Azzopardi (Malta) Yulia Ladutko (Russia) |
| Western Pacific (WPRO) | Beom-Jin Lee (South Korea) Quidong You (China) Paul Gallagher (Singapore) Carlo Marra (New Zealand) |
| Southeast Asia (SEARO) | Looking for candidates |
| Africa (AFRO) | Looking for candidates |
Contact us
If you have any questions, please contact us at aim@fip.org.
Global Academic Leadership Fellows Programme (GALFP)
Create a Legacy of Leadership at Your Institution and Around the World!
An American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) and FIP Academic Institutional Membership (AIM) Partnership
Building on the successful American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)’s Academic Leadership Fellows Programme (ALFP), the Global Academic Leadership Fellows Program (GALFP) will be supporting and contributing to the development of leaders in academic pharmacy through the study and application of leadership theory and the attainment of leadership competencies based on integrity, ethics and teamwork. In addition, the program is intended to expand relationships with peers and colleagues from institutions around the world as well as within the Fellow’s school and university.
The applicant’s institution needs to be a member of FIP Academic Institutional Membership to apply for the programme. If you are not an AIM member yet, visit: https://www.fip.org/join-fip
Click here to learn more about the programme.
World List of Pharmacy schools
To view the World List of Pharmacy schools, the only global list of pharmacy schools, please click here. FIP AIM members have greater profiling power on the list with detailed information about their institutions. If you would like your institution to be added on the list, if you suggest to change your information or if you are interested in becoming a FIP AIM member, please e-mail us at aim@fip.org.
Career opportunities
If you are a FIP AIM member and have any vacancy at your institution, you may post on FIP AIM Careers page. Please click here to post vacancies. Only AIM members can post but the world can view and apply!
FIP AIM Organigram
