The Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Sydney was the first school in Australia to award a degree and has established a tradition of research and scholarship in the pharmaceutical sciences.

Pharmacy at the University of Sydney has an established tradition of research and scholarship in the pharmaceutical sciences.

Pharmacy has many collaborative research projects with other faculties of the University, with teaching hospitals, with research institutes, with the pharmaceutical industry, and with the profession. Research in Pharmacy covers a broad spectrum of pharmaceutical and clinical sciences ranging from the design, synthesis, testing and mechanism of action of drugs, through studies on methods of drug delivery and on the fate of drugs in humans and animals, to research on the clinical and sociological aspects of pharmacy.

Degrees, diplomas, and certificates offered by the Faculty of Pharmacy included the Bachelor of Pharmacy, Graduate Certificate in Herbal Medicines, Graduate Diploma in Herbal Medicines, Master of Pharmacy, Master of Herbal Medicines, Doctor of Philosophy (Pharmacy) and Doctor of Philosophy.