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Council of Pharmacy Schools Australia and New Zealand

Educating Future Pharmacists

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Pharmacy Schools Australia and New Zealand

Educating Future Pharmacists

Welcome to the Council of Pharmacy Schools Australia and New Zealand

The Council of Pharmacy Schools: Australia and New Zealand advances and promotes pharmacy education and research by connecting students seeking quality education in pharmacy with pharmacy schools across Australia and New Zealand.

Our Purpose

We aim to advance and promote pharmacy education and research, the discipline of pharmacy, and the pharmacy profession.

Our members include leading universities across Australia and New Zealand that provide high-quality education to students from Australia, New Zealand, and the World.

We exist to connect students searching to complete a quality pharmacy degree and can help to facilitate connections with the right university for your needs. If you are looking to study pharmacy in Australia or New Zealand we encourage you to contact us now.

The Objects of the Association are to:

  • Advance and promote pharmacy education and research
  • Advance and promote the discipline of pharmacy and the pharmacy profession
  • Foster collective responses to issues of mutual interest to Members
  • Provide representation on behalf of the Members
  • Provide a focal point for collective access to the Members by other agencies
  • Provide a collegial forum for exchange of ideas and benchmarking among Members
  • Other related activities as agreed by the Members from time to time

Latest News

Associate Professor Ramesh Walpola (UNSW)

CPS elects a new President

Associate Professor Ramesh Walpola has been elected as the new Council of Pharmacy Schools Australia and New Zealand (CPS) President. CPS members held an Extraordinary General Meeting of CPS Councillors from across Australia and New Zealand yesterday to elect a new President after Professor Joseph Tucci stood down as President ...
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Surveying pharmacy students

Charles Darwin University Charles Sturt University Curtin University Griffiths University James Cook University Latrobe University Monash University Queensland University of Technology
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CPS Welcomes new President

The Council of Pharmacy Schools Australia and New Zealand (CPS) is pleased to announce the election of Professor Joe Tucci of La Trobe University as its new President, effective 27 February 2025. Professor Tucci succeeds Professor Kevin Batty of Curtin University, who served as President throughout 2024 and stepped down ...
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