The faculty was founded in 1951. It trains “Bachellor of pharmacy” specialists with giving a qualification of “General practice pharmaceutist”. The activity of a general practice pharmaceutist includes organizational, marketing, technological and control- analytical functions. A number of organizational- methodic activities on realization of pharmaceutical faculty strategic development plan has been worked out and is being implemented. Technology of drugs, arranging economics of pharmacy, pharmaceutical, toxicological chemistry, pharmacognosia and botany, chemistry chairs have implemented innovative methods of teaching, multimedia programs, credit technology, elective cycles. It is one of the leading faculties in the field of fundamental researches in pharmacology. Scientific researches on highly active “Kazkain” anesthetics were defended by a number of patentees and they were awarded the state prize in the field of science, technics and education.