Establishing the world list of schools of pharmacy

The development of a world-wide list of schools of pharmacy by the former secretary of the Academic Section of the International Pharmacy Federation (F.I.P.) is described. Four print-based editions have been published since the first "preliminary" edition was made available to F.I.P. members in 1986. In February 1995, a version was launched on the World Wide Web, which has considerably facilitated the process of maintenance of the list through direct e-mail contact of academics around the world with the editor. Links are provided to all schools which have established their own home-pages on the Web. The extent to which this resource will aid international communication between pharmacy academics is yet to be fully realised.