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The School of Pharmacy Council have given their final approval on the decision to merge with Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê.

The School will become part of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Faculty of Life Sciences in January 2012.

Professor Anthony Smith, Dean of the School of Pharmacy, said: "The potential of this merger is truly exciting. Within Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê, the School will be at the heart of Europe's largest grouping of biomedical research, including the new The Francis Crick Institute. ÌýWith The Crick's focus on translational biomedical research, taking research from the laboratory all the way through to the patient, pharmacy and the pharmaceutical sciences are ideally placed to make an enormously significant contribution. ÌýClinical experience (already an important part of the MPharm programme) will be supported and the options extended through the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Medical School's clinical placement experience. Over time we also look forward to introduce opportunities for pharmacy, medical and other health-related students to work together in inter-professional teams in patient-centred clinical placements. Becoming part of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê will admit our students into one of the best student experiences in the UK with access to Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê-wide libraries and IT resources and to the Student Union with the comprehensive social, sporting and welfare facilities that it offers. I am confident that The School of Pharmacy will thrive in this new environment and am looking forward to the next stage in its long history."

Commenting on the merger Professor Mary Collins, Dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences, said: "There is strong complementarity between the research and education at the School of Pharmacy and Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê. The next few years will bring some exciting new collaborations."

Professor Sir John Tooke, Vice Provost (Health) and Head of the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê School of Life & Medical Sciences, added: "The merger builds on many existing collaborations with the Faculty of Life Sciences and beyond, and will capitalise on the complementary strengths of both institutions. Our mutual ambition is to realise the world class potential of pharmacy research and educational programmes through exploiting such synergies."Ìý