FUE Educational Factory
FFIT is an Educational Pharmaceutical Factory aiming to provide the pharmaceutical community with highly qualified and well-trained graduates through conducting both curricular and extracurricular courses in the field of industrial pharmacy. The factory also contains research units equipped with high quality instruments and machines to support postgraduate students to proceed in their research easily and efficiently.
Vision :
Achieving superiority and competitiveness for the FUE in the field of continuous education and career development
Mission
Supporting pharmacists at the area of manufacturing pharmaceutical preparations to make their career successful by offering specific academic literatures, practical training, and career-related counseling.
Goals :
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Attaining our university mission by providing the community with qualified well-trained pharmacists.
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Fulfill the gap between the academic and industrial field.
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Merging the experiences of academic professionals, industrial experts, and regulatory affairs specialists to provide highest level continuous education.
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Qualifying pharmacy graduates in capturing distinctive jobs.
Objectives
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Educational (Curricular courses).
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Training Activities (Extracurricular courses).
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Research and international publication.
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Promotional Activities.
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Social Service Activities.
Factory Structure :
The factory is located at the bedroom floor of Faculty of Dental medicine. The total area of the factory is 460 m2 that is divided into 12 rooms to serve as:
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Three postgraduate research labs (one Nano-spray dryer lab, two fully equipped research labs that serve the postgraduate studies in the fields of pharmaceutical technology and pharmaceutical chemistry).
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Room for tablet compression and capsule filling machines.
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Room for liquid and semisolid filing machine.
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Student lab for conducting undergraduate’s practical sessions and summer course training.
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Lecture room.
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Two raw materials storage rooms.
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Room for packaging and storage of promotional products.
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Office room.
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Lockers room.
List of Equipment :
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Nano-spray dryer
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UV Spectrophotometers
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HPLC (high performance liquid chromatography)
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Magnetic heat stirrers
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Vortex
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Fume hood
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Tapping density
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Friability testers
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Tablet disintegration testers
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Dissolution apparatus
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Microprocessor sieve shaker
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Tablet hardness tester
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Ovens
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Capsule filling Machine
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Tablet mini press machine
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Single punch tablet machine
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Digital sensitive balances
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Hot plates
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Double cone and V-shaped blender
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Planetary mixer and Dry granulator
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Water distiller
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Sonicator
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pH meters.
Personnel :
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Two Assistant Technicians.
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One Technician.
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Two Pharmacists.
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Research and Training Manager
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Administrative Manager.
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Academic Supervisor
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Assistant Executive Manager
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Executive Manager
Activities :
A. Curricular Activities:
Conducting practical classes of the following curricular courses of:
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Quality Control and Quality Assurance Course (PHT 529).
Simulation of different types of tablet manufacturing techniques and quality control of solid dosage forms.
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Quality control of pharmaceuticals (PT010).
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Industrial pharmacy (PHT 517).
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Dermatology and cosmetology (PTE004)
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Pharmaceutical Technology (PT 708).
Student Graduation Projects (PGP617):
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Participation in supervising the practical and theoretical part of some student graduation projects in cooperation with the Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology.
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Preparation of the required amounts of pharmaceutical products needed by the Department of pharmaceutics for practical sessions.
B. Extracurricular Activities:
1. Summer training courses:
Summer Training courses are held to help students understand and practice art of formulation and small-scale manufacture of cosmetic products.
The following products are studied:
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Lotion Bar
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Cold soap
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Lip Balm
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Bath Bombs
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Hand Gel
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Teething Gel
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Rubbing Gel
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Hair Gel
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Cream shampoo
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Moisturizing cream
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Dettol
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Foaming Shower
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Mouth Wash
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Glycerin soap
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Shower cream
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After shave
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Insect repellent Emulgel
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Hiar shampoo
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Hair conditioner
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Hair serum
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Sunscreen
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Makeup remover
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Deodorant roll-on
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Antiacne Nanogel
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Body Mist
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Coffee scrub
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Charcoal scrub
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Clay scrub
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Hand cream
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Night cream
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Day cream
C. Research Activities:
Participation in scientific projects and research that published in international periodicals with high impact factor.
D. Community Activities and Promotional Campaigns:
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Newcomers’ welcome campaigns: Promotional products were prepared and distributed as free samples to the newcomers.
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Future International Conferences on Pharmaceutical Sciences: Promotional products are prepared and distributed as free samples to the attendees.
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Different Social Events in campus and outside FUE: Promotional products are prepared and distributed as free samples in the different social occasions inside or outside FUE as Council of University Presidents, Edugate conference, Youth Welfare Department and the different social and medical campaigns organized by the Faculty of Pharmacy and the University.
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Participation in the international schools’ events arranged by FUE.
E. Campus service
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FFIT supplied the FUE whole campus with liters of hand sanitizing gel for domestic use inside the different faculties of the FUE campus.
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WHO-recommended Hand Rub, and moisturizing Hand cream are specially prepared for the labs and clinics at Faculty of dental medicine.
Quality assurance, documentation, health, and saengineeringy
The factory working procedures is according to the standards of
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ISO 9001: 2015 – Quality Management Systems.
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ISO 14001: 2015 – Environmental Management Systems.
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ISO 45001: 2018 – Occupational Health and Saengineeringy.
