Welcome to APRO!

From behalf of the Asia Pacific Regional Office, welcome to the world of pharmacy without borders! Since its birth in Singapore in 2001, IPSF-APRO endeavours to represent pharmacy students across the Asia Pacific in over 10 countries. Our purpose is to support and advance the aims and objectives of the Federation at the regional level.

Definition and Mission:

The IPSF Regional Office is a functional extension of the IPSF Executive structured by elected pharmacy students from IPSF member countries of a specific IPSF region, forming Regional Working Group. Its mission shall be to advance and support the aims and objectives of the Federation at regional level.

Vision & Mission of APRO

The aim of the Federation is to study and promote the interests of pharmaceutical students and to encourage international co-operation amongst such students. It pursues this aim by:

1. Establishing a permanent form of contact with representative organizations of pharmaceutical students;
2. Promoting the exchange of ideas by international correspondence and by encouraging full dissemination of scientific and professional knowledge;
3. Encouraging the formation and development of national pharmaceutical student organizations without trespassing upon their domains;
4. Collecting opinions and information on the subject of pharmaceutical education and by suggesting improvements where necessary with the aim of attaining unification of pharmaceutical education;
5. Organizing annual international pharmaceutical students’ congresses;
6. Encouraging and promoting international visits and exchanges of students;
7. Publishing the IPSF News Bulletin as an official organ;
8. Co-operation with other international organizations on a scientific, educational and cultural plane only, the Federation being non-political;
9. Representingthe opinions of pharmaceutical students in discussions with professional, governmental and non-governmental organizations.

IPSF Regional Office:

The IPSF Regions shall be defined by the IPSF General Assembly

IPSF Secretariat :
P.O. Box 84200
2508 AE Den Haag
The Netherlands
Tel : +31-70-302-1992
Fax: +31-70-302-1999