Background
The school of Pharmacy was established in 2007 (1999 EC) under the College of Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, with the objective of training highly qualified pharmacists who fulfill the essential, minimum common expectations of healthcare systems worldwide while fulfilling local needs.
The school accepted its first batch in 2000 EC to train with Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm) Degree program. As part of the nationally harmonized move to revise the curricula of Pharmacy education in Ethiopia, the school revised its curriculum in 2008; the four-year training program has been changed to five years training.
The new curriculum bench-marked the global context of pharmaceutical education and practice adopted patient-centered philosophy as its central value. In addition, the school launched generic evening B.Pharm program in 2012 (2005 EC) academic year which was nationally closed two years back.
Department heads since establishment
Since the school’s establishment, different individuals have coordinated the activities of the school as heads and this is summarized in table below with their years of coordination
| S.No. | Name of the head, School of Pharmacy | Sex | Years of work (GC) |
| 1 | Abraham Nigussie | M | Establishment –Aug, 2008 |
| 2 | Yohannes Mulualem Tsehai | M | Sept, 2009 - Aug, 2009 |
| 3 | Yenus Tadesse | M | Sept, 2010- Jan, 2011 |
| 4 | Tadesse Bekele Tafese | M | Feb, 2011 - Sept, 2012 |
| 5 | Abraham Degaga Abdi | M | Oct, 2012 - Oct, 2014 |
| 6 | Dumessa Edessa Negasa | M | Nov, 2014 - July 2017 |
| 7 | Yohanes Ayele Wondimkun | M | August 2017-November 21/2019 |
| 8 | Jemal Abdela Ebro | M | November 22/2019- present |