Pharmacy
Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours)
KPT/JPT (R/727/6/0061) 03/20 - A7256
Pharmacists are health professionals with the skills
and knowledge to manage patients’ and healthcare
providers’ understanding and use of medicines.
They also play a key role in drug development and
innovation.
4 years
February
Malaysian Student
$
RM 49,000
International Student
RM 53,900
2018 fees per year
As part of your degree, you will cover the
processes involved in providing primary healthcare,
drug information, and clinical pharmacy services in
different practice environments – all you need to
start making a difference for people in hospitals,
aged-care facilities and local communities.
DRUG STRUCTURE, DISPOSITION AND ACTION
How medicines work, including studies of medicinal
chemistry, pharmacology, pharmaceutics and
pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics relevant to
the discipline.
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
What pharmacists do, including the sociocultural
context in which the pharmacist and customer
operates, social and health practice issues, as well
as the ethical and legal context of pharmacy.
Course Outline COMPREHENSIVE CARE
This course will develop the practical and analytical
skills you require for pharmacy practice, as well as
oral and written communication, critical thinking,
inquiry, numeracy, information literacy and
leadership. How to manage diseases and disorders, including
the relationship between pathophysiology and the
design and use of drugs in treating various health
conditions.
It will prepare you not just for initial registration, but
also to be part of the next-generation global
pharmacists with highly advanced leadership and
research skills.
Areas of Study
THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE BODY
INQUIRY AND INNOVATION
How to employ problem-solving and innovative
thinking skills in a laboratory, clinical, social or
business environment.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Work-based training programs and internships.
How the body works, including studies of
anatomy, physiology and biochemistry relevant to
the discipline.
Career Paths
The demand for pharmacists in Malaysia and the
region is high, and pharmacists will likely remain
a sought-after profession in the foreseeable future.
Graduates will be able to find employment in the
following sectors:
COMMUNITY PHARMACY
● Clinical pharmacy
● Pharmaceutical care
● Retailing
● Management
● Health promotion
HOSPITAL PHARMACY
● Clinical pharmacy
● Management
● Total Parenteral Nutrition
● Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
● Outpatient Pharmacy
● Drug Information Services
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Undergraduate Prospectus 2018
GOVERNMENT (MINISTRY OF HEALTH)
● National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency
● The Pharmacy Services Division
PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY
● Research and development
● Clinical research
● Regulatory affairs
● Product information
● Sales and marketing
● Management
ARMED SERVICES
● Pharmacy officer
EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
● Academia
● Research and development