Postgraduate Programmes

Opportunities are available to suitably qualified graduates to carry out research in natural product chemistry and drug discovery, drug metabolism, pharmacokinetics, dosage form design and formulation development, pharmaceutical biotechnology, pharmaceutical microbiology, drug delivery systems, traditional medicine, pharmacognosy, analytical chemistry, biosciences and neural sciences, hospital pharmacy, community pharmacy, public health pharmacy, sociobehavioural aspects of pharmacy, pharmaceutical economics, pharmacoepidemiology, medicines policy and administrative aspects of pharmacy.

Transdisciplinary research is encouraged within the School and with other Schools within the university. There are also opportunities to be involved in research projects which are carried out in collaboration with other universities, institutions, industries, and communities in Malaysia, as well as abroad.

The School of Pharmaceutical Sciences offers degrees of MSc and PhD by research in the following fields of Pharmacology, Physiology, Pharmaceutical Technology, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Social and Administrative Pharmacy, and Clinical Pharmacy.

In addition, the School also offers a Master of Pharmacy (Clinical Pharmacy) by coursework.

See the admission requirements and fee structure of each programme as follows:

MASTER'S PROGRAMME (RESEARCH)

MSc (Pharmaceutical Sciences)

The research areas include metabolomics/ metabonomics, pharmacometabolomics/ pharmacometabonomics, genomics/ pharmacogenomics, traditional & complementary medicine, and all other related fields from other disciplines.

See admission requirements

See postgraduate research topics here.

MASTER'S PROGRAMME (COURSEWORK)

MPharm (Clinical Pharmacy)

This MPharm programme will prepare students with specialised knowledge and skills to assume his/her roles in the provision of pharmaceutical care.

See admission requirements

Master of Pharmacy (Public Health)

This programme offers an interdisciplinary approach that integrates knowledge in public health, pharmacy, epidemiology, and health policy.

See admission requirements

PHD PROGRAMME (RESEARCH)

PhD (Pharmaceutical Sciences)

The research areas include metabolomics/ metabonomics, pharmacometabolomics/ pharmacometabonomics, genomics/ pharmacogenomics, traditional & complementary medicine, and all other related fields from other disciplines.

See admission requirements

See postgraduate research topics here.