University of Malaya

University of Malaya is among the four public universities (IPTA) in Malaysia conducting pharmacy programmes in Malaysia. The Department of Pharmacy was established in 1995 within the Faculty of Medicine, to cater for the increase need of pharmacists for the public healthcare system.

Since the year 2000, the department is housed in the Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences Building, Faculty of Medicine. There are about 30 members of full-time staff, over 200 undergraduates and a very active Pharmacy Student Society.

A four year Bachelor of Pharmacy [B. Pharm. (Hons)] course under semester system is offered to Malaysian undergraduates. The undergraduate programme consists of 44 core pharmacy modules under five disciplines, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Scientific Basis of Therapeutics, Pharmaceutical Technology, Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice.

Postgraduate programmes by research leading to MSc and PhD degrees are offered to both qualified Malaysian and overseas students. The research programmes encompass various areas of pharmaceutical sciences, including medicinal chemistry, natural products chemistry, drug action, drug delivery, pharmacoenconomics, pharmacoepidemiology and evidence based pharmacotherapy related to clinical and pharmacy practice.