About the Faculty of Pharmacy

Welcome to the Faculty of Pharmacy!

Fully Accredited – MQA/FA/3618

The Bachelor of Pharmacy with Honours programme commenced towards the end of 2015 upon approval by the Pharmacy Board of Malaysia and the Malaysian Qualifications Agency. In 2024, the programme has been reaccredited with an overall rating of 95.6%.

Upon getting relevant feedback from stakeholders from community pharmacies, hospital/clinical pharmacies and the pharmaceutical industry, the faculty decided on the tagline of Real World Holistic Pharmacy Education to guide the teaching and learning focus of pharmacy undergraduates. The objective is to ensure that graduates seamlessly transition into the working world.

To align with the tagline, practical aspects have been augmented—such as an on-campus Ministry of Health-licensed community pharmacy, industry-scale pharmaceutical production pilot plant and linkages with senior citizen homes for clinical pharmacy practice. Experiential learning in these areas are embedded into the curriculum, in addition to 20 weeks of attachment training to Community Pharmacies, Pharmaceutical Industry and Hospital/Clinical Pharmacy. Attention is given to the flow of conduct of courses so that students have studied relevant courses before going for the attachment.

The whole programme ends with an eight-week hospital, for training in hospital and clinical pharmacy practice.

To enrich teaching and learning in Clinical Pharmacy, practicing clinical pharmacists from government hospitals are appointed as adjunct lecturers to conduct case studies and tutorials. Many of our full-time lecturers have both academic and practice experience—with over 70% possessing PhDs.

A specialised process-driven problem-based learning pedagogy has been developed to instil student-driven learning as well as development of soft-skills, presentation skills, confidence building and a life-long learning mindset.

The faculty, taking note that pharmacists in the hospital are involved in direct patient services as well as collaborative practice with the medical profession, ensures that the graduates are well-versed in basic medical sciences in the areas of anatomy, physiology, pathology, biochemistry, immunology and microbiology and these courses are conducted by experts from the Faculty of Medicine.

Graduates are practising in various areas i.e. private hospitals, government hospitals, community pharmacies and industrial pharmacy.

Recently, the Faculty of Pharmacy was invited and accepted as a founding member of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) – United Nations Educational, Scientific, Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Centre for Excellence in the Western Pacific Region.

Professor Datuk Dr. Allan Mathews

Dean

Vision Statement
Mission Statement

To be a progressive and innovative leader in pharmaceutical education, research and in the development of quality pharmacy graduates with a life-long learning mind-set in Malaysia and beyond.

To develop pharmacy graduates, through a balanced program of education to practise in the hospitals, health centres, pharmaceutical industry, community pharmacy, academia and other practice areas.
To nurture IT proficient and committed pharmacy graduates.
To equip pharmacy graduates with excellent communication skills and other soft skills in order to practise effectively in the real world.
To inculcate high ethical standards and ‘serve the community ‘mentality within the pharmacy graduates.
To be committed towards training and capacity building of faculty and staff for attaining high standards of teaching and research excellence.
To inculcate the life-long learning mind-set.

Core Values

RESPECT
We extend respect to all persons irrespective of race, culture and creed.
INTEGRITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
We value professionalism, individual integrity, ethics and take ownership and responsibility for ensuring quality of practice.
INNOVATIVENESS
We encourage creativity to support innovation.
TEAMWORK
We seek to create an atmosphere for meaningful collaborations and relationships to ensure inclusiveness, adaptability and flexibility.
EXCELLENCE
We strive to achieve, through continuous quality improvement, the highest quality and standards in all our endeavours.

Week Start	Week End	Academic Week	Activity	Public Holidays
28-Jun Sat			Registration	Awal Muharam	27-Jun Fri
30-Jun Mon	4-Jul Fri		Orientation
7-Jul Mon	11-Jul Fri	Week 1	Learning Week
14-Jul Mon	18-Jul Fri	Week 2	Learning Week
21-Jul Mon	25-Jul Fri	Week 3	Learning Week
28-Jul Mon	1-Aug Fri	Week 4	Learning Week
4-Aug Mon	8-Aug Fri	Week 5	Learning Week
11-Aug Mon	15-Aug Fri	Week 6	Learning Week
18-Aug Mon	22-Aug Fri	Week 7	Learning Week
25-Aug Mon	29-Aug Fri	Week 8	Learning Week
1-SepMon	5-Sep Fri		Mid-Semester Break	Merdeka Day	1-Sep Mon
				Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday	5-Sep Fri
8-Sep Mon	12-Sep Fri	Week 9	Learning Week
15-Sep Mon	19-Sep Fri	Week 10*	Learning Week	Malaysia Day	16-Sep Tue
22-Sep Mon	26-Sep Fri	Week 11	Learning Week
29-Sep Mon	3-Oct Fri	Week 12	Learning Week
6-Oct Mon	10-Oct Fri	Week 13	Learning Week
13-Oct Mon	17-Oct Fri	Week 14	Learning Week
22-Oct Wed	25-Oct Sat	Week 15	Self-Study Week	Deepavali	20-Oct Mon
27-Oct Mon	1-Nov Sat	Week 16	Final Examination
3-Nov Mon	6-Nov Thur	Week 17	Final Examination	Sultan of Perak’s Birthday	7-Nov Fri
10-Nov Mon	14-Nov Fri		Semester Break
17-Nov Mon	21-Nov Fri		Semester Break

Note :

The University reserves the right to amend as and when required
When a public holiday falls on Sunday, the holiday is substituted with the following working Monday/working day
22 November 2025 – Convocation

*4. The University Management has decided to grant extra leave for certain festivals that fall at the beginning or end of the week. For this semester, Monday 15 Sept is the extra holiday. Therefore, replacement classes must be conducted on the dates provided by the Registrar’s Office

About the Faculty of Pharmacy

Welcome to the Faculty of Pharmacy!

Professor Datuk Dr. Allan Mathews

Dean

Core Values

RESPECT

INTEGRITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY

INNOVATIVENESS

TEAMWORK

EXCELLENCE

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