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
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.

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Public HolidaysWeek startWeek endAcademic Week
 18-Nov **Registration & Orientation – 18 Nov (Mon)
  19-Nov 22-NovWeek 1 – Class starts for all (19 Nov)
 25-Nov29-NovWeek 2
 2-Dec6-DecWeek 3
 9-Dec13-DecWeek 4
 16-Dec20-DecWeek 5
25-Dec Wed Christmas Day23-Dec27-DecWeek
1-Jan Wed New Year30-Dec3-JanWeek 7
 6-Jan10-JanWeek 8
 13-Jan17-JanWeek 9
 20-Jan24-JanWeek 10
29 Jan Wed Chinese New Year25-Jan31-JanMid-sem Break
 3-Feb7-FebWeek 11
11 Feb Tue Thaipusam10-Feb14-FebWeek 12
 17-Feb21-FebWeek 13
 24-Feb28-FebWeek 14
 3-Mar7-MarStudy Week
 10-Mar15-Mar Final Examination
17 Mar Mon Nuzul Al-Quran17-Mar22-Mar Final Examination
 24-Mar28-Mar Semester Break
31 Mar Mon Hari Raya Aidilfitri31-Mar4-Apr Semester Break
 7-Apr11-Apr Semester Break
 14-Apr18-Apr Semester Break

* When a public holiday falls on Sunday, the holiday is substituted with the following working Monday/ working day

**Registration and Orientation (Nov 2024 sem) – for late registration students who did not manage to go through orientation in MOOC semester

Note: The University reserves the right to amend as and when required