Bachelor of Pharmacy

Bachelor of Pharmacy Program (B.Pharm.) is aligned at level seven of the ten level Qualification Framework Emirates comprises of 4 ½ years’ duration with four years of course work and 6 months of practice school

Goals & Objectives

The curriculum has been developed to provide learning opportunities enabling the students to acquire fundamental knowledge, develop basic skills and competence, relevant to health care in the context of patients and community.

The 4 ½ year curriculum has been designed to achieve the following goals :

• Provide a comprehensive pharmaceutical education leading to B.Pharm Degree.
• Prepare for an evidence based pharmacy practice in the changing health care environment of the 21st Century.
• Integrate the basic sciences with pharmaceutical sciences to enable the students to apply their knowledge to health care.
• Impart pharmaceutical knowledge with skills to enable the students to deliver efficient pharmaceutical care.
• Develop a professional and compassionate approach in the implementation and management of health care.
• Provide a practice and community based pharmacy education program.
• Prepare pharmacists who can function effectively in the multidisciplinary health care system.

Chair/ Program Coordinator

Dr. Sirajunisa Talath
Professor,
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Master of Science in

• Clinical Pharmacy
• Pharmaceutical Chemistry
• Pharmaceutics

Master of Science in Clinical Pharmacy

Master of Science in the specialization of Clinical Pharmacy comprises of a two year program with one year of course work, including hospital training, and the second year for dissertation work.

Chair/ Program Coordinator

Dr. Sathvik B. Sridhar
Professor and Chairperson,
Dept. of Clinical Pharmacy & Pharmacology

Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Master of Science (MS) in the specialization of Pharmaceutical Chemistry comprises of a two year program with one year of course work, including laboratory training and second year for dissertation work.

Chair/ Program Coordinator

Dr. Bhoomendra Bhongade
Professor & Chairperson,
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Master of Science in Pharmaceutics

Master of Science (MS) in the specialization of Pharmaceutics comprises of a two year program with one year of course work, including industrial training and the second year for dissertation work.

Chair/ Program Coordinator

Dr. Shahnaz Usman
Professor & Chairperson
Department of Pharmaceutics

MS Program Highlights:

• Two years (Four semesters) program with one year (Two semesters) each, of course work and dissertation (research).
• Accredited by Commission for Academic Accreditation (CAA), Ministry of Education (MOE), UAE.
• Recognized nationally, regionally and internationally
• Curriculum benchmarked to international standards
• Internationally experienced and trained faculty
• Innovative teaching, learning and assessment methodologies
• Advanced skills and research exposure
• Multicultural and multinational academic environment
• International student exchange program
• Industrial and hospital collaborations
• Lectures by visiting faculty from Hospital and industry
• Cater to the needs of the society

Clinical Pharmacy

• In-house clinical pharmacy training site at hospital
• Experienced clinicians as preceptors
• Hospital / community-based research opportunities

Pharmaceutical Chemistry

• Basic training in drug design and development
• Pharmaceutical analysis and natural product research opportunity
• Skill enhancement to work in the challenging pharmaceutical fields

Pharmaceutics

• Industrial collaboration in training and research
• Dissertation projects relevant to industry and collaborative research
• Skill based program