Master in pharmaceutical sciences

faculty of Pharmacy - Department of Pharmaceutics

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Description

The Master's Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences is a program that enables pharmacists to acquire specialized pharmaceutical skills and information on drug design and manufacturing using modern scientific methods, as well as to enhance and provide research and development centers with pharmacists with distinct research orientations based on modern scientific foundations.

Objectives

  • Provide the students with an advanced background in modern pharmaceutics with its vast applications in the field of pharmaceutical science.
  • Learning new skills in hospital pharmacy, pharmacy practice, and pharmaceutical care.
  •  Provide the students with the advanced techniques of conducting state-of-the-art research projects, in addition to the skills of data interpretation and problem-solving.

Outcomes

Upon completion of the program, the graduate will be able to develop and integrate advanced knowledge in the field of pharmaceutics and specialized research, including drug design, pharmaceutical analysis, and drug delivery methods within the body, in addition to developing self-learning skills, the ability to solve problems and analyze data related to the field independently and professionally in line with With the professional and research ethics required in the field for a pharmacist.

Certificate Rewarded

Master in pharmaceutical sciences

Entry Reuirements

  • The applicant must have a Bachelor's degree in Pharmaceutical sciences with a grade not less than good.
  • A comparison exam is held for applicants.
  • The department decides its capacity for students according to the available resources

Study Plan

The Master in pharmaceutical sciences prepares students to qualify for Master in pharmaceutical sciences. The student studies several subjects which have been carefully chosen in this major to cover its different aspects.

It comprises 2 Years of study, in which the student will study a total of 30 units, which include 6 units of general subjects, and 18 major units

Study plan for this program is shown below:

1st Year

Code Title Credits Course Type Prerequisite
PHARM001 02 General +

PHARM002 02 General +

PHARM003 02 General +

2nd Year

Code Title Credits Course Type Prerequisite
PHARM010 Recent developments in pharmaceuticals and physical pharmacy 06 Compulsory +

PHARM011 Applied biopharmaceutics and clinical Pharmacokinetics 06 Compulsory +

PHARM012 Recent advances in hospital pharmacy and pharmacy practice 06 Compulsory +