- Students and Academic Programs
- Undergraduate Academic Program
The undergraduate academic program of the department follows the Faculty program of six-year Pharm D program (and outgoing five-year B.Pharm program). Students are not admitted directly into the Department at undergraduate level but are admitted into the Faculty by the institution to pursue the Pharm D program.
- Departmental Courses
Under the Pharm D program the Department has ten (10) theory courses and five (5) practical courses. These courses and their credit units as follows:
First Semester
PCH 231: Physical Pharmaceutical Chemistry (2 Units)
PCH 331: Organic Pharmaceutical Chemistry (2 Units)
PCH 431: Instrumental Methods of Pharmaceutical Analysis (2 Units)
PCH 531: Medicinal Chemistry II (2 Units)
PCH 533: Natural Products Chemistry (2 Units)
PCH 631: Radiopharmacy (2 Units)
PCH 333: Practical Organic Pharmaceutical Chemistry (1 Unit)
PCH 433: Practical Pharmaceutical Analysis (1 Unit)
Second Semester
PCH 232: Inorganic Pharmaceutical Chemistry (2 Units)
PCH 332: Pharmaceutical Analysis I (2 Units)
PCH 432: Medicinal Chemistry I (Drug Design) (2 Units)
PCH 532: Drug Quality Assurance (2 Units)
PCH 234: Practical Pharmaceutical Chemistry (1 Unit)
PCH 334: Practical Pharmaceutical Analysis (1 Unit)
PCH 534: Practical Drug Quality Assurance (1 Unit)
Postgraduate Program
The Department runs Master’s (M.Pharm and M.Sc) degree as well as PhD in the following specialty areas.
Pharmaceutical Analysis
Natural Product Chemistry
Drug Design
Drug Synthesis
Pharmacokinetics
Drug Delivery
Drug Metabolism
Postgraduate admission requirements
Prospective applicants who have B.Pharm or B.Sc (Pharmacy) are admitted directly into the Master’s program (M.Pharm) of the Department. Also, those that hold B.Sc in related discipline such as Biochemistry, Chemistry, Microbiology, etc. are also admitted into the MSc program but would be required to do some prerequisite courses.
PhD admissions of the Department are for those having Master’s degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry.
All applications for admission into the Postgraduate program of the Department are made directly to the College of Postgraduate students.
Course duration
The minimum duration for Master’s program is eighteen (18) months while maximum duration is three years. For doctorate program, the minimum duration is three (3) years and maximum duration is six years.
Details about the general Postgraduate program of the university are contained in the PG regulation here.
Students
Undergraduate students
There are over presently 1600 undergraduate students who take courses in the department. These are awarded degrees of the Faculty of Pharmaceuticals (Pharm D or B.Pharm).