Bachelor of Pharmacy (Hons) is a 4-year programme paving the way to a rewarding career in the pharmaceutical arena. Students learn the various disciplines in this course in an integrated approach through a variety of teaching methods. The knowledge of drugs will progress from the study of how drugs are made and analysed for purity, to how they are formulated into dosage forms acceptable to patients and their use in diseases, prevention and treatment. The programme integrates scientific knowledge while attaining practical, clinical and professional skills, to equip students to be competent healthcare professionals of the future.

The programme is integrated with a significant amount of work-based and clinical skill trainings through progressive development of skills and competencies under controlled simulated environment and exposure to hospital, community and industrial practice through visits and placements. It also retains the more traditional areas around formulation sciences and medicinal chemistry.