B.Sc. Honours in Pharmacy
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Department Department of Chemistry
Requirements
To be eligible for this programme, a student must obtain a GPA of 3.00 for CH core courses and a minimum C grade each for ZL 2010 and AM 1008.
Selection: Total weighted mark obtained for CH core courses
Delivery Mode In-person
Medium English
Duration 4 years
Study Mode Full Time
The graduates are employed in diverse manufacturing and licensed service sectors in pharmacy, some as academics in local and foreign universities and have earned their Masters and PhD degrees.
Degree Aims
- To produce pharmacy graduates with a comprehensive knowledge in drug actions, dosage design, extemporaneous preparations, chemistry related to pharmaceuticals, medicines analysis, research and development underpinned with a sound understanding of regulatory requirements.
- To impart management and administrative skills required in manning retail pharmacies, pharmaceutical production facilities, storage and distribution of pharmaceuticals based on ethics in line with Codes of Professional Conduct.
- To prepare graduates for lifelong learning and to professionally evolve keeping abreast with new advances in pharmaceutical sciences and practices and to encourage post graduate studies in Masters and PhD degrees.
- To interpret and evaluate prescriptions, appropriately advice patients and other healthcare professionals on the correct use of medicines and to participate in research methodologies related to patient populations, preventive care, epidemics and non-communicable diseases.