Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Key Modules

• 1Duration
• 23 – 6 years
• 34 – 8 years
• 4Note:
• 5Research Methodology
• 6Find out more about our
• 7Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice
• 8Community pharmacy
• 9Digital Health and Innovation
• 10Disease burden studies
• 11Legislative and regulatory pharmacy
• 12Medication safety and optimization
• 13Pharmacoeconomics
• 14Pharmacoinformatics
• 15Quality of life studies
• 16Social and administrative pharmacy
• 17Pharmaceutical Technology
• 18Bioequivalence studies
• 19Controlled-release drug delivery systems
• 20Fast-dissolving drug delivery systems
• 21Pre-formulation studies
• 22Transdermal/Topical drug delivery systems
• 23Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Phytochemistry
• 24Analytical method development and validation
• 25Computational medicinal chemistry
• 26Design and development of herbal formulations
• 27Extraction of herbal drugs
• 28Isolation and characterization of herbal constituents
• 29Medicinal chemistry (organic synthesis)
• 30Pharmacology
• 31Antimicrobials
• 32Anti-inflammation
• 33Cancer Pharmacology
• 34Diabetes Pharmacology
• 35Pharmacology and Toxicology of herbal extracts
• 36Stem cells and exosomes
• 37Pharmacy Education
• 38Interprofessional Education
• 39Innovation in teaching and learning
• 40Hiring Graduate Students
• 41here
• 42Dr Foo Jhi Biau, Programme Director
• 43VIEW ALL LECTURER

Entry Requirements

• We offered two entry pathway for this PhD programme, which is normal mode and prior to publication mode. Our PhD by Prior Publication mode provides a unique pathway for you to achieve a Doctoral award based on your existing body of work. We recognise the value of your prior publications and include them as a significant part of your submission for the Doctoral award.
• Master's Degree in Pharmacy
• Master's degree in Pharmacy or relevant science discipline
• A Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy or relevant science discipline with CGPA 3.67 and registered as a Masters candidate and achieve outstanding performance in research and conversion assessment with Senate approval;
• Equivalent Qualifications
• Any other equivalent qualifications which is recognized by the Malaysian Government.
• International Students
• English Requirement: IELTS 6.0 / TOEFL 60 (Internet Based Test) (May join IEN preparatory course and achieve the IELTS score) The validity of the IELTS or equivalent is within 2 years from the date of the examination.
• Accelerated PhD Programme
• Bachelor's degree candidates who are registered for master's degree programmes may apply to convert to the doctoral degree programmes subjected to the following conditions:
• Within 1 year for full time and within 2 years for part-time candidates;
• Having shown competency and capability in conducting research at doctoral level through rigorous internal evaluation.
• Approval of the Taylor's University Senate.
• Any of the above conditions would require student's research proposal to be approved.
• All information is subject to change. The above entry requirements serve as a guideline. Readers are responsible to verify the information by contacting the university's Admissions Department
• Prior Publication Mode
• You will need to fulfil one of the below:
• Obtain a master's degree in the field or related fields accepted by the HEP Senate
• Obtain other qualifications equivalent to a master's degree recognised by the Government of Malaysia
• Candidates without a related qualification in the field/s or working experience in the relevant fields must undergo appropriate prerequisite courses determined by the HEP
• In addition to the above criteria, those who want to join Doctoral Degree by Retrospective or Prior Publication mode must include the below to the formal application:
• Minimum of 5 publications or equivalent works in alignment with the theme of the specialisation
• An executive summary of the above publications to demonstrate the applicant’s contribution to knowledge in the field
• A list of scholarly published work
• The minimum language proficiency of the candidates must be determined by the HEP consistent with applicable programme standards or based on the needs of the programme, i.e., learning outcomes and the medium of instruction.
• A Selection Committee must be established to review the formal application for PhD by Retrospective or Prior Publication and recommend to the Senate to obtain approval.
• Criteria for published works
• Published work must encompass high-quality journals, monographs, books, research-based chapters in books, electronic publications which have not been used to obtain other awards or deemed a part of those awards.
• The publications must be published within a period not exceeding ten (10) years from the date of submission.
• For the five (5) nominated publications, the candidate must be the principal author with the contributions of others clearly defined.
• : All information is subject to change. Readers are responsible for verifying information that pertains to them by contacting the university.

Career Prospects

• Academic Pharmacist
• Community Pharmacist
• Hospital Pharmacist
• Industrial Pharmacist
• Regulatory Pharmacist
• Toxicologist
• Veterinary Pharmacist