MPharm in Malaysia
THE University of Nottingham Malaysia campus will be offering a four-year pharmacy programme leading to the honours degree of Master of Pharmacy (MPharm).
The MPharm degree is offered under a 2+2 arrangement, with students taking the first two years at the Malaysia campus after which they will transfer to Nottingham to complete their third and fourth year. The first intake will be based at the new purpose-built campus in Semenyih.
The modular course aims to inculcate core pharmacy skills and knowledge as well as look into the clinical and legal aspects of the profession. In their final year, students will have the opportunity to engage in pharmaceutical research and work under the supervision of an academic staff member.
Originally established in Nottingham in 1925, the School of Pharmacy is one of the latest additions to the Malaysia campus. It is also the first school in the newly-created Health and Biological Sciences faculty.
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Prof Atkin: “The agreement sets the stage for a stronger relationship.” |
Teaching at Nottingham’s School of Pharmacy was graded “excellent” during the last UK Quality Assurance Agency audit.
The school also currently holds a rating of 5A from the UK Research Assessment Exercise (RAE).
Students who enrol for the September intake will have the UK tuition fee for the third and fourth year pegged at 2005 rates, and enjoy a £3,000 (RM21,298) bursary for both years.
Recently, an agreement was also signed between the University of Nottingham and International University-Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City (IU-VNU) to share information and expertise for the purpose of developing educational exchanges.
Nottingham Malaysia campus vice-president Prof Brian Atkin signed on behalf of Nottingham while IU-VNU was represented by its rector Prof Phan Quoc Khanh.
Under the agreement, Nottingham will facilitate knowledge transfer by building up the teaching and educational management capabilities at IU-VNU.
The agreement also includes a series of credit transfer programmes under a 2+2 arrangement. The course credits for the programmes are fully transferable to Nottingham. The degrees will be awarded by Nottingham.
“IU-VNU is committed to the internationalisation of all aspects of its academic and research activities. It is hoped that through this co-operation, IU-VNU will be able to emulate Nottingham’s academic and research excellence,” said Prof Phan.
“Nottingham is pleased to enter into this agreement which sets the stage for a stronger relationship between the two universities and countries,” said Prof Atkin.
The cooperation has the full support of the Vietnamese government which has pledged 20 scholarships in engineering and computer science to outstanding students.
“We hope to recruit 60 to 70 students under this programme for the academic year in September. We expect 50 students from each programme to transfer to Nottingham by 2007,” Prof Atkin added.
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