The Master in Pharmacy (MPharm) (2+2) twinning programme offered at SEGi College is a collaboration between the Faculty of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, SEGi College Malaysia and the Sunderland Pharmacy School, University of Sunderland, UK. The Master in Pharmacy (MPharm) (2+2) programme will be taught by qualified, experienced and committed full-time local staff as well as staff from the University of Sunderland.

This degree aims to integrate clinical and scientific knowledge with communication skills providing you with the expertise to contribute effectively as a pharmacist within the future healthcare system. You will gain the scientific, clinical and professional skills you need for a stimulating, challenging and varied career in pharmacy. You will be competent to work in primary care, hospital and industrial pharmacy in Malaysia and worldwide. These skills will enable you to provide an efficient and effective service to patients, applying not only the legal and ethical aspects of pharmacy, but also the clinical knowledge and counselling skills that can be so crucial in the effective use of medication.

To achieve this, the programme is integrated to include the synthesis, analysis, formulation, presentation, action and uses of drugs combined with clinical application as well as the social aspects of delivering care. You will learn how drugs are discovered and how they are formulated for safe and effective medication. You will study the effects that drugs have on the human body, and how the human body deals with drugs. You will understand how to choose the best medicine for a patient, as well as how to communicate with patients and other healthcare professionals.

The programme starts by delivering an underpinning chemical and physiological base interwoven with pharmacy practice using problem based learning, workshops, seminars and laboratory work. Progressing through each year, the emphasis is placed on how we deliver drugs to the body and the clinical and professional practice aspects of pharmacy, while ensuring throughout that you will develop the communication skills necessary for your role as a pharmacist. You will have the opportunity to research specific areas of pharmacy in the final year, developing your skills in identifying and analysing data. Visits to primary care and hospital pharmacies are encouraged at all levels of the course.

The MPharm programme offered by the University of Sunderland has been rated excellent by the Quality Assurance Agency and cover the following study areas

• Pharmaceutics
• Pharmaceutical/Medicinal Chemistry
• Clinical Pharmacy/Therapeutics
• Pharmacy Practice