College of Medicine The Pharmacy Department

College of Medicine The Pharmacy Department

About College of Medicine The Pharmacy Department

The Pharmacy Department was established in 2006 and is housed in modern accommodation in Pharmacy Building. It enjoys close proximity to other sciences departments within the state-of-the-art College of Medicine Mahatma Ghandi Campus.
The BSc Pharm course comprises a four-year university education and is followed by a one-year practical education. Due to the strong demand, the number of BSc Pharm students has increased to currently 40-60 per year.
Research in the Department aims to discover the fundamental mechanisms which underlie important problems in pharmacology, and also addresses research priorities outlined in the Malawi National Health Research Agenda, geared towards obtaining evidence which is needed for policy and decision making in the pharmaceutical sector in Malawi.
The Pharmacy Department has formal collaborations with a number of well-known international universities and research institutions. It is a collaborating member of the FIP-UNESCO UNITWIN Centre of Excellence of Schools of Pharmacy in Africa..

College of Medicine The Pharmacy Department Courses Offered

The BSc Pharm course at the University of Malawi comprises a four-year university education and is followed by a one-year practical education. In the first academic year, basic sciences are learnt together with the students of medicine. The specific pharmaceutical subjects, such as Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology, Pharmacognosy, Pharmaceutics, Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmacy Practice and Management of Drug and Medical Supplies are taught in the second, third and fourth academic year.
Already during their university years, students visit private pharmacies and hospital pharmacies, the Central Medical Stores Trust, the pharmaceutical industry and the wards of the teaching hospitals. They also develop a research project and carry it out in health service facilities or in a pharmaceutical laboratory.
The curriculum of the BSc Pharm course can be found here.
The internship year, following the university education, is organized by the responsible national authority in Malawi (Pharmacy, Medicines and Poisons Board). Six months are completed in hospital pharmacies, and two months each in a private pharmacy, in the pharmaceutical industry and in the Central Medical Stores Trust.
The College of Medicine offers various postgraduate degrees open to BSc Pharm graduates. Specific postgraduate courses in Pharmacy are currently being developed.

Pharmacy year 1