Head’s Message
Welcome to our Department of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, the sole institution of its kind offering a professional degree in Pharmacy to respond to the Nation’s needs. Indeed, our Department, as part of the Faculty of Science at the National University of Singapore, is the only one that trains Pharmacists in the country, and has managed to distinguish itself in Education, Research, and Practice: it is currently recognized among the top 20 institutes in the world according to the World University ranking by subject (Pharmacy and Pharmacology) and it is considered the number one in Asia.
Since 1905, with the establishment of the Department of Pharmaceutics at the King Edward VII College of Medicine, we have been committed in imparting outstanding pharmacy education and in shaping leaders in the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors. Our strength lies in offering vibrant and relevant educational programs, as shown by the newly launched Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Science programme (PHS, in 2018) and the Bachelor of Pharmacy programme (BPharm, in 2020), which display strong integration across various disciplines and have become our true signature. I am also very excited that we have implemented our postgraduate programs by establishing a Master of Clinical Pharmacy (MCP, launched last August 2023), which includes stackable courses that could be used to pursue a final Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree.
At our Department, we emphasize teamwork. Our community includes passionate educators, outstanding research scientists, dedicated adjunct staff from hospitals and clinics, preceptors, ambitious students and supportive alumni, who are all advocates for our core professional values of Honesty and Integrity, Responsibility, Accountability, Respect for others and Empathy. As Head of this Department, I am thrilled to lead our community with the highest mission of training the next generation of pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists through integrated educational programs, advanced technological innovations, cutting-edge research platforms and trustworthy partnerships at the national and international level.
We are enthusiastically looking forward to strengthening our connections through everyone’s contribution!
Giorgia Pastorin