Graduate Certificate in Advanced Pharmacy Practice
Overview
The Graduate Certificate in Advanced Pharmacy Practice [Grad Cert (APP)], is a short 8-unit certificate programme that caters to the continuing education needs of pharmacists, who are preparing for role expansion to advanced-level clinical practice in community-based patient care settings. Students are allowed up to 3 years to complete this programme which is available in the part-time mode.
The graduate certificate courses will introduce skills for patient assessment, clinical evaluation and decision-making, as well as communication required of pharmacists at advanced level of pharmacy practice in collaborative direct patient care services alongside other healthcare professionals. It is officially endorsed by the Standards and Education Committee for Foundation Programme (appointed under MOH CPO) as the first in the series of graduate certificates planned for upskilling young pharmacists for intermediate/advanced level practice in community care. This is aligned with the initiative to build up manpower capabilities for community practice under the National Pharmacy Strategy as well as the development framework for pharmacists launched by MOH in May 2020.
Currently, we do not offer direct admission to the Grad Cert (APP). Instead, the relevant graduate certificate courses are made available under the NUS Online Application Portal where the applicant can register as modular courses during the application period. Students are required to make a declaration on completion of Grad Cert (APP) upon fulfilment of the stipulated requirements in order to receive the graduate certificate. For more information, click on Declaration on completion of Grad Cert (APP) tab in this webpage.
The Grad Cert (APP) and the Graduate Certificate in Community-based Geriatric Pharmaceutical Care can be stacked via the ‘stackable’ option towards the Master of Pharmacy (Clinical Pharmacy) programme.
The following courses will be open for application from 6 May 2024 – 5 Jun 2024 for Aug 2024 intake, click below for more information:
– PR5134 Advanced Skills in Pharmacy Practice
– PR5135 Foundations in Advanced Pharmacy Practice
Updated as of Sep 2024
Admission Requirements
The minimum requirements for admission to the Graduate Certificate are:
(a) Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy (with or without Honours classification) or an equivalent qualification.
(b) Registered pharmacists with the Singapore Pharmacy Council and holding a current and valid practicing certificate.
(c) Candidates are preferred to have at least 1 years’ working experience as a patient-care pharmacist post pre-registration training.
Updated as of Jan 2022
Modular Course Offering
Students who have taken and completed the two relevant courses PR5135 Foundations in Advanced Pharmacy Practice and PR5134 Advanced Skills in Pharmacy Practice with a GPA of at least 2.50 within a maximum period of 36 months will be deemed to have completed the Graduate Certificate successfully and will be awarded the Graduate Certificate (Advanced Pharmacy Practice).
| Modular Courses (stand-alone courses) | Units | Stackable towards Grad Cert (APP) | Offered in Semester 1 (August – November) |
Registration period for August 2024 intake |
| PR5134 Advanced Skills in Pharmacy Practice | 4 | ✓1 | ✓ | May 2024 |
| PR5135 Foundations in Advanced Pharmacy Practice | 4 | ✓1 | ✓ | May 2024 |
The courses may not be offered every academic year/semester. Please note that the list of courses offered in an academic year/semester is subject to changes.
1SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) funded modular courses. Learners must pass all assessment components to be eligible for SSG funding. Please note that SSG funding is limited in duration and subject to availability.
Search for details of the individual stand-alone modular courses via this link.
- Credit/grade transfer of any SSG-funded course to a MOE-subsidised Graduate Diploma/Bachelor/Master degree is not allowed if the course is taken whilst being enrolled in the Graduate Diploma/Bachelor/Master degree.
- Credit/grade transfer of any SSG-funded course taken and subsequently requesting to be stacked to a MOE-subsidised Graduate Diploma/Bachelor/Master degree is subject to approval of the Faculty/School and MOE.
Updated as of Sep 2024
Application and Course Fees
Application
The relevant graduate certificate courses are made available under the NUS Online Application Portal where the applicant can register as modular courses during the application period.
Course Fees
Modular course fees can be found in the NUS Online Application Portal or Course Catalogue. Besides modular course fee, students are liable to pay Student Services Fee (SSF)1, 2 as well.
Note:
1 SSF is payable for every regular semester, subject to prevailing rates.
2 For updates on SSF for CPE students, please refer to NUS SCALE website at http://scale.nus.edu.sg.
For enquiries regarding application, fees, subsidies and payment on modular courses, please contact SCALE at lifelonglearning@nus.edu.sg or +65 6601 8888.
The University reserves all rights to review and adjust fees and make changes to the programme structure and requirements as necessary and accordingly without prior notice.
Updated as of Sep 2024
Declaration on completion of Grad Cert (APP)
There are two periods in every calendar year that Continuing Professional Education (CPE) students can submit their declaration on completion of the graduate certificate. Refer to the table below.
| Period to declare completion of graduate certificate | When graduate certificate will be issued |
| 01-31 January of each calendar year | By April of the same calendar year |
| 01-31 July of each calendar year | By October of the same calendar year |
Steps to declare completion of the graduate certificate:
- Students are required to submit their declaration on completion* of the graduate certificate to askPharmacy@nus.edu.sg.
- Students are required to provide soft copy of the transcript for the completed courses in the email. The transcript (unofficial) can be downloaded from Education Records System (EduRec).
- After Department reviews and endorses the student’s declaration, it will be submitted for next level of processing. The graduate certificate will be issued to students via email once it is ready.
*Note: Subject to fulfilment of the stipulated requirements, i.e. CPE students have to complete the two relevant courses, PR5135 Foundations in Advanced Pharmacy Practice and PR5134 Advanced Skills in Pharmacy Practice offered under the Grad Cert (APP), with a GPA of at least 2.50 within a maximum period of 36 months.
Updated as of Apr 2024
Testimonials
Updated as of Jan 2022