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College of Pharmacy Undergraduate Programs

The College of Pharmacy at Deraya University offers a Bachelor of Pharmacy (Pharm-D) program.

Duration of Study

The program consists of five years (10 semesters) of study, followed by an internship year.

Credit Hours

The program requires a total of 181 credit hours, which includes:

• 6 credit hours of university courses
• 8 credit hours of elective courses
• 167 credit hours of faculty courses All courses are taught in English.

Bachelor's Degree

Upon completion of the program, students are granted a Bachelor's degree in Pharm-D. The degree encompasses the following departments:

• Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department
• Pharmaceutics & Pharmaceutical Technology Department
• Pharmacognosy Department
• Biochemistry Department
• Microbiology and Immunology Department
• Clinical Pharmacy Department

Bachelor's Requirements

The Bachelor of Pharmacy program consists of the following required courses:

University Requirements

1. Mathematics - 1 credit hour
2. Information technology - 2 credit hours
3. Scientific Thinking & writing - 1 credit hour
4. Arabic Language - 1 credit hour
5. History - 1 credit hour

Faculty Requirements

1. Medicinal Chemistry (1) - 3 credit hours
2. Medicinal Chemistry (2) - 3 credit hours
3. Drug design - 2 credit hours
4. Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry (1) - 2 credit hours
5. Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry (2) - 3 credit hours
6. Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry (3) - 3 credit hours
7. Instrumental Analysis - 3 credit hours
8. Quality Control of pharmaceuticals - 3 credit hours
9. Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry (1) - 3 credit hours
10. Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry (2) - 3 credit hours
11. Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry (3) - 3 credit hours
12. Pharmacy Orientation - 1 credit hour
13. Physical Pharmacy - 3 credit hours
14. Pharmaceutics (1) - 3 credit hours
15. Pharmaceutics (2) - 3 credit hours
16. Pharmaceutics (3) - 3 credit hours
17. Pharmaceutics (4) - 3 credit hours
18. Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics - 3 credit hours
19. Pharmaceutical Legislation and Professional ethics - 1 credit hour
20. Pharmaceutical technology (1) - 3 credit hours
21. Pharmaceutical technology (2) - 3 credit hours
22. Good Manufacturing Practice - 1 credit hour
23. Advanced Drug Delivery Systems - 3 credit hours
24. Medical Terminology - 1 credit hour
25. Biostatistics and Bioassay - 2 credit hours
26. Pharmacology (1) - 3 credit hours
27. Pharmacology (2) - 3 credit hours
28. Pharmacology (3) - 2 credit hours
29. Basic & clinical Toxicology - 3 credit hours
30. First Aid - 2 credit hours
31. Medicinal plants - 2 credit hours
32. Pharmacognosy (1) - 3 credit hours
33. Pharmacognosy (2) - 3 credit hours
34. Phytochemistry (1) - 3 credit hours
35. Phytochemistry (2) - 3 credit hours
36. Applied and forensic pharmacognosy - 2 credit hours
37. Phytotherapy & Aromatherapy - 3 credit hours
38. Biochemistry (1) - 3 credit hours
39. Biochemistry (2) - 3 credit hours
40. Clinical Biochemistry - 3 credit hours
41. General Microbiology & Immunology - 3 credit hours
42. Pharmaceutical Microbiology - 3 credit hours
43. Parasitology & Virology - 2 credit hours
44. Medical Microbiology - 3 credit hours
45. Biotechnology - 3 credit hours
46. Communication Skills - 1 credit hour
47. Clinical Pharmacokinetics - 3 credit hours
48. Drug information and interaction - 2 credit hours
49. Hospital Pharmacy - 2 credit hours
50. Community Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice - 3 credit hours
51. Marketing and Pharmacoeconomics - 2 credit hours
52. Clinical Pharmacy (1) - 3 credit hours
53. Clinical Pharmacy (2) - 3 credit hours
54. Clinical research & pharmacovigilance - 2 credit hours
55. Anatomy - 2 credit hours
56. Histology - 2 credit hours
57. Cell Biology - 2 credit hours
58. Physiology (1) - 3 credit hours
59. Physiology (2) - 2 credit hours
60. Pathology - 2 credit hours
61. Public health - 2 credit hours
62. General medicine (1) - 2 credit hours
63. General medicine (2) - 2 credit hours
64. Philosophic Thinking, Human Rights, and Fighting corruption - 2 credit hours
65. Medical and Social Psychology - 1 credit hour
66. English (1) - 2 credit hours
67. English (2) - 2 credit hours
68. Entrepreneurship - 1 credit hour

Elective Courses

The following elective courses are available:

1. Analysis of Commercial Products - 2 credit hours

• Prerequisite: PA224

2. Advanced Instrumental Analysis - 2 credit hours

• Prerequisites: PA224, PO213

3. Quality Control of Herbal Drugs - 2 credit hours

• Prerequisite: PG325

4. Alternative Medicine - 2 credit hours

• Prerequisite: PG223

5. Advanced drug design - 2 credit hours

• Prerequisite: PD423

6. Drug abuse - 2 credit hours

• Prerequisite: PL415

7. Veterinary Pharmacology - 2 credit hours

• Prerequisite: PL415

8. Advanced Topics in Clinical Care - 2 credit hours

• Prerequisite: PC516

9. Biochemical Methods of Diagnosis - 2 credit hours

• Prerequisite: PA224

10. Nutrition - 2 credit hours
    • Prerequisite: PB414
11. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious diseases - 2 credit hours
    • Prerequisite: PM414
12. Food Microbiology - 2 credit hours
    • Prerequisite: PM414
13. Cosmetics - 2 credit hours
    • Prerequisite: PT224
14. Advanced Industrial Pharmacy - 2 credit hours
    • Prerequisite: PT429
15. New trends for synthesis and purification of pharmaceutical raw materials - 2 credit hours
    • Prerequisite: PO213
16. English - 2 credit hours
    • Prerequisite: PGC214

Why Join Pharmacy at Deraya?

The program offers a set of courses related to the field of specialization, arranged according to a study structure over the duration of the program. The courses meet the academic standards and preserve the achievement of the National Academic Reference Standards 2017. The program includes 100 hours of field training after the end of the third level and before starting the internship year.