Advanced Diploma in Pharmacy Practice

Admissions

Admission to the Advanced Diploma in Pharmacy Practice (ADPP) is competitive and is based on merit. Not all applicants who meet the minimum entry requirements will necessarily be accepted.

For the academic year 2008/2009, it is intended to admit 25 applicants into the ADPP.

Applications for admission into the ADPP are invited from the following:

• RP students who are about to complete the second year of the DPHM, DBMS and DBIO programme and who are achieving good grades.
  
  This category of students may be allowed to take and complete the ADPP concurrently with their respective diploma (DPHM, DBMS or DBIO). The four modules of the ADPP will be taken in the final year of the diploma programme in an “accelerated scheme”.
  
  
• Diploma graduates with a Diploma in Pharmaceutical Sciences or an equivalent qualification from other polytechnics.
  
  
• “Experienced People” with “O” level certification or equivalent (with prerequisite pass grades in English Language, Mathematics and a Science subject), supported by at least 4 years of relevant work experience. Formal certificate level qualifications from recognized institutions will be considered favorably. Such applicants will be required to pass a comprehensive examination in the pharmaceutical sciences before admission to the ADPP.