School of Chinese Medicine

Master of Pharmaceutical Sciences in Chinese Medicine

Programme Director: Dr Yu Zhiling

The programme adopts a pragmatic approach to strengthen students’ knowledge and skills in pharmaceutical sciences in Chinese medicine. It aims at upgrading students’ ability to comprehend and master the theoretical knowledge of CM pharmacy so that their research ability and problem solving skills can be enhanced through learning of the latest research methodologies and technologies. The programme will help train a generation of modern and scientific professionals in applied CM pharmacy, especially in the areas of product development, quality assurance, drug safety assessment, production management and trading of Chinese medicines or/and healthcare products.

Programme of Study

For full-time basis, the normal programme of study for the programme is one year, and the maximum study period is two years. For part-time basis, the normal programme of study for the programme is two years, and the maximum study period is three years. Lectures, laboratory practice and dissertation are arranged.

Structure

It is a 29-unit programme comprised of Compulsory Courses (23 units) and Dissertation (6 units).

For those who have never received any undergraduate training in Chinese Medicine or Pharmacy in Chinese Medicine must take, in addition to the above, the course Overview on Chinese Medicine and Chinese Materia Medica (4 units) as supplement.

The structure of the curriculum is as follows: -

I)	Compulsory Courses	23 units
II)	Dissertation*	6 units
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		29 units

I.	Compulsory Courses			23 units
	MPS	7010	Research Methodology & Practice in Chinese Medicine	3 units
	MPS	7020	Utilization of Medicinal Plant Resources & Advanced Pharmacognosy	3 units
	MPS	7030	Mechanisms & Safe Application of Chinese Medicines	3 units
	MPS	7040	Methods & Techniques for Quality Control of Chinese Medicines	2 units
	MPS	7050	Advanced Pharmaceutics & R&D of New Product in Chinese Medicine	3 units
	MPS	7061-2	Laboratory Practice in Chinese Medicines	4 units
	MPS	7070	Advancement in Contemporary Chinese Medicines	3 units
	MPS	7100	Marketing & Management for the Pharmaceutical Industry	2 units

II.	Dissertation*			6 units
	MPS	7081-2	Dissertation*	6 units

*	Students can take either (1) MPS 7081-2 Dissertation or (2) MCM 7030 Thinking Approach and Methodology of Chinese Medicine & MCM 7060 Formulation Theories and Practices of Chinese Medicinal Formulae.

Supplementary Course (for those who have not previously studied CM or CM Pharmacy under conditional offer):
	MPS	7510	Overview on Chinese Medicine & Chinese Materia Medica	4 units

The academic results of the supplementary course obtained by the students will be recorded in the students’ transcript (Satisfactory/Fail) without GPA grading and the study units of the supplementary course will not be added to the total study units.