The School of Medical Sciences offers a four-year program of integration and continuity leading to the MB, ChB (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) degree. The first two years consist mainly of applied basic medical science, with emphasis on small group tutorials. The remaining two years consist of clinical rotations in their affiliated teaching hospitals where more than 80% of medical care is provided for free by the government for all Ghanaians
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University Overview
Founded in 1951, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology is a non-profit public higher-education institution located in the urban setting of the metropolis of Kumasi (population range of 1,000,000-5,000,000 inhabitants), Ashanti. This institution also has branch campuses in the following locations: Sunyani, Accra. Officially recognized by the National Accreditation Board, Ghana (National Accreditation Board of Ghana), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is a large (uniRank enrollment range: 25,000-29,999 students) coeducational Ghanaian higher education institution. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) offers courses and programs leading to officially recognized higher education degrees such as pre-bachelor degrees (i.e. certificates, diplomas, associate or foundation), bachelor degrees, master degrees, doctorate degrees in several areas of study. See the uniRank degree levels and areas of study matrix below for further details. This 69 years old Ghanaian higher-education institution has a selective admission policy based on entrance examinations and students’ past academic record and grades. The admission rate range is 30-40% making this Ghanaian higher education organization a very selective institution. International students are welcome to apply for enrollment. KNUST also provides several academic and non-academic facilities and services to students including a library, housing, sports facilities, financial aids and/or scholarships, study abroad and exchange programs, online courses and distance learning opportunities, as well as administrative services.
University Identity
| Name | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology |
|---|---|
| Acronym | KNUST |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Motto | Nyansap? w?sane no badwenma A wise knot is untied by a wise child |
| Colours | Red, yellow, green, black and white |
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University Location
| Address | Private Mail Bag University Post Office Kumasi Ashanti Ghana |
|---|---|
| Tel | +233 (3220) 60021 |
| Fax | +233 (51) 60137 |
| Other locations | Sunyani, Accra |
What is Doctor of Pharmacy
Doctor of Pharmacy is a professional undergraduate degree that is required by several countries including Ghana, Nigeria and the USA as a basic requirement for registration as a pharmacist.
This pharmacy degree is offered as a six-year duration programme in most countries but some countries offer it as a two year top up programme to people who already have a Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy.
Click here for a list of all the pharmacy related courses and their respective duration
In Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) was the premiere university to institute this 6 years Doctor of Pharmacy degree programme.
All the other institutions offering Pharmacy in Ghana have now successfully transitioned to the Doctor of Pharmacy programme too.
This means that any one who wants to become a pharmacist by studying in Ghana will have to apply to study the Doctor of Pharmacy in any of the institutions offering the programme.
Admission requirements for KNUST Doctor of Pharmacy
KNUST accepts three different categories of people into their Doctor of Pharmacy programme. These three categories are:
- Applicants with WASSCE/SSSCE qualification
- Applicants with A’ Level qualification
- Applicants who are considered Mature applicants
Applicants with WASSCE/SSSCE qualification
You need to have a minimum of three passes in the elective subjects (Chemistry, Biology, and Physics or Mathematics). This means that individuals who get anything beyond a C6 in more than one of these elective subjects are not eligible or do not qualify for this course.
Applicants with A’ Level qualification
If you have an A’ Level qualification, you need a minimum of five (5) credits which should include English Language and Mathematics, together with three (3) passes in any of the electives (Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics).
You should also have a pass in General Paper.
Mature Applicants
To qualify as a mature applicant, you must be at least 25 years at the time of submitting your application forms.
Mature applicants can be applicants with either WASSCE/SSSCE or O’ level qualification.
For O’ Level, a minimum of five (5) credits including English Language and Mathematics.
For WASSCE/SSSCE, a minimum of credit passes in three (3) of your electives (Biology, Chemistry, and Physics or Mathematics)
Duration of the KNUST Doctor of Pharmacy Course
The doctor of pharmacy programme is a six-year programme leading to the award of a professional undergraduate doctorate degree in pharmacy.
The first five (5) years of the course is spent on campus with the fifth year comprising outside campus work. During the fifth year, students choose an elective for which they will be attached to a particular company or institution to train under depending on the elective of choice.
The following electives are available to every fifth year student:
- Research and Academia
- Community Pharmacy
- Hospital Pharmacy
- Industrial Pharmacy
- Regulatory
- Pharma marketing
These electives represent the various facets of pharmacy that students can look into venturing as future job prospects. As such, this training is to expose students to all potential jobs that they may encounter in the near future.
Students get to choose at least two of these, one for each semester in their fifth year. You are therefore advised to choose those that you have higher interest in or the ones that you want to explore.
The final year is spent fully in an accredited hospital for practical application of all the knowledge the students have acquired over the previous five years.
Course outline (Programme Curriculum)
First year course outline
The following are the various courses with the respective credit hours that first year pharmacy students in KNUST will study;
First semester
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits |
| PHARM 181 | HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY | 4 |
| PHARM 161 | ORIENTATION TO PHARMACY AND DISPENSING | 4 |
| ENGL 157 | COMMUNICATION SKILLS I | 2 |
| PHARM 155 | INORGANIC AND PHYSICAL PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY | 4 |
| PHARM 191 | INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR PHARMACISTS | 3 |
| MATH 151 | POST SHS MATHS | 2 |
First semester course outline
Second semester
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits |
| ENGL 158 | COMMUNICATION SKILLS II | 2 |
| PHARM 162 | DISPENSING | 4 |
| PHARM 182 | HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY II | 4 |
| PHARM 172 | INTRODUCTORY PHARMACOGNOSY | 4 |
| MATH 152 | CALCULUS | 2 |
| PHARM 152 | ORGANIC PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY I | 4 |
Second semester course outline
Second year course outline
First semester
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits |
| PHARM 261 | PHYSICAL PHARMACY | 4 |
| PHARM 271 | PHYTOCHEMISTRY | 3 |
| PHARM 263 | PHARMACEUTICAL MICROBIOLOGY I | 3 |
| MATH 153 | STATISTICAL METHODS I | 2 |
| PHARM 281 | BIOCHEMISTRY I | 4 |
| PHARM 251 | PHYSICAL PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY | 4 |
Second semester
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits |
| PHARM 294 | PHARMACY COMMUNICATION AND PATIENT COUNSELING | 3 |
| PHARM 262 | PHARMACEUTICAL MICROBIOLOGY II | 4 |
| PHARM 252 | ORGANIC PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY II | 4 |
| PHARM 282 | BIOCHEMISTRY II | 4 |
Third year course outline
First semester
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits |
| PHARM 363 | PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | 4 |
| PHARM 381 | INTRODUCTORY PHARMACOLOGY | 4 |
| FC 181 | FRENCH FOR COMMUNICATION PURPOSES | 2 |
| PHARM 351 | MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY I | 4 |
| PHARM 361 | PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY I | 4 |
Second semester
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits |
| PHARM 362 | PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY II | 3 |
| FC 182 | FRENCH FOR COMMUNICATION PURPOSES II | 2 |
| PHARM 382 | SYSTEMS PHARMACOLOGY I | 4 |
| PHARM 352 | PHARMACEUTICAL ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY | 3 |
| PHARM 372 | NATURAL DRUG PRODUCTION AND EVALUATION | 3 |
| PHARM 366 | IMMUNOLOGY | 2 |
| PHARM 392 | PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS I | 4 |
Fourth year course outline
First semester
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits |
| PHARM 493 | BIOSTATISTICS AND RESEARCH METHODS | 2 |
| PHARM 481 | SYSTEMS PHARMACOLOGY II | 4 |
| PHARM 491 | PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS II | 4 |
| PHARM 485 | CHEMICAL PATHOLOGY I | 2 |
| FREX 1 | FRENCH FOR PHARMACISTS | 1 |
| PHARM 461 | BIOPHARMACEUTICS | 3 |
| PHARM 451 | MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY II | 3 |
| PHARM 471 | PHYTOPHARMACEUTICALS AND VETERINARY PHARMACY | 2 |
Second semester
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits |
| PHARM 450 | PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY PROJECT | 4 |
| PHARM 482 | CHEMICAL PATHOLOGY II | 2 |
| PHARM 484 | CHEMOTHERAPY | 3 |
| PHARM 492 | PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS III | 4 |
| PHARM 494 | PHARMACOECONOMICS | 2 |
| PHARM 496 | SOCIOLOGY FOR PHARMACISTS | 2 |
| PHARM 498 | PHARMACY JURISPRUDENCE | 2 |
Fifth year course outline
First semester
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits |
| MGT 471 | PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT | 2 |
| PHARD 559 | ELECTIVE (ACADEMIC RESEARCH, COMMUNITY PHARMACY, HOSPITAL PHARMACY PRACTICE, REGULATORY, MARKETING) | 2 |
| PHARD 573 | COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE | 2 |
| PHARD 591 | PUBLIC HEALTH I | 2 |
| PHARD 593 | PHARMACY PRACTICE I | 5 |
| PHARD 595 | PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY | 2 |
| PHARD 597 | CLINICAL PHARMACOKINETICS AND THERAPEUTIC DRUG MONITORING | 2 |
| PHARD 599 | SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT | 2 |
Second semester
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits |
| MGT 472 | ENTREPRENEURSHIP | 3 |
| PHARD 556 | ELECTIVE (ACADEMIC RESEARCH, COMMUNITY PHARMACY, HOSPITAL PHARMACY PRACTICE, REGULATORY, MARKETING) | 2 |
| PHARD 582 | CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY | 3 |
| PHARD 594 | PHARMACY PRACTICE II | 5 |
| PHARD 596 | SEMINARS | 2 |
| PHARD 592 | PUBLIC HEALTH II | 2 |
Sixth year
The whole of the sixth year is spent in a chosen hospital on rotational basics. You will be rotating every 6 weeks. There will be a final examination after the end of all six (6) rotations.
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits |
| PHARM 691 | EXPERIENTIAL PRACTICE: INTERNAL MEDICINE | 5 |
| PHARM 692 | EXPERIENTIAL PRACTICE: MATERNAL HEALTH | 5 |
| PHARM 693 | EXPERIENTIAL PRACTICE: EMERGENCY MEDICINE | 5 |
| PHARM 694 | EXPERIENTIAL PRACTICE: CHILD HEALTH | 5 |
| PHARM 695 | EXPERIENTIAL PRACTICE: SURGERY | 5 |
| PHARM 696 | EXPERIENTIAL PRACTICE: ELECTIVE (HIV/TB, ENT, MENTAL HEALTH, ONCOLOGY) | 5 |
