CURRICULLUM

The curriculum of the regular doctoral program in Pharmaceutical Sciences consists of 42 credit hours (for cohorts from 2016 and earlier, comprising 10 credit hours of coursework and 32 credit hours of research for the dissertation) and 46 credit hours (for cohorts from 2017 onwards), divided into 12 credit hours of coursework and 32 credit hours of research for the dissertation. For the 2017 cohort, the coursework load for students is 12 credit hours, consisting of 4 credit hours of general courses (mandatory for all program participants), 4 credit hours of core courses (taken by students whose dissertation research aligns with the respective field), and 4 credit hours of dissertation-supporting courses. Dissertation-supporting courses are those whose content is related to or supports the dissertation research. For example, if a student is conducting dissertation research in the field of Pharmaceutics, they would take a 4-credit-hour course in scientific writing and publication, 2-credit-hour courses in Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology I and II each, and 2-credit-hour courses in Pharmacology II and Biology II each, making a total of 12 credit hours of coursework. The research load to produce the dissertation is 32 credit hours, assessed based on the student’s ability to comprehensively conduct Ph.D. research from start to finish, with the following stages:

1. Research proposal and basic comprehensive skills with a weight of 4 credit hours.
2. Monitoring and evaluation of research progress conducted every semester with a weight of 5 credit hours.
3. Presentation of research results for the dissertation with a weight of 4 credit hours.
4. Feasibility of the dissertation manuscript with a weight of 4 credit hours.
5. Final dissertation examination in the form of a closed examination and/or without an open examination with a weight of 15 credit hours.

All courses are accompanied by course descriptions, syllabi, and syllabus and academic plan (SAP) documents included in the curriculum document (RPKPS).

The curriculum of the Doctoral Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences with a research track (by research) consists of 46 credit hours, divided into 6 credit hours of coursework and 40 credit hours of research to produce the dissertation. The research study load to complete the dissertation in the research track (by research) is 40 (forty) credit hours and is evaluated based on the student’s ability to comprehensively conduct dissertation research from start to finish, with the following stages:

Research Proposal and Basic Comprehensive Skills with a study weight of 4 (four) credit hours.

Research Progress Seminars conducted every semester with a total study weight of 7 (seven) credit hours, divided into 4 (four) sessions, including:

1. Seminar on Dissertation Research Results I with a study weight of 1 (one) credit hour.
2. Seminar on Dissertation Research Results II with a study weight of 2 (two) credit hours.
3. Seminar on Dissertation Research Results III with a study weight of 2 (two) credit hours.
4. Seminar on Dissertation Research Results IV with a study weight of 2 (two) credit hours.

Publication of Dissertation Research Results with a study weight of 6 (six) credit hours.

Presentation of Dissertation Research Results with a study weight of 4 (four) credit hours.

Evaluation of Dissertation Manuscript with a study weight of 4 (four) credit hours.

Closed Dissertation Examination with a study weight of 15 (fifteen) credit hours.