Graduate School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Doctoral Program
The Graduate School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences offers a doctoral program designed to cultivate pharmacist-scientists who can connect clinical practice with advanced pharmaceutical research. Students develop specialized expertise, research skills, ethical awareness, and an international perspective while studying in an environment that integrates healthcare, education, and research.
The program provides wide-ranging education from basic to advanced fields and supports students in pursuing research that contributes to drug discovery, clinical pharmacy, medical safety, and the advancement of pharmaceutical care.
Curriculum and Research Process
Students progress through a structured doctoral curriculum that combines common compulsory courses, basic core compulsory courses, core elective courses, and special research. From the first year, students decide on a supervisor and research topic, prepare a research plan, and begin special research toward their doctoral dissertation.
Through lectures, experiments, practical training, research progress reports, interim presentations, peer-reviewed publications, and the final dissertation defense, students develop the advanced expertise and research ability needed to contribute to pharmaceutical science and clinical pharmacy.
Common Courses → Core Courses → Special Research → Dissertation Defense
Specialist Domains and Research Fields
The doctoral program offers specialist domains that connect pharmaceutical science, biopharmacy, and pharmaceutical health care. Students pursue research according to their interests while receiving guidance tailored to their research topic.
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Research fields include pharmaceutical chemistry, molecular structural analysis, and applied pharmaceutical science.
Biopharmacy
Research fields include molecular biosciences, molecular bioinformatics, and environmental health and preventive pharmacology.
Pharmaceutical Health Care
Research fields include functional efficacy analytics, pathological analysis and control, and clinical pharmacy.
Curriculum
The curriculum is designed to help students build the knowledge and research skills needed for advanced pharmaceutical science and clinical pharmacy. Students study both common subjects and specialized subjects while conducting doctoral research under faculty supervision.
Courses are organized to support each student’s research theme and career goals, including fields related to drug discovery, life sciences, environmental health, preventive pharmacology, clinical pharmacy, and pharmaceutical care.
Research Supervision
Students receive close supervision from faculty members throughout the doctoral program. Guidance begins with selecting a research theme and preparing a research plan, and continues through experiments, data analysis, progress reports, academic presentations, and dissertation preparation.
This step-by-step supervision helps students develop the ability to identify research questions, conduct independent research, and present findings that contribute to pharmaceutical science, clinical pharmacy, and healthcare.
Special Research
- Special Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Special Research in Biopharmacy
- Special Research in Pharmaceutical Health Care
Career Paths
Graduates are expected to contribute to society as highly specialized professionals and researchers in pharmaceutical science, clinical pharmacy, healthcare, education, and industry.
- Clinical pharmacists and pharmacist-scientists in hospitals and healthcare institutions
- Researchers in pharmaceutical companies, medical device companies, and research institutes
- Specialists involved in drug discovery, drug development, and medical safety
- Educators and researchers at universities and academic institutions
- Professionals working in public health, regulatory affairs, and pharmaceutical administration