Program Code: 9720212
Degree Awarded: PhD in Pharmacology Management

Program Duration:

»    3 years for holders of master’s degree
»    4 years for holders of bachelor’s degree

Advantages & strengths

Looking at development goals for 2030, there is a need for pharmacology professionals with doctoral, master’s, and specialist qualifications, who possess strong expertise and management skills to fill key positions at hospitals, departments of health, and pharmaceutical companies. Consequently, doctoral and master’s programs in pharmacy are attracting increasing interest to advance students’ qualifications and prepare for management roles. Currently, DTU is the only university in Central Vietnam and the Central Highlands offering a doctoral program in Pharmacy and one of only two universities in the region with a master’s program in Pharmacology Management.

Program objectives

The program provides research students with highly specialized knowledge and skills, the ability to conduct research and lead research teams in various areas of the discipline, scientific thinking, and an ability to approach and solve scientific problems in pharmacology management, retail pharmacy, pharmaceutical law, and medicinal-materials business.

Upon completing the PhD program in Pharmacology Management, graduates are able to identify and solve significant emerging issues of scientific and technological nature, supervise scientific research in pharmacology, and provide expert conclusions and recommendations on managing pharmaceutical manufacturing and business operations and on healthcare services more broadly.

Admission requirements

Applicants must hold either a bachelor’s degree magna cum laude or higher or a master’s degree. They must demonstrate research experience through either: a master’s thesis as part of a research-oriented program; authorship of a scientific paper or report related to the intended research field that has been published or accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed scientific journal or the proceedings of a specialized scientific conference or workshop within the 36 months preceding the application date; or at least 24 months of work as a lecturer or researcher at an educational institution or a science & technology organization. They must hold a foreign-language proficiency certificate at least at level 4 under Vietnam’s six-level framework by the Ministry of Education & Training.

Scholarships for research students