74 Overseas Pharmacy Schools Removed from Singapore Pharmacy Council’s Approved List
Effective from 1 August 2020, 74 overseas pharmacy schools will be removed from the Singapore Pharmacy Council’s approved list. Only pharmacy qualifications conferred by the respective foreign institutions listed on the SPC’s registrable qualifications list are registrable in Singapore. Twinning programmes will NOT be registrable by SPC. The graduate must undertake the entire pharmacy course in the country where the main university confers the pharmacy degree. What does that mean for some students? Polytechnic Diploma graduates in Singapore Diploma students from a polytechnic in Singapore will have to do the full degree at the foreign university without getting advanced standing. The total duration will be 7 years (3 years diploma + 4 years degree). 2+2 Twinning programmes (popular option in Malaysia) A popular option in Malaysia is that students join one of Malaysia’s private institutions for the Bachelor of Pharmacy (Hons) programme for 2 years and transfer to a respective foreign university overseas partner to complete the degree in another 2 years. As of 1 August 2020, this option of obtaining a pharmacy degree will not be registrable in Singapore. Time saving alternatives after O Level/IGCSE (Australia and UK): A more time saving pathway to obtain a pharmacy degree is to gain admissions to a UK or Australian foundation programme (1 year) and progress to a Pharmacy degree programme (4 years) approved by the SPC. Please contact us to find out the various pathways to pursue a pharmacy degree overseas after your O Level. The total duration is approximately 5 years. O Level Route to Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) in the United States Most U.S. universities accepts the O Level as an academic qualification to be admitted for the undergraduate programme. Students can start off with a pre-pharmacy programme (2 years) followed by a Doctor of Pharmacy (4 years) at an accredited pharmacy school n the US. The total duration is approximately 6 years. Do contact us for more information on studying in the United States. Are you interested to find out which are the 74 overseas pharmacy schools that have been removed from the SPC approved list effective 1 August 2020? Scroll down to find the list. Australia (5 universities removed) 1. Charles Sturt University 2. James Cook University 3. La Trobe University 4. University of Canberra 5. University of Tasmania Canada (3 universities removed) 1. Memorial University of Newfoundland 2. Universite de Montreal 3. Universite Laval United Kingdom (9 universities removed) 1. De Montfort University 2. Kingston University 3. Liverpool John Moores University 4. University of Brighton 5. University of Greenwich/University of Kent 6. University of Hertfordshire 7. University of Portsmouth 8. University of Reading 9. University of Sunderland United States of America (57 universities removed) 1. Albany College 2. Auburn University 3. Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Boston 4. Butler University 5. Campbell University 6. Creighton University Medical Center 7. Drake University 8. Duquesne University 9. Ferris State University 10. Hampton University 11. Howard University 12. Idaho State University 13. Lake Eric College of Osteopathic Medicine 14. Loma Linda University 15. Long Island University 16. University of South Carolina 17. Mercer University 18. Chicago College […]
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Get to know the differences between Direct Entry into US Universities & Pathway into USA Universities
It’s no secret that the Ivy League schools are among the hardest colleges in the country to get in to. In fact, at every Ivy League college in 2017, acceptance rates fell below 13%, with Harvard University stooping to a seemingly impossible 5.2%. Indeed, getting into the Ivy League has never been more difficult. So what is Ivy League? Most people are convinced that Ivy League stands for eliteness and high academic standard. But why? You will be surprised to find out how the Ivy league actually came about. ‘Ivy League’ was the name of a sports conference in the USA which consisted of schools that grouped together to play sports against each other. Not so academic right?. There are now a total of eight schools that make up the Ivy League; Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, and Yale University. How hard is it to get accepted into an Ivy League university? These eight schools have a reputation for being highly selective during their admissions process. According to USA Today, these schools have some of the lowest acceptance rates of admissions, averaging less than 10 percent of students received an admissions offer. Harvard University received 39,494 applicants for the Class of 2021. The prior year, the institution accepted a record low of 5.2 percent of applicants. Not only are Ivy League schools incredibly difficult to be accepted into, but their tuition costs are also some of the highest in the USA. Tuition and fees at Columbia University for the year 2016-2017 was US$55,056. That does not include room and board. Most Ivy League schools tuition is in the range of US$45,000 – $60,000 a year.
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57 Universities to be Removed From the List of Singapore Medical Council (SMC) Approved Overseas Medical Schools
On Thursday, 18 April 2019, the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) and the Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced that with effect from 1 Jan 2020, the list of approved overseas medical schools will be cut from 160 to 103. To find out which are the remaining 103 universities, visit the MOH’s link. We have also compiled a list of universities that will be removed with effect 1 Jan 2020 by comparing the old list with the new: Australia 1. School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, The Flinders University of South Australia 2. School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle 3. Faculty of Health Science, University of Tasmania Austria 1. Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck Canada 1. Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa 2. Faculty of Medicine, Queen’s University 3. Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario 4. College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan 5. Faculte de Medecine, Universite Laval 6. Faculte de Medecine, Universite de Sherbrooke 7. Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University France 1. Faculté de Medeciné, Université de Louis Pasteur (ULP) Strasbourg 2. Faculté de Medeciné, Université Pierre et MarieCurie (UPMC) Germany 1. Medizinische Fakultät Heidelberg, Ruprecht-KarlsUniversität Heidelberg India 1. Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER), Puducherry 2. Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi 3. Grant Medical College, Mumbai 4. St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore 5. Madras Medical College, Chennai Ireland 1. Faculty of Medicine, National University of Ireland, University College Cork 2. Faculty of Medicine, National University of Ireland, University College Dublin 3. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway 4. School of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (National University of Ireland) Israel 1. Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 2. Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University Italy 1. Facoltà Medicina e Chirurgia I and II, Sapienza Università di Roma 2. Facoltà Medicina e Chirurgia , Università degli Studi di Firenze Japan 1. School of Medicine, Hokkaido University 2. School of Medicine (Tokyo), Keio University 3. Faculty of Medicine, Nagoya University 4. Faculty of Medicine (Fukuoka), Kyushu University 5. Tokyo Women’s Medical University Norway 1. Det Medisinske Fakultet, Universitetet I Oslo Pakistan 1. The Aga Khan University Medical College People’s Republic of China 1. Sun Yat-Sen College of Medical Science (Guangdong), Sun Yat-Sen University 2. Zhejiang University School of Medicine 3. School of Medicine , Wuhan University 4. The West China College of Medicine, Sichuan University South Korea 1. College of Medicine (Seoul), Korea University Spain 1. Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid Sri Lanka 1. Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo Republic of China (ROC) 1. College of Medicine (Taoyuan), Chang Gung University United Kingdom 1. Faculty of Medicine and Medical Science, University of Aberdeen 2. College of Medicine and Health Sciences, The Queens University of Belfast 3. School of Medicine, University of Leeds 4. Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Newcastle upon Tyne 5. Medical School, University of St. Andrews 6. College of Medicine, University of Wales United States of America 1. University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas 2. Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine […]
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