Credit transfer for Bachelor of Pharmacy: Institute Technology Bandung

Good news for diploma student in Pharmacy Malaysia.

ITB offered credit transfer for diploma student , with term and condition. Gladly informed the program of credit transfer in ITB reactivated but strictly apply for the student who really met the requirement . A roll of exams will take place to estimate your credibility.

First let me be your guide introduce my university. Institute Teknologi Bandung is located middle of Bandung , Indonesia. Recently , ITB managed to secure it place as the TOP 1 university in Indonesia.

To see the environment in ITB during my first day registeration  - kindly press here Institute Technology Bandung. 

Cool place and beautiful environment.

“My Indonesian friends told, ITB was the best university and dream university for all of the them. ITB students were among of the top students in the country, they are the smartest, the best.

Sukarno , the first president of Republic of Indonesia was ex – engineering degree student of ITB”

Whispered in my  heart “Picking up this university , I know I should be very proud. But at  the same time, I m sweating like hell when I know I need to compete among  the smartest students in Indonesia.”

Back to the story. ITB did offered 2 type of pharmacy program which is

• SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY PHARMACY STUDY(INDUSTRIAL PHARMACY) 
• CLINICAL &COMMUNITY PHARMACY STUDY(CLINICAL PHARMACY)

Before this , Bachelor of Science Technology Pharmacy was the only pharmacy program offered for international student since 2006 , most of the Malaysian seniors were Bachelor Science Technology Pharmacy student. They complained this really bring troubles for their working in hospital ,as normally hospital  more to the clinical pharmacy study. Most of them , working in  industrial – PHARMANIAGA ® with very good salary per month (RM5000- RM8000 +++)

Good news for juniors,2014 is the first batch for Clinical Pharmacy be recognized by Malaysia Pharmacy Board, and the Industrial Pharmacy had been banned. So batch 2013 was the very last batch for Industrial Pharmacy. This kinda related with the policy in Malaysia. Malaysia not accepted Bachelor of Industrial Pharmacy in hospital anymore, but if you prefer to work in industrial your are most welcome to take the Bachelor Industrial Pharmacy.

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While most of them confused what the different between both of these? Let me briefly explain:   
The different between both were the subjects. Industrial more to the manufacturing study , clinical more to what to do in Hospital.

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# 1 Industrial Pharmacy = SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY PHARMACY STUDY

Lecture Requirement Non Path Selection 

Semester 1				Semester 2
URUT SEM	COULD CODE	COULD NAME	SKS	URUT SEM	COULD CODE	COULD NAME	SKS
1	MA1102	IB Mathematics	3	1	MA1202	Mathematics IIB	3
2	FI1102	IB Physics	3	2	FI1202	Basic Physics IIB	3
3	KI1101	Basic Chemistry IA	3	3	KI1201	Basic Chemistry IIA	3
4	KU1101	Introduction to Engineering & Design I	2	4	KU1201	Introduction to Engineering & Design II	2
5	KU1071	Introduction to Information Technology A	2	5	KU1001	Sports	2
6	KU1011	Scientific Workbook	2	6	KU102X	English (KU1021 / 1022/1023)	2
7	FA1101	Introduction to Pharmacy & Health	3	7	BI1202	Cell and Applied Biology	3
Total = 18 credits				Total = 18 credits
Total SKS 1 YEAR = 36 SKS
Semester 3				Semester 4
URUT SEM	COULD CODE	COULD NAME	SKS	URUT SEM	COULD CODE	COULD NAME	SKS
1	FA2111	Basic Pharmacy Analysis	2	1	FA2211	Drug Synthesis	2
2	FA2112	Pharmaceutical Physics Chemistry	2	2	FA2201	Environmental Pharmacy	2
3	FA2114	Pharmaceutical Microbiology	3	3	FA2212	Physical and Physical Pharmaceutical Practicum Practicum	2
4	FA2113	The Basics of Drug Synthesis	2	4	FA2221	Farmakognosi	2
5	FA2121	Pharmacy Botany	3	5	FA2202	Pharmacy Statistics	2
6	FA2131	Basic Pharmacology	3	6	FA2231	Pharmacy Physics	4
7	FA2141	Human Anatomy and Physiology I	2	7	FA2241	Human Anatomy and Physiology II	2
8	KU2071	Pancasila and Citizenship	2	8	KU206X	Religion and Ethics	2
Total = 19 credits				Total = 18 credits
Total SKS YEAR 2 = 37 SKS
Semester 5				Semester 6
URUT SEM	COULD CODE	COULD NAME	SKS	URUT SEM	COULD CODE	COULD NAME	SKS
1	FA3111	Pharmacy Biochemistry	2	1	FA3201	Management and Entrepreneurship	2
2	FA3112	Instrumental Pharmacy Analysis	2	2	FA3211	Pharmacy Chemistry Practice Analysis	2
3	FA3113	Practicum Chemical Pharmaceutical Instrument and Biochemistry	2	3	FA3231	Pharmaceutical Biotechnology	3
4	FA3131	Pharmaceutical-Semi-solid Inventory Technology	3	4	FA3232	Pharmacokinetics	3
5	FA3132	Practicum Pharmaceutical-Semi-solid Pharmaceutical Technology	2	5	FA3241	Pharmacology and Toxicology II	2
6	FA3141	Pharmacology and Toxicology I	2	6	FA3221	Analytical pharmacognosy	3
7	FA3142	Immunology	2
Total = 15 credits				Total = 15 credits
Total SKS YEAR 3 = 30 SKS
Semester 7				Semester 8
URUT SEM	COULD CODE	COULD NAME	SKS	URUT SEM	COULD CODE	COULD NAME	SKS
1	FA4091	Final Project I	1	1	FA4092	Seminar	1
2	FA4011	Medical Chemistry	2	2	FA4093	Final Project II	5
3	FA4112	Active Compound Analysis	2	3	FA4094	Master's Degree	1
4	FA4121	Phytochemicals	4	4	FA4221	Natural Materials Technology	2
5	FA4131	Solida Pharmaceutical Technology	3	5	FA4231	Industry Pharmaceutical Policy	2
6	FA4141	Pharmacology and Toxicology III	2	6	FA4232	Biofarmation	2
7	FA4142	Integrated Pharmacology Practicum	2	7	FA4001	Introduction to Pharmaceutical Professionals	2
8	FK4141	Basic Pharmacotherapy	2
Total = 18 credits				Total = 15 credits
Total SKS YEAR 4 = 33 SKS
Preferred Lectures							SKS
1	Prodi Options						0
2	Outsourcing Options						0
3	Free Choice						0
Total SKS = 136 SKS

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Study Program Options Course 

NO	COULD CODE	COULD NAME	SKS
1	FA3101	Drug Stabilization	2
2	FA3102	Chromatography and Electrophoresis	2
3	FA3103	Radiotherapy	2
4	FA3104	Food Safety Analysis	2
5	FA3105	Marin Farmakognosi	2
6	FA3202	Polymer Pharmaceuticals	2
7	FA3203	Cell Culture and Plants Network	2
8	FA3204	Toxicology Analysis	2
9	FA3205	Microbiology Analysis	2
10	FA3208	Cosmetics Technology	2
11	FA4102	Ethnopharmacology	2
12	FA4103	Biomedical Products	2
13	FA4201	Kapita Selekta	2
14	FA4202	Kristalografi	2
15	FA4203	Veterinary Pharmacy	2
16	FA4204	Development & Validation Analysis Method	2
17	FA4205	Drug Compound Biosynthesis	2
18	FA4206	Courses Not Registered at SI-X
19	FA4207	Halal Guarantee System Principles in Pharmacy	2

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#2 Clinical Pharmacy = CLINICAL & COMMUNITY PHARMACY STUDY

(Sorry cant be translate in English )

Mata Kuliah Wajib Non Jalur Pilihan 

Semester 1				Semester 2
URUT SEM	KODE KULIAH	NAMA KULIAH	SKS	URUT SEM	KODE KULIAH	NAMA KULIAH	SKS
1	MA1102	Matematika IB	3	1	MA1202	Matematika IIB	3
2	FI1102	Fisika Dasar IB	3	2	FI1202	Fisika Dasar IIB	3
3	KI1101	Kimia Dasar IA	3	3	KI1201	Kimia Dasar IIA	3
4	KU1101	Pengantar Rekayasa & Desain I	2	4	KU1201	Pengantar Rekayasa & Desain II	2
5	KU1071	Pengenalan Teknologi Informasi A	2	5	KU1001	Olah Raga	2
6	KU1011	Tata Tulis Karya Ilmiah	2	6	KU102X	Bahasa Inggris (KU1021/1022/1023)	2
7	FA1101	Pengantar Farmasi & Kesehatan	3	7	BI1202	Biologi Sel dan Terapan	3
Total = 18 SKS				Total = 18 SKS
Total SKS TAHUN 1 = 36 SKS
Semester 3				Semester 4
URUT SEM	KODE KULIAH	NAMA KULIAH	SKS	URUT SEM	KODE KULIAH	NAMA KULIAH	SKS
1	FK2111	Kimia Analitik Farmasi	2	1	FA2201	Farmasi Lingkungan	2
2	FK2112	Mikrobiologi Medik	3	2	FK2202	Biostatistik	2
3	FA2131	Farmasetika Dasar	3	3	FK2211	Kimia Organik Obat	3
4	FK2132	Farmasi Fisika Dasar	2	4	FK2231	Dasar-dasar Teknologi Sediaan Farmasi	3
5	FA2141	Anatomi dan Fisiologi Manusia I	2	5	FK2241	Epidemiologi Kesehatan Masyarakat	2
6	FA2121	Botani Farmasi	3	6	FK2242	Patofisiologi	2
7	KU206X	Agama dan Etika	2	7	FA2241	Anatomi dan Fisiologi Manusia II	2
				8	KU2071	Pancasila dan Kewarganegaraan	2
Total = 17 SKS				Total = 18 SKS
Total SKS TAHUN 2 = 35 SKS
Semester 5				Semester 6
URUT SEM	KODE KULIAH	NAMA KULIAH	SKS	URUT SEM	KODE KULIAH	NAMA KULIAH	SKS
1	FK3112	Praktikum Analisis Obat	2	1	FK3211	Biokimia Medik	2
2	FK3121	Farmakognosi Umum	3	2	FK3221	Fitoterapi	3
3	FK3141	Dasar-Dasar Farmasi Rumah Sakit	2	3	FK3213	Praktikum Biokimia Medik Dan Klinik	2
4	FA3141	Farmakologi dan Toksikologi I	2	4	FK3212	Kimia Klinik	2
5	FA3142	Imunologi	2	5	FK3231	Bioteknologi Medik	2
6	FA3112	Analisis Farmasi Instrumental	2	6	FA3201	Manajemen dan Kewirausahaan	2
				7	FA3241	Farmakologi dan Toksikologi II	2
Total = 13 SKS				Total = 15 SKS
Total SKS TAHUN 3 = 28 SKS
Semester 7				Semester 8
URUT SEM	KODE KULIAH	NAMA KULIAH	SKS	URUT SEM	KODE KULIAH	NAMA KULIAH	SKS
1	FK4131	Biofarmasi Farmakokinetik Klinik	4	1	FK4092	Tugas Akhir II	5
2	FK4111	Toksikologi Analisis dan Bioanalisis	2	2	FK4093	Seminar	1
3	FK4141	Farmakoterapi Dasar	2	3	FK4094	Sidang Sarjana	1
4	FK4142	Farmasi Klinik Dasar	4	4	FK4241	Farmakoterapi	3
5	FK4091	Tugas Akhir I	1	5	FK4242	Konseling Dan Informasi Obat	2
6	FA4141	Farmakologi dan Toksikologi III	2	6	FA4011	Kimia Medisinal	2
7	FA4142	Praktikum Farmakologi Terpadu	2	7	FK4243	Psikologi dan Ilmu Komunikasi	2
Total = 17 SKS				Total = 16 SKS
Total SKS TAHUN 4 = 33 SKS
Mata Kuliah Pilihan							SKS
1	Pilihan Prodi						0
2	Pilihan Luar Prodi						0
3	Pilihan Bebas						0
Total SKS = 132 SKS

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Mata Kuliah Pilihan Program Studi 

NO	KODE KULIAH	NAMA KULIAH	SKS
1	FK3101	Fisiologi Olahraga	2
2	FK3102	Terapi Nutrisi Medikal	2
3	FK3103	Metode Farmakologi dan Toksikologi	2
4	FK3201	Parasitologi dan Virologi	2
5	FK3202	Mata Kuliah Belum Terdaftar di SI-X
6	FK3203	Hematologi	2
7	FK4101	Imunoterapi	2
8	FK4102	Toksikologi Klinik	2
9	FK4202	Farmakoekonomi	2
10	FK4203	Evaluasi Khasiat dan Keamanan Obat	2

The yellow highlighted were lab work subjects/ Practicum lab. Extremely  tough.

Industrial is more to the manufacturing and people claimed the industrial students need more pharmaceutical knowledge, while Clinical study student learn more about the pharmacology knowledge.

ITB normally offered to open another international class for international student , learning fully in English. Even their lecturers were Indonesian, but believe me, most of the lecturers talk good and fluent English. They study abroad in Netherland, Australia , U.K, Germany ,ect .
However, ITB international student intake were strictly control amount to be less than 10 for each batch.

Sad to tell, my batch only have 5 international students, including me. Even we are in small amount , but we are like a big family, helping each other.

During lab work/ Practical , we will mix with the local Indonesian class, most of them very helpful to guide and teach us. Sometimes, I really hope to get in the same class with them , but unfortunately my Bahasa Indonesia not good enough to understand what the lecturer teach in Indonesia Language.

Kindly visit this link if you wanna find out more about  Ijazah Farmasi 

If you interest to know about my experiences  during my one month practical as pharmacist in Malaysia hospital, KINDLY CLICK IN THE LINK BELOW

• 1 Month practical as Pharmacist Part 1 OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT
• 1 Month practical as Pharmacist PArt 2 INPATIENT WARD SUPPLY DEPARTMENT

For final year , we need to do research / final project , which can pick either  the department pharmacology, microbiology , pharmacognosy, pharmaceutical alone  or combine. Sure, if combine, it will be more complicated but challenging. Everyone really hope to end their bachelor study with perfect case.

My final project : Plant extraction + Microbiology

I personally more prefer to take combine department, pharmacognosy and microbiology. Extract thhe chemical compound from plant and test on the microorganism , I think it will be damn interesting.

 If I m lucky enough, I can be fonder for new medicine HIHIHIHI  

This only happen on those really really genius , and I m not in  the group .