Hi there!

I'll be doing my AS exam at the end of the year, but my school's internal deadline for UK uni applications are by September so right now I'm choosing unis to apply to in the UK. If there aren't any scholarships for pharmacy degrees in the UK(providing I manage to get an offer and the results) or I wasn't shortlisted for any then I guess I'm stuck with chancing on Singapore, HK, Australia or right here in Malaysia(I'm basically aiming for a scholarship/financial aid no matter what).

If I end up with Malaysia, I am interested in pursuing a 2+2 Mpharm because of the variety of countries that recognise it and also to hopefully experience a partially overseas education with a local scholarship(like the Star Education fund). However, I think that only Nottingham offers the Mpharm 2+2 programme now(as I have seen that IMU has scrapped their Strathclyde programme and I have heard that Segi is scrapping their Sunderland programme as well, anybody have any clue why this is happening?) and it seems a bit troublesome to drive all the way to Semenyih as I live near the Damansara Jaya area. Would you recommend a Bpharm at a nearer university, and if so, would a 2+2 programme to another country(like Aussie or NZ) be worth it?

EDIT: Apparently Taylors is also having a programme with Cardiff but i'm not so keen on it as i've been hearing bad things about their Mpharm programme.

This post has been edited by conchpearls: Aug 13 2014, 10:07 AM

WHATTT then i'm assuming the others have scrapped it for similar reasons

Hmm....i'm not counting on Australia or New Zealand to be easy for employment(it will probably be easier than the UK , but it's still a gamble), so I might as well take an Mpharm 2+2 despite the distance(unless there are circumstances like distance too inconvenient/scholarship/fees/etc.). Thanks for the reply

I'm considering it How do you find the Monash course yourself? Did you transfer to Parkville too or did you opt for doing it fully here?


Yeah, I'll take Monash, IMU and Notts into consideration, but since I haven't even taken the exam yet , I'll confirm my choice later on when I get the results and I can finalise the shortlisting after I get some offers . It seems that my suspicions about Taylors Pharm were correct , my condolences and all the best for your 2+2. Thank you for sharing your experiences and that metaphor haha

Hmm I'm assuming your friends in Notts haven't gone to UK yet, but I wonder if the programme primes you enough that you'll be well-adjusted in the UK in the later years(they'll give you the same quality of teaching, hold you to the same expectations as UK Notts students or train you so that you learn like UK Notts students.....taking into consideration Malaysian cultural/social/economic contexts of course) although from what you've said of your Notts friends I guess they're not as stringent with that part of quality control . The online lectures sound pretty sweet though.