is it good to do pharmacy in Institut Teknologi Bandung?

oh cos i went to edu fair and ITB is one of them and i cant seem to find the application closing date, so im just asking around.since its cheap and i heard it good also. it would be good if someone can give me some info.

Anyone already working as pharmacist here? Any idea on what books i should get? Gotta use up my voucher asap.

I have already bought Sarawak handbook, Frank Shann, Sanford's guide to antimicrobial therapy.

Should i get paediatric protocol as well?

Why Diploma and not Degree? Sorry I'm asking because many of my classmates actually finished their diploma and they take degree again so some of them are like 2-3 years older than me but same batch. Diploma in Pharmacy only allows you to work as pharmacy technician/assistant and not as a pharmacist.

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Added on June 14, 2012, 10:24 pmTrue, they did not want to entertain my forecast A-levels results because at that time my actual result wasn't released yet.


zstan, monash first batch?

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Added on June 14, 2012, 10:29 pmThough a pharmacy student myself, I believe that there are now too many pharmacists already that's why Govt cuts it down to 1+1. However, it still depends on area and if you are competent enough, there is not worries I guess.

This post has been edited by fykk64: Jun 14 2012, 10:29 PM

I'm an A-levels graduate in my final year of Pharmacy now, and I can say that A-levels will definitely give you an edge over other foundation courses (except for STPM) in your first semester. Most likely you will be learning whatever that you are gonna learn in your Mpharm first semester in A-levels already.

Friends who did SAM, diploma..etc, they struggled in first semester.

However, after first semester everyone is back on level I believe.

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Added on June 17, 2012, 2:20 amAgree with zstan, both foundation courses are not really ideal for Pharmacy but it is not a definite NO, just need to work harder for first semester to build up your basics.

If I were you, I would go for Monash. Both are relatively new, but at least Monash's first batch is graduating soon.

This post has been edited by fykk64: Jun 17 2012, 02:20 AM

Not to say hard to keep up, but they just need to put more effort into learning and understanding contents because they have not learnt before, but Alevels students have. However, they will still make it through anyway and start on equal level with other students in Sem 2. At least in my uni...