Increasing Intake at Institutes of Higher Learning to Enable More Students to Pursue Degree in Pharmacy

Mr Christopher de Souza asked the Minister for Education whether the Ministry will consider increasing the intake of pharmaceutical students in Institutes of Higher Learning to allow more pharmacy technicians with diplomas in pharmaceutical science to pursue a degree in pharmacy.

The Ministry of Education works with Ministry of Health to regularly review the number of degree places in pharmacy, considering factors, such as industry demand, demographic changes and changing models of care.

Thus far, the intake of students to the National University of Singapore’s Bachelor of Pharmacy programme has been sufficient to meet these needs.