Master of Pharmacy

Goals

The Master of Pharmacy Education aims to produce graduates who are proficient in the field of science and/or the pharmaceutical profession, have high integrity, are able to develop knowledge and professional skills independently in a broader spectrum, are sustainable and are aware of the nature of interdisciplinary excellence of science and are able to provide benefits of knowledge and skills for the people and nation of Indonesia.

Objectives

1. Implementing the teaching and learning process with materials in accordance with developments The latest pharmaceutical science and technology and stimulate students to explore information as widely as possible through library collections, scientific journals, and internet facilities, participation in scientific meetings.
2. Conducting research that can produce scientific works that can be published in scientific journals, presented in scientific meetings, or patented or applied by the community of pharmaceutical science and technology users.
3. Continuously reformulating the curriculum of the education program to adjust to the latest developments in pharmaceutical science and technology.
4. Continuously improving the performance of human resources and supporting resources.
5. At least 20% of graduates per year have cum-laude predicate.
6. Admission of new S2 students 60 per year with a selection strictness of 1:1.4.
7. Study completion time is 100% on time with an average GPA of 3.6.
8. On average, Masters students publish articles in scientific journals.
9. The number of expert services per year is at least 50 activities.
10. All study programs managed are accredited A.
11. Lecturer Academic Performance Index (IKAD) per semester >3.00 (on a scale of 4).
12. Number of scientific publications per year: 10 international scale and 20 national scale.

The selection of master’s degree students is carried out by SPS ITB by following the technical guidelines in the form of SOP for New Student Admissions Selection Procedures for Masters and Doctoral Programs 005/UKA/2013 in 2013. In the SOP there is a division of tasks from the resources involved in the selection process, including the following:

• KPPS (Postgraduate Program Committee of School/Faculty) is the student admission committee at the postgraduate program level at ITB. The KPPS members referred to are assignments consisting of the Vice Dean for Academic and Student Affairs, Head of Masters and Doctoral Study Programs in the school/faculty environment, members of the ITB Postgraduate School, who are responsible to the Dean of the School/Faculty based on the Decree of the Dean of the School/Faculty.
• SPS (Postgraduate School) is an institution that organizes postgraduate education at the master’s and doctoral levels.
• The Entrance Selection Team Committee is the committee that handles the registration and selection of new students, responsible for implementing tests starting from registration, formulating questions, and other tests such as the Group Dynamic Test which is formed based on the Decree of the Dean of the School/Faculty who is responsible to the Vice Dean for Academic Affairs of the School/Faculty.

Student admissions are carried out every semester and registration is done online. Prospective students are graduates of accredited universities in relevant fields with complete requirements that can be accessed here

The selection process generally begins with prospective students registering online and submitting the required documents. The Entrance Selection Team Committee will validate the validity of the documents and prepare a selection schedule for each wave. Prospective students then take part in the selection and the results will be summarized by the Entrance Selection Team Committee to be reported to the academic and study program sections. The academic and study program sections hold a meeting with the KPPS inviting the Chairperson of the Selection Committee, Head of Study Program, and members of the Selection Committee. The result of the meeting was the issuance of a summons letter for prospective students who were accepted and a notification letter of results for prospective students who did not pass.

Since 2015, the selection followed by prospective students has been in 2 stages, namely written selection and interviews. This is stated and regulated in more detail in the Guidelines for the Implementation of the Masters and Doctoral Selection specifically for SF ITB which is contained in the letter of the Head of Study Program No. 789 / I1.C03.5.3 / PP / 2015 concerning the Selection of the Masters of Pharmacy Study Program.

The types of selection are as follows:

1. Written test: carried out for 60 minutes consisting of two types of questions, namely questions regarding basic science knowledge and questions related to the chosen path.
2. Interview: carried out verbally for 15 minutes, led by a chairperson who comes from the KPPS members to direct the selection process. Each member of the examiner consisting of three to four examiners from related fields of science provides an assessment.

UPPS determines aspects and standards for accepting selection participants to maintain the quality of PSMF students. The assessment aspects and assessment standards are as follows:

a. Assessment aspects during the interview:

1. Readiness to undertake Master’s studies
2. Level of intelligence of selection participants
3. Depth of pharmaceutical knowledge and insight possessed
4. Suitability of Master’s field with Pharmacy
5. Suitability of Master’s field with participant’s chosen path
6. Behavior (attitude, emotion, communication style) and others

b. Criteria for acceptance of selection participants:

1. Assessment by each examiner is given in numbers (0 to 100).
2. The final score for each participant is the average score from each examiner. Each examiner writes a recommendation (rejected/accepted) for each selection participant.
3. Participants are accepted based on the examiner’s recommendation during the interview and the final written selection score is greater than or equal to 50.

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