Medicine (Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Development)
M.Sc.
Overview
About this course
Our course provides students with the knowledge and skills to make significant contributions to therapeutic product research, development, evaluation, regulation and monitoring for the health and wellbeing of the community.
Who is it for?
Our course is designed for health professionals and graduates with a science background wishing to pursue careers that relate to the development and safe use of medicines, cell and gene therapies and medical devices.
Structure
What you’ll study
You will:
- Evaluate the role of the therapeutics industry in improving health outcomes
- Critically appraise scientific and clinical literature and data
- Understand the major milestones across the lifecycle of therapeutic products
- Evaluate and justify the optimal global strategy for registration of a new therapeutic product and construct relevant submission documentation
- Analyse the safety profile and develop risk minimisation strategies for therapeutic products
- Develop strategic documents from different perspectives including medical affairs, regulatory affairs, health economics and product vigilance
You will complete 48 credit points of units of study including:
- 12 credit points of compulsory units of study;
- 24 credit points of stream specific units of study; and
- 12 credit points of stream specific or general elective units of study.
If you are working full-time it is recommended you consider undertaking one or two units of study per semester. All stream-specific units are delivered online. Some elective units may have a face-to-face teaching component or a prerequisite.
Costs
Tuition
HK$285,668.04
(international)
Funding
Admissions
Qualifications
Admission to the Master of Science in Medicine (Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Development) requires:
- successful completion of an embedded degree program (graduate certificate or graduate diploma) with a minimum credit average; or
- a bachelor degree in a health or science-related discipline with honours; or
- a bachelor degree plus a postgraduate degree in a health or science-related discipline; or
- a pass bachelor degree in a health or science-related discpline plus a minimum of 12 months relevant work experience.
International qualifications
For qualifications awarded outside Australia, equivalencies and entry requirements are determined based on the country, institution, and qualification.
Language requirements
IELTS
7.0
A minimum result of 7.0 overall and a minimum result of 6.5 in each band
TOEFL
96
A minimum result of 96 overall including a minimum result of 20 in Reading, Listening and Speaking and 22 in Writing
PTE
68
A minimum result of 68 overall and a minimum result of 61 in each band