Master in 약학과

Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) offers a master's degree in its Department of Pharmacy, located in Jongno-gu, South Korea, covering the science of drug discovery, development, and safe clinical use. Coursework typically includes pharmacology, medicinal chemistry, pharmaceutics, and toxicology, along with the biological mechanisms that determine how drugs act on the body and how the body processes them. Students study how new drug candidates are identified and tested, how dosage forms are designed and manufactured, and how drug safety and interactions are evaluated before and after a medicine reaches patients. Because pharmacy sits between chemistry, biology, and clinical practice, coursework often combines laboratory-based experimental work with more applied study of drug regulation and clinical pharmacology. Graduates typically pursue research and development roles at pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, positions in drug regulatory agencies, or further academic research toward a doctorate. Common roles include pharmaceutical researcher, drug safety specialist, formulation scientist, and regulatory affairs officer, with strong demand in Korea's pharmaceutical manufacturing and export sector. Training combines lecture coursework with laboratory research, and students generally complete a thesis addressing an original question in drug development or pharmacology. The program runs two years, with intakes in March and September of every year, and instruction is conducted in English, supporting both Korean and international students in the same classes and laboratories. Applicants typically hold undergraduate degrees in pharmacy, chemistry, biology, or a related life science field, building toward more specialized graduate-level training in pharmaceutical science.