PHARMACEUTICS is the discipline of pharmacy that deals with the science of dosage form design, which includes the development, production and characterisation of dosage forms, as well as characterising the nature of drugs and their distribution within the body. Since inception, the Department of Pharmaceutics UiTM aims to provide modern undergraduate pharmacy education by combining science, technology, professional training and personal growth and development. Our academic faculty members are trained from various established institutions around the world and this combination of expertise results in a unique learning experience and the dissemination of critical pharmaceutical knowledge to the students.

The Department’s research activities focus on formulation science and drug delivery, with particular emphasis in the following areas:

1. Molecular pharmaceutics
2. Fundamental pharmaceutics such as physicochemical properties, molecular processes, macromolecular fluid dynamics of drugs, nano-materials and drug-ion complexes.
3. Drug delivery systems such as sustained and controlled release formulation and nanotechnology.
4. Nutraceutical and Cosmeceutical research
5. Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic research
6. Pharmaceutical Engineering
7. Pharmaceutical and Biomedical analysis 

Our research leads directly to new and important insights and strategies in drug development in order to facilitate a more scientific approach to drug delivery and product commercialisation.