Departments & Programs

• First university that offered Doctor of Pharmacy program in the Philippines
• Accredited Level II, by Philippine Association Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA) as certified by Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines (FAAP)
• Top Performing School in the Pharmacist Licensure Examination
• Strong linkages with international and national professional organizations, government, and private institutions
• Strong linkages with industry partners, different drugstores, hospitals, and manufacturing companies for pharmacy practice experience/internships 
• Member of the Philippine Association of Colleges of Pharmacy and Asian Association of Schools of Pharmacy
• Highly-qualified faculty members who are licensed pharmacists
• Strong Pharmacy Alumni Support
• Caring and Quality Service-Oriented School
• Committed to providing professionally competent, legally qualified, and globally competitive pharmacists who are population and patient-oriented

• LADDERIZED PHARMACY PROGRAM

  FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM LEADING TO THE DEGREE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN PHARMACY

  This is a four-year outcome-based program with a total of 215 units. The program offers a good mix of general education courses, which is of relevant application in the Pharmacy profession and professional courses that will help prepare the graduates ina acquiring competencies necessary in the workplace. It also includes pharmacy practice experience/ internships in the last year of the program where students will be assigned to different CHED-accredited affiliation establishments covering a period of 1200 hours distributed as follows: 300 hours in community pharmacy, 300 hours in hospital pharmacy, 300 hours in pharmaceutical industry, 120 hours in institutional pharmacy, and 180 hours in public health and regulatory pharmacy.

• FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM LEADING TO THE DEGREE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CLINICAL PHARMACY

  This is a five-year pharmacy program with a total of 263 units. The program requires the completion of the BS Pharmacy program and an additional of one year is required to earn the degree Bachelor of Science in Clinical Pharmacy. The fifth year level offers courses which is a more patient-centered practice in the delivery of pharmaceutical care.

• SIX-YEAR DOCTOR OF PHARMACY (PHARM.D.)

  This is a six-year program leading to the degree Doctor of Pharmacy with a total of 309 units. The program requires the completion of the 5-year BS in Clinical Pharmacy program. Additional of one year is required to include a 1500 hours of advance pharmacy practice experience in community and hospital setting on rotation sites.

• 2-YEAR POST BACCALAUREATE DOCTOR OF PHARMACY (PHARM.D.)

  The program is a 2-year post baccalaureate program leading to the degree Doctor of Pharmacy. It requires completion of 96 units of formal course work inclusive of 36 units pharmacy practice experience in clinical  setting on rotation sites.

PROGRAM OUTCOMES

The Pharmacy Curriculum aims to provide globally competitive pharmacist, who are scientifically competent, technically skilled, caring, and responsible professionals, able to deliver the full spectrum of pharmacy services required in the different setting of pharmacy practice. The school is committed to the development of pharmacy graduates who can: 

• Demonstrate a working knowledge of concepts and principles focusing on patient-centered pharmacy practice;
• Practice operative interpersonal, intra-professional communication and collaborative skills in providing pharmaceutical care and patient counseling;
• Perform efficiently and effectively responsibilities and task in any area of pharmacy practice;
• Design pharmaceutical care services program integrating innovative business/ entrepreneurial strategies;
• Conduct scientific research   leading to the development of drugs for prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment of diseases or medical conditions and contribute to the acquisition of new knowledge in the practice of pharmacy; 
• Practice the profession consistent with the ethical, legal, social, economic standards of the pharmacy profession;
• Engage in a self-directed lifelong learning.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Pharmacy is a multifaceted profession. As a B.S. Pharmacy graduate and a  licensed pharmacist, you can work in any one of the following establishments. 

Drug Outlets: 

• Drugstore
  • Drug Store Owner/Manager  
  • Supervising Pharmacist  
  • Chain Drug Store Chief Pharmacist 
  • Staff Pharmacist 
• Hospital
  • Chief Pharmacist 
  • Supervisor 
  • Hospital Pharmacist 
  • Clinical Pharmacist 
  • Staff Pharmacist 

Drug establishments: 

• Pharmacist Owner 
• Regulatory Pharmacist 
• Company Pharmacist 
• Researcher 
• Clinical Researcher 
• Quality Control Analyst 
• Quality Assurance Inspector 
• Medical Representative 
• Product Manager 
• Production Pharmacist 
• Production Planning and Inventory Control Officer 
• Marketing Specialist  
• Sales Representative 

Academic Institutions: 

• Administrator 
• Dean 
• Assistant Dean 
• Program Coordinator 
• Department Chair 
• Professor 
• Instructor  
• Lecture
  
  

Government agencies: 

• Professional Regulation Commission Board of Pharmacy Examiner
• Food and Drug Regulation officer (FDRO) 
• Drug Regulation Officer (DRO) 
• Director of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 
• Hospital Pharmacist 
• Researcher 
• Consultant 
• Philhealth Pharmacist 
• Military Pharmacist 
• Forensic Pharmacist/Analyst
  
  

Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO): 

• HMO Pharmacist 
• Medical Transcriptor 
• Health Call Center Pharmacist 
  
  

Research Institutions: 

• Researcher 
• Administrator 
  
  

Non-Government Organizations/Private Corporations: 

• Project Director 
• Consultant 
• Company Pharmacist
  
  

Mr.Eugene Marc D. Cera III, RPh, MSPharm
Program Head, Pharmacy Department
[email protected]

Gil Puyat Campus
Centro Escolar University
259 Senator Gil Puyat Ave.,
Makati City

[email protected]
(+63)2 8889-7491/ (+63)2 8889-7489
(+63)2 8843-0300 loc. 135

Permanent:

• Cera, Eugene Marc III D.

Master of Science in Pharmacy

Centro Escolar University

Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy

Centro Escolar University

• Dean, Maria Donnabelle U.

Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmacy

Centro Escolar University

Master of Science in Pharmacy

Centro Escolar University

Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy

Centro Escolar University

•  Limuaco, Olivia M.

Doctor of Philosophy major in Science Education

Centro Escolar University

Master of Science in Pharmacy

Centro Escolar University

Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy

Centro Escolar University

Fixed-Term:

• Tristan Joseph A. Flores II, RPh
  
  

Pursuing Master of Science in Pharmacy with Specialization in Clinical Pharmacy and Research

Philippine Women’s University

Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy Centro Escolar University - Manila

• John Christian Y. Lara, RPh, LPT, MPAf
  
  

Master in Public Affairs (Education Management)

University of the Philippines Los Baños

Post-baccalaureate Diploma in Teaching

Philippine Normal University

Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy

Centro Escolar University – Makati

• Karen Joy S. Maniulit, RPh, PharmD
  
  

Doctor of Pharmacy

Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy

Centro Escolar University - Makati

• Shaira Gayle T. Techon, RPh
  
  

Pursuing Master of Science in Pharmacy major in Manufacturing Pharmacy

Saint Louis University – Baguio City

Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy

Our Lady of Fatima University – Antipolo

• Cyrene Keith O. Villanueva, RPh, PharmD

Doctor of Pharmacy

Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy

Centro Escolar University – Makati

Lecturer:

• Vinchelle Lynne M. Chua, RPh, PharmD
  
  

Doctor of Pharmacy

Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy

Centro Escolar University

• Jarmaine Z. David, RPh, PharmD
  
  

Doctor of Pharmacy

Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy

Centro Escolar University

• Leeland Anthony Dela L. Luna, RPh, PharmD
  
  

Pursuing Master of Science in Pharmacology

University of the Philippines Manila

Doctor of Pharmacy

Centro Escolar University - Makati

Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy

Centro Escolar University

• Mark Anthony O. Ellana, RPh, PharmD
  
  

Doctor of Pharmacy

Centro Escolar University - Makati

Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy

Centro Escolar University

• Olivia M. Limuaco, RPh, PhD
  
  

Doctor of Philosophy major in Science Education

Centro Escolar University

Master of Science in Pharmacy

Centro Escolar University

Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy

Centro Escolar University

• Rachel Merci B. Mundo, RPh

Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy

University of the Immaculate Conception

LOCAL

• Philippine Pharmacists Association (PPhA)
• Philippine Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (PACOP)
• MedExpress
• The Generics Pharmacy
• Watsons Philippines
• Mercury Drug Corporation
• Mercury Drug Foundation
• Asian Hospital and Medical Center
• The Medical City
• Makati Medical Center
• National Center for Mental Health
• Ospital ng Makati
• Ospital ng Muntinlupa
• Rizal Medical Center 
• Christ the King Medical Center – Unihealth Las Piñas
• Unihealth Southwoods Hospital and Medical Center
• Bargn Farmaceutici Corporation Laboratories
• La Croesus Pharma Inc.
• Food and Drug Administration
• Pharmacy Preceptors Guild of the Philippines

INTERNATIONAL  

• Association of Asian Schools of Pharmacy (AASP)
• Faculty of Pharmacy Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia
• International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)
• Theresiana Pharmacy Academy Indonesia 

• Pharmacy Simulation Room
  The Pharmacy Simulation Room, located on the fourth floor of the Gil Puyat campus, serves as the initial practice site for Pharmacy students to make themselves familiar with the operation of a drug store, the different drugs available in the market including their dosage form, and their use and storage. It is also where the students practice the services rendered by a pharmacist to their clients such as patient and medication counseling.
  
  
• Pharmacy Manufacturing Laboratories and Instrumentation Room
  The Pharmacy Manufacturing Laboratories (603 and 703) are specifically assigned for the Department of Pharmacy. In these laboratories, the students develop their excellent skills in their chosen field. Well-maintained equipment and instruments used for research and instruction that conform to the course requirements are housed in instrumentation rooms.  HPLC, Dissolution Apparatus, Plantar Apparatus, Phletysmometer, and Friabilator, among others, are provided for hands-on exercises so that students will fully acquire the needed skills in the Pharmacy practice.

SCHOLARSHIPS FROM PRIVATE GRANTS

• Mercury Drug Foundation, Inc.

SCHOLARSHIPS FROM PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• The Philippine Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Scholarship

CEU ALUMNI FOUNDATION, INC. SCHOLARSHIP