About the course

If you are an overseas pharmacist who is currently practising in your respective country and want to enhance your clinical expertise and gain hands-on experience of pharmacy practice within the UK this course is suitable for you.

This degree offers a unique blend of knowledge and training with practical experience adapted for the most popular career pathways in the pharmacy profession. As part of the course you will have a work placement in a hospital setting such as the NHS in the UK. You will gain the scientific and clinical skills required for practising as a pharmacist and should be able to appreciate latest research and discoveries to inform future clinical pharmacy practice.

Course detail

We offer the following modules

Teaching and Assessment

Teaching excellence

The Pharmacy Practice Suite offers similar modules in term 1 and 2 to teach the concepts of clinical pharmacy practice and allow an option in the second term to specialise in Hospital Practice. The course leads to a 60 credit professional placement module over the summer which shall provide you with 8 weeks of practical training and hands-on experience in a hospital environment. You will be expected to complete designated tasks during placement to meet learning outcomes and will be required to submit coursework on completion to earn the credits.

The course will take one year full time, starting in September and will comprise standard terms for most of the modules. You will undertake taught modules (120 credits) in the first two terms that will lead to the Professional Practice module (60 credits) undertaken over the summer. This will provide the time and space needed to apply the concepts to learn in a real-life practice and time to reflect and prepare portfolio and necessary coursework. You will therefore earn 120 credits after the first two terms and then earn a further 60 credits over the summer leading to a full MSc award (180 credits).

Entry requirements

Entry requirements for this course are normally:

• A minimum of a second class honours degree in Pharmacy or its international equivalent
• Current registration with the relevant regulatory authority of your country to practice as a Pharmacist in any jurisdiction
• A letter confirming good standing from a relevant body under which you have worked, prior to your application
• At least 3-months relevant work experience before starting the course

You will be required to undertake an Occupational Health screening, and/or Enhanced Level Disclosure and Barring Service checks upon admission to, and at certain other points during the course. If you have not completed courses of all relevant vaccinations, you will be advised to do so; which occasionally can incur a charge by your doctor. If there are any further medical reports required you may incur additional costs. The commencement of placement will be subject to your satisfactorily completion of fitness to practice declarations. Failure to complete or provide these may result in you being transferred to an alternative course during your studies.

Please note that placement providers for this course may require you to have received a number of vaccinations, unless medically exempt, and provide evidence of these. As a student on a course with a clinical or healthcare placement, we strongly recommend that you complete any courses of vaccinations required under current guidelines for your future profession. Failure to do so may result in your inability to undertake a placement in certain clinical settings, therefore impacting upon your academic progression, and may result in discontinuation of your studies or you being transferred to an alternative course during your studies.

If your first language is not English, you will need to meet the minimum requirements of an English Language qualification. The minimum for IELTS is 6.0 overall with no less than 6.0 in reading and writing, or equivalent. Read more about the University’s entry requirements for students outside of the UK on our Where are you from information pages