Pharmacy

Pharmacists play a vital role in our healthcare system and have been an integral part of the COVID-19 response. Our accredited courses explore chemistry medicines and ethics, and build your experience in delivering safe and effective patient-centred care.

Realistic learning environments, placements in professional healthcare settings, inter-professional learning opportunities through our close links with the Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) and help available in your pre-reg year after you graduate from our MPharm are all part of the support we offer in your journey to becoming a qualified pharmacist.

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Our courses

Undergraduate

Integrating an understanding of chemistry, pharmaceutics, microbiology, physiology, pharmacology and health psychology with the practice of pharmacy in providing the best care for patients, our pharmacy programmes are taught through a series of cases studies that bring together the science of pharmacy with the needs of the patient.

Postgraduate

We offer an MSc course for pharmacy graduates who want to gain experience of clinical pharmacy practice in the UK as well as a postgraduate qualification.

Clinical Pharmacy MSc

We also offer Overseas Pharmacists’ Assessment Programme (OSPAP).

Professional accreditation

Our Pharmacy MPharm is accredited by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), the UK's independent regulator for pharmacy. Accreditation from the GPhC means that graduates are eligible to progress to the pre-registration programme.

After you graduate from a GPhC-accredited MPharm course you complete a year of pre-registration training. This is paid work in a community or hospital pharmacy where you’ll build a portfolio of evidence and demonstrate your competence while being observed at work. Your progress is guided and verified by a tutor.

You can expect

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Built-in work experience

Develop confidence and skills on placements in community and hospital settings. You’ll also gain practical experience using our specialist facilities including patient simulator, medicine dispensary, nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectrometry, all preparing you for areas of the profession including community, hospital, clinical and industrial pharmacy.

Inspiring Research

Design and complete your own advanced project supervised by a Brighton researcher in your final year. Our research explores critical issues including new approaches to regenerative medicine, the treatment of cancer, asthma, diabetes and other chronic diseases, and leads the development of innovative biomedical products.

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Opportunities in medicine

Pharmacy MPharm students who want to pursue a degree in medicine and who fulfil the eligibility criteria are guaranteed an interview with Brighton and Sussex Medical School.

What job can I do with a pharmacy degree?

Pharmacy MPharm is the only qualification that you can take if you want to become a pharmacist in the UK, however that doesn’t mean that your career options after the course are limited. You also develop skills that employers from all sectors are looking for.

10 jobs you could do with a pharmacy degree:

Community pharmacist
Hospital pharmacist
Research scientist (medical)
Medical sales representative
Medical science liaison
Pharmacologist
Product/process development scientist
Regulatory affairs officer
Science writer
Toxicologist

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School of Applied Sciences

Pharmacy is taught in the School of Applied Sciences.