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Pharmacy with Foundation Year

Entry requirements


120 UCAS points including at least 1 A level qualification OR 96 UCAS points including at least 1 A level in Chemistry OR Biology

120 UCAS points including at least 1 Level 3 qualification OR 96 UCAS points from at least 1 level 3 qualification, A Level/Scottish Higher/IB Diploma in Chemistry or Biology; T Level Health, Healthcare Science or Science; BTEC Applied Human Biology or Applied Science (any level)

GCSE/National 4/National 5

GCSE English at grade C (or 4) OR Level 2 Functional Skills English AND GCSE Maths at grade C (or 4) or Level 2 Functional Skills Maths

120 UCAS points including at least 1 Level 3 qualification OR 96 UCAS points from at least 1 level 3 qualification, A Level/Scottish Higher/IB Diploma in Chemistry or Biology; T Level Health, Healthcare Science or Science; BTEC Applied Human Biology or Applied Science (any level)

120 UCAS points including at least 1 Level 3 qualification OR 96 UCAS points from at least 1 level 3 qualification, A Level/Scottish Higher/IB Diploma in Chemistry or Biology; T Level Health, Healthcare Science or Science; BTEC Applied Human Biology or Applied Science (any level)

120 UCAS points including at least 1 Level 3 qualification OR 96 UCAS points from at least 1 level 3 qualification, A Level/Scottish Higher/IB Diploma in Chemistry or Biology; T Level Health, Healthcare Science or Science; BTEC Applied Human Biology or Applied Science (any level)

120 UCAS points including at least 1 Level 3 qualification OR 96 UCAS points from at least 1 level 3 qualification, A Level/Scottish Higher/IB Diploma in Chemistry or Biology; T Level Health, Healthcare Science or Science; BTEC Applied Human Biology or Applied Science (any level)

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About this course


Course option

5years

Full-time including foundation year | 2024

Subject

Pharmacy

**Foundation Year**
Our Foundation Year provides an excellent alternative route to Keele, providing a unique opportunity to better prepare for your chosen degree, and with guaranteed entry onto your undergraduate course once you successfully complete your Foundation Year. This extra year of study can improve your academic skills, expand your subject knowledge, give you a better understanding of higher education and, perhaps most importantly of all, build your confidence. On the Keele Foundation Year, you'll study on campus, joining our undergraduate community from the outset, with access to all the facilities and support that you'd get as an undergraduate student at Keele.

**Pharmacy**

**Why choose this course**?
- Top 10 in England for Pharmacy,(Guardian University League Table 2022) *among universities offering MPharm

- Innovative and engaging teaching and learning experiences including KARE virtual patient programme.

- Hands-on, course-linked placements in the community, hospital sectors, and other areas such as industry and primary care.

- Top 20 for Pharmacy and Pharmacology, (Complete University Guide 2023)

- Strong emphasis on employability skills and knowledge

Pharmacy at Keele enables you to develop the values and attitudes required of a pharmacist. Pharmacists play a key role in the different aspects of medicine design, development and delivery, ensuring the safe and appropriate supply and administration of medicines.

How medicines treat medical conditions and discovering how the body works are just some of the features of our Pharmacy programme. Prescribing and clinical skills are a key component of the course alongside developing important communication skills so you can confidently engage with patients and work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

You will develop a solid foundation in areas such as biology and chemistry and build on these progressively throughout each academic year. You will explore key themes such as pharmacology where you will learn how drugs work within the body, and you'll also cover pharmaceutics where you will focus on formulating drugs in ways that can be administered to a patient. You will explore therapeutic areas which concentrate on medical conditions, how they are diagnosed and monitored and what treatments should be used to effectively manage them.

**About Keele**
Keele University was established in 1949 by the former Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University. Founded to meet the needs of a changing world, Keele has always had a pioneering vision to be a different kind of university.

We excel in both teaching and research, with some of the most satisfied students in England, and research that is changing lives for the better at a regional, national and global level.

Our beautiful 600-acre campus is one of the biggest in Britain – but all the most important services and facilities are on your doorstep, with accommodation, teaching spaces, facilities including a medical centre, sports centre and pharmacy, and a range of shops, eateries and entertainment venues – including the Students’ Union – clustered around the centre.

Modules

For a list of indicative modules please visit the course page on the Keele University website.

The Uni


Course location:

Keele University

Department:

Keele (Central)

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What students say


We've crunched the numbers to see if overall student satisfaction here is high, medium or low compared to students studying this subject(s) at other universities.

62%
Pharmacy

How do students rate their degree experience?

The stats below relate to the general subject area/s at this university, not this specific course. We show this where there isn’t enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Pharmacy

Teaching and learning

66%
Staff make the subject interesting
75%
Staff are good at explaining things
63%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
74%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

77%
Library resources
81%
IT resources
81%
Course specific equipment and facilities
53%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

97%
UK students
3%
International students
35%
Male students
65%
Female students
91%
2:1 or above
14%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

C
C
B

After graduation


The stats in this section relate to the general subject area/s at this university – not this specific course. We show this where there isn't enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Pharmacy

What are graduates doing after six months?

This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.

£18,500
med
Average annual salary
96%
low
Employed or in further education

Top job areas of graduates

99%
Health professionals
1%
Elementary process plant occupations

As only a relatively small number of students study pharmacology or toxicology, these statistics refer most closely to the graduate prospects of pharmacy graduates, so bear that in mind when you review them. Only a handful of students take first degrees in pure toxicology every year — the subject is more popular at Masters level. Pharmacology is a degree that tends to lead to jobs in the medical and pharmaceutical industries, and outcomes are improving again after a difficult time in the last few years. Jobs in pharmacology are often very specialist and so it’s no surprise that pharmacologists are amongst the most likely of all students to go on to a doctorate — if you want a job in research, start thinking about a PhD. As for pharmacy, unemployment rates are below 1% and 95% of pharmacy graduates had jobs as pharmacists (mostly in retail pharmacists) six months after they left their courses - employment rates have gone up significantly in the last couple of years.

What about your long term prospects?

Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.

Pharmacy

The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.

£26k

£26k

£37k

£37k

£40k

£40k

Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree.

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