Studying pharmacy at university
Example course modules
- Dispensing competence
- Responding to symptoms
- Cell and molecular biology
- Pharmaceutical chemistry
- Advances in drug therapy
- Drugs discovery and delivery
- Foundations in pharmacy practice
- Inflammation, cancer and infection
- Pharmaeceutics
Teaching hours / week
Average for this subject
Average for all subjects
Average hours for this subject: 19 (Low N/A - High N/A). Average hours for all subjects: 14.
The time you'll spend in lectures and seminars each week will vary from university to university, so use this as a guide.
Who studies this subject
What students say about pharmacy
What you need to get on a course
Subjects you need
A-levels (or equivalent) usually required
- Chemistry
- Biology
Useful to have
- Physics
- Mathematics
Application checklist
Here's a guide to what to expect from the application process - also check individual university entry requirements, as these may differ.
- January application
- October application
- Personal statement
- Portfolio
- Interview
- Entry test
- Work experience
- Audition
Personal statement advice
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Personal statement tips and advice
Career prospects
Six months after graduating
- Health professionals
Longer term career paths
Jobs where this degree is useful
- Quality assurance scientist
- Packaging engineer
- Regulatory affairs officer
Other real-life job examples
- Retail pharmacist
- Analytical scientist
- Pharmacologist
What employers like about this subject
A degree in pharmacy will help you to develop a range of subject-specific skills including an understanding of the principles, design and manufacture of medicines; the law and ethics of the supply of medicines and knowledge of pharmaceutical analysis. Transferable skills a pharmacy graduate will develop include communication, data evaluation and commercial awareness. Pharmacists are usually employed in pharmacy stores, either as a part of retail chains, or (less common than in the past) as their own business, for hospitals, for medical practices, and in the pharmaceutical industry.
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