**Overview**
Play a part in the pharmaceutical advances of the future and learn how to use modern drug tech to make a difference to society with this MPharm (Hons) Pharmacy degree, accredited by the GPhC (General Pharmaceutical Council).

You'll practise using the skills and knowledge you learn under supervision from GPhC-registered Pharmacists and get valuable on-the-job experience with patients and the public on placements.

Once you graduate, you'll need to complete a foundation training year in a pharmacy setting, and pass the registration assessment, to register as a Pharmacist with the GPhC. You could also go onto a career in areas such as drug development and formulation, and clinical trials.

- Learn from qualified Pharmacists who have backgrounds in community and hospital pharmacy settings

- Practise applying your skills and scientific knowledge in a fully-stocked model pharmacy and in simulated consultation rooms, a care home, surgery and hospital wards

- Check and dispense real prescriptions, counsel patients on medicine use, respond to symptoms and undertake medical histories

- Study alongside students from other healthcare disciplines to get an understanding of all stages of the patient experience

- Take opportunities to get further pharmaceutical experience in settings such as GP surgeries and mental health hospitals

- Get support arranging your foundation training year after the course

**Accredited by:**
This course is accredited by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).

**Careers and opportunities**
Demand for qualified pharmacists is increasing. After the course, you can become a fully qualified pharmacist within a year by doing a foundation training and passing the GPhC registration examination.

Foundation training can be undertaken in one pharmacy setting or split across a variety of different settings – including communities, hospitals, and general practice. You can also secure foundation training in the pharmaceutical industry.

**Foundation training support**
Our Careers and Employability Service can support you in applying for your foundation year training, helping with interview techniques and the application process. You'll get help, advice and support for up to 5 years after you leave the University.

**Potential salary**
As a fully qualified Pharmacist in the NHS, you'll usually start at the bottom of band 6 of the Agenda for Change pay scale (£32,306 in 2021/22). As your NHS career progresses, you could reach band 9 as a chief pharmacist (£93,735–£108,075 in 2021/22).

**What other roles can you do with a Pharmacy degree?**
The expanding responsibilities of pharmacists means you'll have many other job options at the end of the course. Areas you could work in include:
- drug development and formulation

- involvement with toxicity studies

- clinical trials

- marketing

- regulatory affairs

- medical writing

**Graduate destinations**
Recent graduates have gone on to work for organisations including:
- Novartis

- Reckitt Benckiser

- Boots

- Superdrug

- Goldchem

- Virgin Care

- Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

**Placements and work experience**
You'll get plenty of experience dealing with patients and the public on this course.

Possible placement locations include:
- Community pharmacies in Portsmouth and the surrounding areas

- Local hospitals such as Queen Alexandra in Portsmouth, St. Richard's in Chichester, Southampton General Hospital, and Royal County Hospital in Winchester

- GP surgeries in Portsmouth and surrounding areas

- Solent NHS Trust’s mental health in-patient services

You'll also have the chance to volunteer in the local community, providing health checks to groups such as homeless people. Our Careers and Employability Service can help you find further work experience opportunities during your course.