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.

Placements

You will undertake a compulsory 60-credit professional pharmacy practice placement in a hospital pharmacy over the summer term that will provide an in-depth appreciation and hands-on experience of professional pharmacy in England under the supervision of professionally qualified staff.

Career

This course will have a strong emphasis on preparing you to run a community pharmacy business giving you appreciation of various pharmaceutical services that can be offered in community settings alongside necessary business skills.

96.4% of our postgraduate students go on to work and/or further study within fifteen months of graduating (HESA Graduate Outcomes 2016/17, UK domiciled graduates).