Pharmacy courses

More about our Postgraduate courses

Are you looking to develop your career by undertaking postgraduate study?

At the Department of Pharmacy, you can develop your career in pharmacy or pharmaceutical science from our range of postgraduate courses.

We have a wide range of Masters degrees should you wish to develop an expertise in a specific area of pharmacy or chemistry or simply gain that additional qualification to add to enhance your CV.

Our postgraduate courses offer excellent opportunities for career development and continuing professional development.

For Home/EU students, we offer flexible modes of study through our postgraduate programmes. Part-time study is unavailable to international students.

MSc/PgD/PgC Pharmacy Practice

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The primary aim of the MSc Pharmacy Practice is to equip pharmacist practitioners with the core skills and competencies they require to deliver safe and effective pharmaceutical care in their practice setting.

The course has been developed in partnership with Joint Programmes Board (JPB) London, East and South East England.

MSc Advancing Pharmacy Practice

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If you are a pharmacist and wish to develop your role as an advanced pharmacy practitioner, then this course is for you.

The course provides an in-depth understanding of safety and risk management concepts which underpin the effective use of medicines in practice. You will benefit from the opportunity to learn with other healthcare professionals.

Pg Dip OSPAP (Overseas Pharmacists Assessment Programme)

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Please note that this programme is currently subject to validation by the GPhC.

The programme is designed to enable overseas trained pharmacists to become familiar with the practice of pharmacy in the UK.

The programme aims to prepare you for professional practice as safe, knowledgeable and up to date pharmacists.

MSc Medicinal Chemistry

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If you are a chemist or graduate of a closely related subject (e.g. biochemistry which has a significant chemical component) and you wish to enhance your knowledge and skills in applying chemical principles to medicinal and pharmaceutical problems, then this course is for you.

Graduates will have a strong practical knowledge of synthetic medicinal chemistry and drug design and be able to share that knowledge within an industrial environment.

MSc Pharmaceutical Analysis

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If you want to develop your skills for specialisation in industrial pharmaceutical analysis, then this is the course for you.

You will have access to state-of-the-art analytical science facilities and close links to South-East England’s pharmaceutical industry triangle.

MSc Pharmaceutics

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If you want to develop your skills in medicine regulatory affairs, medicine formulation and product development then this course is aimed at you.

Our course has been developed with the support of UK regulatory professionals and industrial pharmaceutical scientists to train graduates to enter employment within regulated industrial pharmaceutical laboratories.