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Undergraduate 2027

Undergraduate 2025

MPharm | Undergraduate

Pharmacy

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Entry year : Academic Year 2027/28

Entry requirements : AAB

Attendance : 4 years (Full-time) \

UCAS Code : B230

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Our four-year Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) programme provides the knowledge, practical skills, and professional development required to enter the pharmacy profession. The course integrates scientific and clinical practice throughout, equipping you with a comprehensive understanding of how to apply your knowledge to solve complex clinical problems.\ You will learn from practising pharmacists and pharmacist prescribers, and gain workplace experience across a variety of pharmacy settings and sectors. The programme emphasises the development of consultation, clinical decision-making, professional, and leadership skills, enabling you to work effectively with patients, carers, and other healthcare professionals. You will also be prepared to respond to the evolving challenges and developments in pharmacy practice throughout your career.

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Professional Accreditations

Our MPharm programme is accredited by the General Pharmaceutical \ Council (GPhC) and the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (Pharmaceutical Society NI).\ \ Current and prospective students can view the programme’s accreditation report, including the accreditation period, on the GPhC website: \ https://www.pharmacyregulation.org/students-and-trainees/pharmacist-education-and-training/courses-and-qualifications-pharmacists

https://www.pharmacyregulation.org/students-and-trainees/pharmacist-education-and-training/courses-and-qualifications-pharmacists

Industry Links

The School of Pharmacy engages with stakeholders and has developed close links with a wide variety of industry partners through research and teaching at a local, national and international level. Students are taught by practising pharmacists from primary and secondary care. The School's Careers Liaison Officer, in tandem with wider employability services offered by the University, ensures that students are aware of career opportunities and are provided with information about CV-writing and other relevant selection and interview processes.

Career Development

Clinical experiential learning placements in both primary and secondary care settings are embedded throughout all years of the MPharm programme, supported by bespoke preparation within practice-based modules.

World Class Facilities

The School of Pharmacy at Queen's is acknowledged as a leading centre for Pharmacy teaching and research in the UK.

At Queen's, we believe in providing students with as authentic a learning experience and environment as possible. Coupled with the experiential learning placements, students are taught clinical and physical examination skills in a range of settings using innovative technologies, and simulated settings including a community pharmacy. In addition, we have world leading research laboratories with the best technology in the industry.

The KN Cheung SK Chin Intersim Centre is our state of the art interprofessional simulation centre which opened in 2021. More information about it is available at:\ https://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/intersim/\ \ This cutting-edge training facility is available for Queen’s Medical, Pharmacy, Dentistry, and Nursing and Midwifery students. It supports the university’s aim to promote excellence in education of healthcare professionals through an inter-professional simulation based approach that drives safe, effective and collaborative care now and in the future.

Further Study Opportunities

Further study is also an option open to MPharm graduates. Students can choose from a range of postgraduate taught programmes as well as a comprehensive list of PhD opportunities, see:

https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofPharmacy/Study/Postgraduate/

“The best thing about being a student here is the excellent resources available to us provided by the school, such as the brilliant teaching facilities and hands-on working experience."\ Victor (Ka) Wong\ Queen's MPharm Graduate

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