Master of Pharmacy

Master of Pharmacy (MPharm)

Teaching

Each course includes lectures, seminars, laboratory work, small group work, practice based activities and assignments. There are also a number of placements throughout the programme, so you will benefit from both academic and practice-related environments.

Assessment

Assessment includes written examinations at the end of each year. All courses also have continuous assessment that contributes the remainder of the overall course mark. Continuous assessments include practical dispensing examinations, objective structured clinical examinations, presentations (individual and group), written reports, assessment of laboratory notebooks, case studies, essays and multiple choice questions. Final honours classification is calculated from: 10% of Stage 2 overall grade, 40% of Stage 3 overall grade and 50% of stage 4 overall grade.

Registering as a Pharmacist

Students completing the MPharm are eligible to register as pharmacists in Great Britain, subject to passing a pre-registration year and examination. There are currently over 40,000 pharmacists registered in Great Britain but there is an on-going shortage of pharmacists to fill recurring vacancies due to the expanding role of the pharmacist into areas such as supplementary and independent prescribing.

Innovative new teaching facilities including clinical skills laboratory, an extensive network of teacher practitioners (seconded at least two days per week), leading edge research academics, and a programme which integrates three interlinked themes:

• The Patient Disease and Drug Action
• Practitioner and Patient
• Medicines Design and Manufacture.

Professional recognition

The School obtained full accreditation from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) in June 2008 and is now recognised as an established School of Pharmacy.

Disability and Diversity

The School is committed to achieving equality of opportunity for all applicants, students and staff. Consequently the School complies with all relevant legislation.

Programme Structure

Stage 1

• MDM1 (30 Credits): Medicines Design and Manufacture 1
• PDDA1 (30 Credits): Body Systems 1: Human Anatomy & Physiology and an Introduction to Pathophysiology, Therapeutics and the Pharmacological Basis of Drug Action.
• PDDA2 (30 Credits): Cellular Biology and Biochemistry .
• PP1 (30 Credits): Pharmacy Practice 1.

Stage 2

• MDM2 (30 Credits): Medicines Design and Manufacture 2.
• PDDA3 (30 Credits): Body Systems 2: Physiology of the CNS. Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics of Selected Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders.
• PDDA4 (30 Credits): Body Systems 3: Endocrine, Renal, Hepatic, Gastrointestinal, Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Musculoskeletal Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
• PP2 (30 Credits): Pharmacy Practice 2.

Stage 3

• MDM3 (30 Credits): Medicines Design and Manufacture 3.
• PDDA5 (30 Credits): Clinical Pharmacokinetics, Cancer Biology and Infection Control.
• RM (30 Credits): Research Methods
• PP3 (30 Credits): Pharmacy Practice 3: Medicines Management.

Stage 4

• AT1 (20 Credits): Applied Therapeutics 1.
• PP4 (20 Credits): Practitioner and Patient: Pharmacy Practice 4 - Advances in Pharmacy Practice.
• SRP (60 Credits): Sustained Research Project.

Elective courses (students choose one from the following)

• ASC1 (20 Credits): Advanced Neuroscience.
• ASC2 (20 Credits): Advanced Cell and Molecular Biology
• ASC3 (20 Credits): Advanced Therapeutics Agents.
• ASC4 (20 Credits): Advanced Drug Delivery Technologies.

Offer Levels

The MPharm Degree is a four year full-time programme of study. Graduates are required to undertake and pass a pre-registration examination before being permitted to register as a pharmacist in Great Britain.

• All students are required to demonstrate basic literacy and numeracy skills as evidenced by GCSE (grades A-C) in English and Maths.
• 300 UCAS Tariff points, BBB at A2 level (including B in 2 science based subjects, one of which must be Chemistry).
• BTEC Nationals in a science based subject:
  • Diploma - Distinction/Distinction/Merit Overall.
• Scottish Highers:
  • Higher Level - AABBB, to include grade A in Chemis

    Master of Pharmacy (MPharm)

    Teaching

    Each course includes lectures, seminars, laboratory work, small group work, practice based activities and assignments. There are also a number of placements throughout the programme, so you will benefit from both academic and practice-related environments.

    Assessment

    Assessment includes written examinations at the end of each year. All courses also have continuous assessment that contributes the remainder of the overall course mark. Continuous assessments include practical dispensing examinations, objective structured clinical examinations, presentations (individual and group), written reports, assessment of laboratory notebooks, case studies, essays and multiple choice questions. Final honours classification is calculated from: 10% of Stage 2 overall grade, 40% of Stage 3 overall grade and 50% of stage 4 overall grade.

    Registering as a Pharmacist

    Students completing the MPharm are eligible to register as pharmacists in Great Britain, subject to passing a pre-registration year and examination. There are currently over 40,000 pharmacists registered in Great Britain but there is an on-going shortage of pharmacists to fill recurring vacancies due to the expanding role of the pharmacist into areas such as supplementary and independent prescribing.

    Features

    Innovative new teaching facilities including clinical skills laboratory, an extensive network of teacher practitioners (seconded at least two days per week), leading edge research academics, and a programme which integrates three interlinked themes:

  • The Patient Disease and Drug Action
  • Practitioner and Patient
  • Medicines Design and Manufacture.

  Professional recognition

  The School obtained full accreditation from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) in June 2008 and is now recognised as an established School of Pharmacy.

  Disability and Diversity

  The School is committed to achieving equality of opportunity for all applicants, students and staff. Consequently the School complies with all relevant legislation.

  Programme Structure

  Stage 1

• MDM1 (30 Credits): Medicines Design and Manufacture 1
• PDDA1 (30 Credits): Body Systems 1: Human Anatomy & Physiology and an Introduction to Pathophysiology, Therapeutics and the Pharmacological Basis of Drug Action.
• PDDA2 (30 Credits): Cellular Biology and Biochemistry .
• PP1 (30 Credits): Pharmacy Practice 1.

Stage 2

• MDM2 (30 Credits): Medicines Design and Manufacture 2.
• PDDA3 (30 Credits): Body Systems 2: Physiology of the CNS. Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics of Selected Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders.
• PDDA4 (30 Credits): Body Systems 3: Endocrine, Renal, Hepatic, Gastrointestinal, Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Musculoskeletal Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
• PP2 (30 Credits): Pharmacy Practice 2.

Stage 3

• MDM3 (30 Credits): Medicines Design and Manufacture 3.
• PDDA5 (30 Credits): Clinical Pharmacokinetics, Cancer Biology and Infection Control.
• RM (30 Credits): Research Methods
• PP3 (30 Credits): Pharmacy Practice 3: Medicines Management.

Stage 4

• AT1 (20 Credits): Applied Therapeutics 1.
• PP4 (20 Credits): Practitioner and Patient: Pharmacy Practice 4 - Advances in Pharmacy Practice.
• SRP (60 Credits): Sustained Research Project.

Elective courses (students choose one from the following)

• ASC1 (20 Credits): Advanced Neuroscience.
• ASC2 (20 Credits): Advanced Cell and Molecular Biology
• ASC3 (20 Credits): Advanced Therapeutics Agents.
• ASC4 (20 Credits): Advanced Drug Delivery Technologies.

Offer Levels

The MPharm Degree is a four year full-time programme of study. Graduates are required to undertake and pass a pre-registration examination before being permitted to register as a pharmacist in Great Britain.

• All students are required to demonstrate basic literacy and numeracy skills as evidenced by GCSE (grades A-C) in English and Maths.
• 300 UCAS Tariff points, BBB at A2 level (including B in 2 science based subjects, one of which must be Chemistry).
• BTEC Nationals in a science based subject:
  • Diploma - Distinction/Distinction/Merit Overall.
• Scottish Highers:
  • Higher Level - AABBB, to include grade A in Chemistry plus one other science based subject at grade A.
  • Advanced Higher - BBB, to include grade B in Chemistry plus one other science based subject at grade B.
• Irish Leaving Certificate - 5 grade B's at higher level including B2 in Chemistry and 2 other science based subjects at grade B2.
• International Baccalaureate - An overall score of 32 points (15 at Higher Level), to include ≥ 5 in both Chemistry and one other science based subject.
• Access to Science - 54 credits at level 3, with an overall grade of distinction.
• Greek Apolytirion - 18.1 > 20 in all directional subjects (must include Chemistry and at least one other science based subject). In addition students must have Maths and English 16 overall from the Apolytirion.
• Overseas applicants will be assessed on an individual basis based upon the UK Naric equivalent and must have an appropriate English language qualification and equivalent sciences background.
• Alternative English Qualifications:
  • IELTS at grade 6.5 in all categories.
  • Cambridge English Advanced Certificate at grade C.
  • TOEFL (Internet Based score of 87 or Paper Based score of 575).
• Graduate Entry - applicants possessing a first degree in a relevant subject must have a minimum of a 2:2 classification to be considered. Applicants possessing a minimum of 2:1 classification may be considered for direct entry to stage 2.

Foundation degree in Pharmacy Practice Direct entry to Stage 2

Students who complete the Foundation Degree in Pharmacy Practice may gain entry to MPharm on successful completion of both years of the 2 year foundation degree programme.

• • try plus one other science based subject at grade A.
  • Advanced Higher - BBB, to include grade B in Chemistry plus one other science based subject at grade B.
• Irish Leaving Certificate - 5 grade B's at higher level including B2 in Chemistry and 2 other science based subjects at grade B2.
• International Baccalaureate - An overall score of 32 points (15 at Higher Level), to include ≥ 5 in both Chemistry and one other science based subject.
• Access to Science - 54 credits at level 3, with an overall grade of distinction.
• Greek Apolytirion - 18.1 > 20 in all directional subjects (must include Chemistry and at least one other science based subject). In addition students must have Maths and English 16 overall from the Apolytirion.
• Overseas applicants will be assessed on an individual basis based upon the UK Naric equivalent and must have an appropriate English language qualification and equivalent sciences background.
• Alternative English Qualifications:
  • IELTS at grade 6.5 in all categories.
  • Cambridge English Advanced Certificate at grade C.
  • TOEFL (Internet Based score of 87 or Paper Based score of 575).
• Graduate Entry - applicants possessing a first degree in a relevant subject must have a minimum of a 2:2 classification to be considered. Applicants possessing a minimum of 2:1 classification may be considered for direct entry to stage 2.

Foundation degree in Pharmacy Practice Direct entry to Stage 2

Students who complete the Foundation Degree in Pharmacy Practice may gain entry to MPharm on successful completion of both years of the 2 year foundation degree programme.