Program Overview

Overview

The Clinical Pharmacy Practice with Hospital Placement MSc is designed for overseas pharmacists who wish to enhance their clinical expertise and gain hands-on experience of pharmacy practice within the UK. This degree offers a unique blend of knowledge and training with practical experience adapted for the most popular career pathways in the pharmacy profession.

Key Information

Entry Requirements

• A minimum of a second-class honours degree in Pharmacy or its international equivalent
• Current registration with the relevant regulatory authority of your country to practice as a Pharmacist in any jurisdiction
• A letter confirming good standing from a relevant body under which you have worked, prior to your application
• At least 3-months relevant work experience before starting the course

Course Detail

The course includes the following modules:

• Applied Therapeutics: Focuses on the application of an integrated knowledge base to inform decision-making and problem-solving of issues regarding pharmaceutical care of individual patients.
• International Practice and Policy: Provides students with an in-depth understanding of international practice and policies underpinning the practice of pharmacy around the world.
• Formulation Design and Development: Aims to provide an in-depth appreciation of all the stages from new drug identification to bringing a drug to the market and beyond, with an emphasis on biotechnology-based products.
• Drug Design and Development: Introduces precision medicine including pharmacogenomics and explores the application of biomarkers to stratified or personalised medicine.
• Clinical Pharmacy Practice: Introduces students to the practice of clinical pharmacy, the role of the clinical pharmacist in society, and their role as a member of the healthcare team.
• Hospital Pharmacy Practice: Equips students with the skills needed to carry out the role of a clinical hospital pharmacist effectively.
• Professional Practice Placement: Provides an in-depth appreciation and hands-on experience of professional pharmacy practice in the UK.

Placements

• A compulsory 60-credit professional pharmacy practice placement in a hospital pharmacy over the summer term.
• The placement provides an in-depth appreciation and hands-on experience of clinical pharmacy practice in England under the supervision of professionally qualified staff.

Fees and Finance

• The course fees including work placement are £19,800 for the 24/25 academic year for students from all eligible nationalities.
• Tuition fees will cover the cost of your study at the University as well as charges for registration, placement tuition supervision, and examinations.

Career Support

• The course prepares students for working within Hospital pharmacy, giving them an in-depth appreciation and hands-on experience of hospital pharmacy practice in England.
• 96.4% of postgraduate students go on to work and/or further study within fifteen months of graduating.

Research Excellence

• The University of Huddersfield is in the top 50 UK universities for Research Power.
• Three-quarters of all research is world-leading and internationally excellent.
• Over 60% of the research environment was classified as world-leading and internationally excellent.