Program Overview

Pharmacy MPharm Honours

Overview

This accredited Pharmacy degree will prepare students for a career at the forefront of healthcare and medicine.

Course Details

• UCAS code: B230
• Full time: 4 years
• Tuition fees (Year 1):
  • Home: Not Set
  • International: £30,300
• Entry requirements:
  • A-Level: AAB including Chemistry and at least one of Biology, Mathematics or Physics at A Level and excluding Critical Thinking and General Studies.
  • International Baccalaureate: 34 points. At least 5 points required from Higher Level Chemistry and at least 5 points required from at least one of Higher Level Biology, Mathematics or Physics.
• Professional accreditation and recognition: This degree has full accreditation from the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).

Quality and Ranking

• 11th in the UK – The Complete University Guide 2026 (Pharmacology and Pharmacy category)
• 15th in the UK – The Guardian University Guide 2026 (Nutrition and Food Science category)
• 18th in the UK – The Guardian University Guide 2026 (Pharmacy and Pharmacology category)
• Global Top 140 University – QS World University Rankings 2026
• Top 95 for Life Sciences and Medicine - QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
• Top 150 for Pharmacy and Pharmacology - QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025

Modules and Learning

• Stage 1: Focus on patient-orientated problems, studying areas such as pharmaceutical microbiology, biomedical science, pathology, and microbiology.
• Stage 2: Study pharmaceutical care, such as pathology, and topics such as systems for medicines management.
• Stage 3: Study applied pharmaceutical interventions such as design and delivery and develop an understanding of how medicines are used concomitantly and how adverse effects are monitored and managed.
• Stage 4: Study targeted therapeutics such as optimisation, critique and responsibility.

Teaching and Assessment

• Teaching methods: Lectures, seminars, tutorials, problem-based learning, practical experience, laboratory work, and case seminars.
• Assessment methods: Assessments, coursework, written exams, practical exams.

Facilities and Environment

• Facilities: Newly refurbished pharmacy laboratories, clinical skills suite, anatomy lab, and biochemistry lab.
• Support: Academic member of staff as a personal tutor, peer mentors.

Your Future

• Career paths: Community pharmacist, hospital pharmacist, industrial pharmacist, emerging roles.
• Recognition of professional qualifications outside of the UK: From 1 January 2021, there is an update to the way professional qualifications are recognised by countries outside of the UK.

Entry Requirements

• A-Level: AAB including Chemistry and at least one of Biology, Mathematics or Physics at A Level and excluding Critical Thinking and General Studies.
• International Baccalaureate: 34 points. At least 5 points required from Higher Level Chemistry and at least 5 points required from at least one of Higher Level Biology, Mathematics or Physics.
• English Language requirements: IELTS, TOEFL, Pearsons, Duolingo English Test.

Tuition Fees and Scholarships

• Tuition fees:
  • Home: Not Set
  • International: £30,300
• Scholarships: Vice-Chancellor's automatic and merit-based scholarships.

Open Days and Events

• UK open days: On-campus and virtual open days.
• Worldwide events: Regular travel overseas to meet with students interested in studying at Newcastle University.
• Online events: Virtual events.