Program Overview

Program Overview

The University of Queensland offers a comprehensive range of programs for students, including undergraduate, postgraduate, and research degrees.

Study Options

• Undergraduate
• Postgraduate
• PhD, MPhil and professional doctorate
• Dual degrees
• Short courses
• Study abroad and exchange

Admissions

• Undergraduate: Choose your program, review entry requirements, review admission schemes, consider your pathway options, review fees and financial support, check credit eligibility, submit your application, respond to your offer, get ready for UQ
• Honours: Choose your program, review entry requirements, review fees and financial support, submit your application, respond to your offer, get ready for UQ
• Postgraduate coursework: Choose your program, review entry requirements, consider your pathway options, review fees and financial support, check credit eligibility, submit your application, respond to your offer, get ready for UQ
• PhD, MPhil and professional doctorate: Before you apply, application dates, submit your expression of interest, receiving your offer and commencement, get ready for UQ, research quarters, intellectual property
• Doctor of Medicine: Provisional entry pathway, graduate entry pathway, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pathways, rural and regional Queensland pathways, prerequisites and recommended programs for entry, entry interviews, rural background sub-quota

University Life

• Adjusting to UQ
• Living in Queensland: Cost of living, health and safety services
• Getting prepared to come to Australia: Bringing your family to Australia, arriving in Australia, working while studying, overseas student health cover, important dates for international students, student visas, under 18 international student supervision program
• Campuses and research sites: Campus tours, virtual tours
• Enhance your employability: Global experiences, entrepreneurship, leadership and representation, research opportunities, internships, mentoring, volunteering
• Why choose UQ

Information and Resources

• For international students
• For high school students: Glossary of terms, Young Achievers Program, Young ChangeMakers Program, Career Pulse Hub
• For non-school leavers
• For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students: InspireU, Tertiary Experience Day
• For teachers and guidance counsellors: High school activities, request a school presentation, request a campus tour, international regional managers
• For parents and guardians
• For study abroad and exchange students

Events

• Postgraduate agricultural science information webinar
• InspireU Gatton experience day
• Postgraduate educational studies information webinar

Stories

• Transform your career with 4 business psychology courses
• What’s it like to study business psychology as a postgraduate?
• Renee's PhD story: exploring how ‘jumping genes’ disrupt early development
• From firefighting robots to rocket science: Vennkkata’s UQ experience

Study Details

How you'll learn

• Lectures
• Tutorials
• Laboratory work

What you'll study

• Systems Pharmacology
• Experimental Pharmacology
• Drug Design & Development
• Principles of Pharmacology

Career Possibilities

• Secondary school teacher
• Senior health teacher
• Biomedical scientist
• Clinical research officer
• Pharmaceutical scientist
• Biochemist
• Quality assurance officer
• Sales representative

Graduate Salary

• Teacher education (undergraduate): $69K–$83K

Pharmacology

Overview

Revolutionise the way we use existing drugs and develop new medicines to help prevent and combat disease. Study pharmacology to learn the science behind how drugs work to treat and cure diseases.

Highlights

• 28 in the world for pharmacy and pharmacology
• 1 in Queensland for pharmacy and pharmacology

Career possibilities

Our programs prepare you for your first job and beyond. Here are some of the careers you could be on your way to:

• Secondary school teacher
• Senior health teacher
• Biomedical scientist
• Clinical research officer
• Pharmaceutical scientist
• Biochemist
• Quality assurance officer
• Sales representative

Minor in Pharmacology

A minor in pharmacology will prepare you for employment or research opportunities within healthcare organisations, education, medical research institutions, pharmaceutical or biotechnology companies, universities and hospitals.