Pharmacy MPharm (Hons) with Preparatory Year
Kingston UniversityPenrhyn Road, United Kingdom
Course overview
Build the skills you need to progress into a career in Pharmacy Apply knowledge to real-life problems and develop practical, technical and communication skills. This Pharmacy with Preparatory Year course will give you the knowledge, skills and confidence you need to progress onto your journey towards a Pharmacy MPharm degree. On this course, you will practise your people and diagnostic skills using our: Pharmacy simulation suites – consisting of a mock hospital ward, pharmacy dispensing suite and GP surgery Patient simulator manikins – to administer drugs to and monitor their pulse and breathing Pharmacy practice laboratory – including 40 medicine-dispensing stations, a pharmacy counter, consulting area and computers connected to the Pharmacy Manager System (used in many pharmacies) State-of the art laboratories – with specialist equipment Pharmacy at Kingston University Pharmacy students are creating a safer world for tomorrow with the skills they are gaining as part of their course.
Hear how the simulations they are participating in help them prepare for their future careers. The practical sessions on this course have interested me the most. We are put in a pharmacist's shoes for a few hours a week and this enables us to do dispensing.
I have done both community and hospital pharmacy placements. These have helped me understand more about the way pharmacies work. Rebecca
Key highlights
- Preparatory year leads onto the full Pharmacy MPharm degree
- Simulation suites with mock hospital ward, dispensing suite and GP surgery
- Patient simulator manikins for administering drugs and monitoring vital signs
- Practice laboratory with 40 medicine-dispensing stations and consulting area
- Computers connected to the Pharmacy Manager System used in pharmacies
- Community and hospital pharmacy placements build real-world experience
Entry requirements
- UCAS tariff points: 80-88 — Qualifications needed for 2027 Open MPharm (Hons) with preparatory year: 80-88 UCAS tariff points A-levels: A grade profile of CDD-CCD, to include one science subject.
- A-level: CDD-CCD — to include to include one science subject
- UCAS tariff points: 80-86 — Access to HE: 80-86 UCAS tariff points Access to Science.
- BTEC: MMP — to include in Applied Science with Merit in al
- UCAS tariff points: 112-128 — Other Level 3 qualifications are accepted for entry, with a minimum of 112-128 UCAS tariff points required.
- Additional condition: interview — Additional requirements for Pharmacy MPharm (Hons) with Preparatory Year Open Shortlisted applicants will be invited for a 30-minute interview.
- Additional condition: dbs_check — Acceptance onto the programme will be conditional upon a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and satisfactory health checks.
Scholarships
Family Bursary
The family bursary is a 10% tuition fee discount for international students with a direct family connection.
Up to 10% of feesInternational Success Support Scholarship
The International Success Support Scholarship provides £2,500 towards tuition fees.
Up to £2,500Sanctuary Scholarships
Careers this course leads to
- Community pharmacist
- Hospital pharmacist
- GP practice pharmacist
- Pharmaceutical industry pharmacist
- Clinical research pharmacist
Cost of study
UK/Home: £10,050 per year | International: £19,900 per year
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Kingston University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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