Aston University

Mental Health Pharmacy

Aston UniversityBirmingham, United Kingdom

Course overview

Our Mental Health Pharmacy PgDip at Aston will equip you with the skills, insights, and confidence required to become an outstanding clinical mental health specialist.

Key highlights

  • Develops skills to work as a clinical mental health pharmacy specialist
  • Assessed partly through a portfolio of clinical practice
  • Covers schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression and anxiety disorders
  • Addresses complex cases including co-morbid physical illness and adherence challenges
  • Includes older adult and perinatal mental health considerations

Entry requirements

  • Additional condition: portfolio — This is essential to ensure you can meet the programme’s requirements by gathering evidence across the range of diagnoses and complexity factors needed for the portfolio of practice.

Careers this course leads to

  • Specialist Mental Health Pharmacist
  • Advanced Clinical Pharmacist (Mental Health)
  • Lead Pharmacist in Mental Health Services
  • Consultant Pharmacist (Mental Health)

Cost of study

UK/Home: £4,290 per year | International: £4,290 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 Aston University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.

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