Reasons to choose Kingston
This course is one of the first to be accredited in the UK by the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences (APS).
You’ll gain extensive practical experience in new laboratories after a £6.8 million investment.
There is an optional sandwich year which gives you the opportunity to gain experience of how pharmaceutical science is applied in an industrial situation.
Our commitment to high quality teaching has been recognised with a Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Gold rating. The University has received an overall rating of Gold, as well as securing a Gold award in the framework's two new student experience and student outcomes categories.
About this course
Pharmaceutical Science can benefit and transform patients’ lives. Spanning the worlds of chemistry and biology, it discovers, develops and analyses medicines. If you’re considering a career in the pharmaceutical industry, this course will give you the knowledge and practical skills for success.
This course explores drug discovery, pharmacology and toxicology, and examines the most effective ways that medicines are manufactured, packaged, stored and administered. You’ll take part in innovative research, including new methods of drug delivery and drug synthesis.
We have recently updated our modules to enhance student-centred teaching and align course content with industry needs.
Future Skills
Embedded within every course curriculum and throughout the whole Kingston experience, Future Skills will play a role in shaping you to become a future-proof graduate, providing you with the skills most valued by employers such as problem-solving, digital competency, and adaptability.
As you progress through your degree, you'll learn to navigate, explore and apply these graduate skills, learning to demonstrate and articulate to employers how future skills give you the edge.
At Kingston University, we're not just keeping up with change, we're creating it.
Career opportunities
Many of our graduates work in the pharmaceutical industry, research or clinical laboratories, hospitals and in education.
Example modules
– Organic and Medicinal Chemistry with Global Medicine and Personalised Healthcare.
– Pharmaceutical Concepts, Analysis, and Ethics.
– Advanced Drug Delivery and Formulation in Pharmaceutical Science.
For a full list of modules please visit the Kingston university course webpage.
Teaching include lectures, workshops, tutorials and practical classes.
Assessment typically comprises of exams and coursework (eg practical work, in-course tests, assignments and essays).
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
This course is available in Clearing. If you have submitted an application, you can add this course. If you haven’t sent us an application yet, you can do this until 24th September 2026.
This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.
Kingston University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
See why these ratings were awarded
What does this TEF outcome mean?
The following entry points are available for this course:
Find out more about qualification requirements for this course.
When assessing your application, we’re looking for evidence of your ability, potential, passion for your subject and the skills and experience you have to evaluate your suitability for a course.
Our course entry requirements include tariff ranges. We vary the required UCAS Tariff points in our offers as we consider each application individually and use a number of factors to build an offer that is tailored to you, this includes your personal statement and predicted grades.
This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).
It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.
Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.
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