Pharmaceutical Science (with Foundation Year)

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.

• 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
Our degree with foundation year courses are ideal if you have non-traditional or unrelated qualifications or experience, are returning to education or would like some support to prepare for a degree. Subject materials and teaching are tailored to degrees at Kingston.

You’ll develop practical, technical and communication skills, and apply knowledge to real-life problems during the four-year integrated degree in your chosen field. We will help you unlock your potential, develop your skills, knowledge and confidence for your future career.

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.

Course Modules

Example modules

– Organic and Medicinal Chemistry with Global Medicine and Personalised Healthcare.
– Pharmaceutical Concepts, Analysis, and Ethics. 
– Advanced Formulation and Drug Delivery 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.

• The Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences