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Reasons to choose Kingston

• This degree is fully accredited by the General Pharmaceutical Council.

• Our pharmacy department’s new GP simulation suite and simulated hospital ward with life-like manikins will provide you with the most up-to-date teaching to equip you for your future role as prescribing pharmacists.

• This course is run jointly by Kingston University and City St George’s, University of London, so you’ll have access to specialist facilities and staff.

• 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
If you are interested in science and want to build on your knowledge of the treatment and prevention of diseases, then a career in pharmacy might be for you. This course delivers a comprehensive integration of science, clinical practice, law, and ethics. You will gain in-depth knowledge of pharmaceutical formulations, develop the competencies required for safe prescribing and medication supply, and build the expertise necessary to perform clinical and diagnostic skills with confidence and precision. This course has recently been updated in line with the General Pharmaceutical Council’s standards for initial education and training for pharmacists, which enables pharmacy graduates to prescribe at the point of registration.

You’ll have the opportunity to learn from qualified healthcare professionals such as community, hospital, GP and industrial pharmacists as well as being immersed in inclusive simulated environments to build your communication skills and clinical knowledge in a safe environment.

In your final year, you’ll complete a research-based project under the supervision of a dedicated supervisor.

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
You’ll graduate ready for the next steps towards becoming an independent prescribing pharmacist in the UK. This will require a year’s foundation training in an approved pharmacy establishment and passing the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) registration exam.

Course Modules

Example modules

• Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Drug Delivery

• Pharmacy Law, Ethics and Practice

• The Central Nervous System, Gastrointestinal Tract and Immunology

• Clinical Skills and Leadership

For a full list of modules please visit the Kingston university course webpage.

Assessment includes exams, coursework and practical assessments including professional and clinical skills.

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• General Pharmaceutical Council