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Pharmaceutical Science with Regulatory Affairs (with Professional Placement)

  • BSc (Hons)
  • 4 Years
  • Sandwich
  • 21 September 2026
  • Undergraduate
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Course summary

Reasons to choose Kingston

  • This was the first undergraduate Pharmaceutical Science degree with module accredited by The Organisation for Professionals in Regulatory Affairs (TOPRA) in the UK. Consequently, graduates with this degree will be highly sought-after by employers.

  • This course was shortlisted for the Guardian University Award for Course Design, Retention and Student Outcomes and the TOPRA Regulatory Excellence Award in Education 2020, 2023 and 2025.

  • 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.

  • You can choose to take a four-year sandwich degree, with a year's overseas study or an industrial placement to give you a career head start.

About this course
How do we ensure new drugs are safe for the public, correctly evaluated and their use properly regulated? Regulatory Affairs is an area of growing opportunity in the pharmaceutical industry.

This course focuses on public health and the introduction of drugs. You’ll learn to produce legal applications for new drug licences, deal with different regulatory authorities and ensure drug safety. The course also offers a practical understanding of the pharmaceutical industry. You’ll explore different sources of medicine, how they work and how they’re made, packaged and administered.

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
Graduates are successful in careers such as Regulatory Affairs, drug development, quality control, clinical trials and research, drug safety and pharmacovigilance.

Modules

Example modules

– Regulatory Affairs
– 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.

Assessment method

Teaching include lectures, workshops, tutorials and practical classes. Students will learn how to work in groups as well as undertake independent, self-directed learning.

Professional bodies

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

  • The Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Regulatory Affairs, The Organisation for Professionals in

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • Main Site

Study options

  • BSc (Hons) • Sandwich • 4 Years

Start dates

  • 21 September 2026

Apply by
14 January

This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.

Application codes

Course code:
B203
Institution code:
K84
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus Code:
-
Points of Entry:
Year 1

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?

How to apply

Apply by
14 January

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
B203
Institution code:
K84
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus Code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

UCAS Tariff
112 - 128 points

A level
BBC - ABB

A-Level Chemistry with a minimum of a grade C and one other Science subject at A-Level required

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
DMM - DDM

Applied Science only.

Access to HE Diploma
D: 15 credits M: 30 credits P: 0 credits

A minimum of 112 UCAS points to include a minimum of 15 credits in Chemistry (at least 10 of which at Distinction and 5 at Merit) and 15 credits in Biology at minimum of merit grade

Scottish Higher

Equivalent of 112 UCAS points with Advanced Higher in Chemistry at a minimum of a grade B and Higher in Biology at minimum of a grade C

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
D*D*

Accepted when combined with other Level 3 qualifications such as A Levels, totalling 112 UCAS points

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
30 points

To include a minimum of 5 in Higher Level Chemistry and 4 in Higher Level Biology plus English Language and Maths at Standard Level 5 or Higher Level 4.

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
H1, H2, H4, H4, H5

A total of 112 UCAS points with Higher Level Chemistry at minimum of grade H1 and Higher Level Biology at minimum of H2 is required.

GCSE/National 4/National 5

Maths GCSE at grade 4 or equivalent

T Level
M

Merit in T Level Science: including a minimum of a B in the Core component and a merit in the Occupational Specialism which must be either in laboratory sciences or metrology sciences.

Find out more about qualification requirements for this course.

Contextual admissions

Universities and colleges consider more than grades when assessing applications and may make offers based on a range of criteria. Learn more about contextual offers.

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.

Learn more on the Kingston University website

Historical entry grades data

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