Pharmacy with Preparatory Year (Plymouth University campus)

Study our highly-ranked pharmacy course, with a preparatory year, at the University of Plymouth in preparation for a role at the forefront of modern healthcare.

Benefit from a one-year, full-time, face-to-face, preparatory course before undertaking our four-year MPharm pharmacy course at the University of Plymouth.

The preparatory year provides you with underpinning knowledge and experience so that you are ready to enter into Year 1 of our MPharm. You'll develop skills and knowledge in subjects relevant to pharmacy, including chemistry, biology, and mathematics, as well as professional orientation and inter-professional learning. On passing this preparatory year at an appropriate level, you'll be able to progress on to our four-year MPharm Pharmacy course.

Our MPharm pharmacy course, delivered at the University of Plymouth, combines classroom learning, campus-based simulations and placements in real healthcare settings across the South West. The combination gives you a full understanding of pharmacy within community, General Practice (GP) and hospital settings, and will help prepare you for a career in your preferred area.

By studying human physiology, pharmacology, pharmaceutics and medicinal chemistry alongside clinical topics, you’ll learn about the causes and progression of medical conditions and how drugs exert their effects. You'll also learn about the appropriate prescribing, supply and administration of medications and the principles of disease progression and medicine optimisation.

Our partnership with the University of Plymouth

If you progress from the preparatory year onto the MPharm, as a student at Plymouth, you will study the same course content as those studying the MPharm Pharmacy in Bath, gaining a unique knowledge of the scientific development and clinical use of medicines, and preparing you for a career as a pharmacist.

Graduating with a University of Bath degree, you’ll be taught by Plymouth-based University of Bath academic and practice staff while living and learning in Plymouth. This course provides the opportunity to live and study in the vibrant and unique surroundings of Plymouth, Britain’s Ocean City. The University of Plymouth is conveniently located near Derriford Hospital, the largest teaching hospital in Devon and Cornwall, and a wealth of healthcare providers across the South West. There are plenty of opportunities for placements nearby.