Pharmacy
Start your journey towards becoming a pharmacist. Develop the scientific, clinical and professional skills to complete foundation training and register with the GPhC.
in the region for graduates progressing into senior roles.
Source: GOS 2026
Designed by pharmacists for pharmacists, this four-year course combines scientific and clinical learning with practical experience throughout your studies.
You’ll learn in our state-of-the-art SuperLab and develop your knowledge through case-based learning, simulations and clinical activities.
Build your skills and confidence through placements in every year of the course, with opportunities to explore settings including community pharmacy, hospitals, GP practices, mental health and technical services.
We're working towards accreditation of this course with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). It will be provisionally accredited until the accreditation process is complete.
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Learn in our state-of-the-art SuperLab
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Gain hands-on experience through placements every year
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Graduate ready to begin your 52-week foundation training and progress towards pharmacist registration
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Learn from pharmacists and experienced healthcare professionals
Study at an award-winning university
We were named Times Higher Education University of the Year 2023. We've also been awarded a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework – a reflection of the outstanding education we offer our students.
Careers
Train to become a registered pharmacist who provides expert advice on medicines, minor illnesses, and public health.
This MPharm degree prepares you for foundation training, which takes a further year. You’ll then be ready to register with the General Pharmaceutical Council, and work as a pharmacist in the UK.
In your final year at ARU, you’ll prepare for the transition to foundation trainee, developing leadership, prescribing, consultation and workplace skills and building a professional portfolio to demonstrate your readiness for practice.
Teaching and modules
Build your understanding of medicines, healthcare and the role of the pharmacist.
You’ll explore everything from pharmaceutical chemistry, drug development and clinical therapeutics to pharmacy law, ethics, public health and medicines optimisation.
You’ll put your learning into practice through simulations, case-based activities and placements, developing your ability to communicate with patients, assess their needs and make evidence-based decisions.
As you progress, you’ll work with increasingly complex patient cases and develop the clinical reasoning, consultation and professional skills needed for contemporary pharmacy practice.
Modules are subject to change and availability, and may vary by location. If you have the choice of optional modules, these are indicated with a *.
- Becoming a Pharmacist
- Clinical Therapeutics 1
- Introduction to Pharmacy Practice
- Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Drug Development
- Clinical Therapeutics 2
- Clinical Therapeutics 3
- Core Principles of Pharmacy Practice
- Pharmacy, Law, Ethics and Governance
- Clinical Pharmacy in Practice
- Clinical Therapeutics 4
- Public Health in Pharmacy Practice
- Research Skills
- Advanced Pharmacy Practice
- Clinical Therapeutics 5