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About this course
This course combines a bachelor's (Honours) and master's degree, culminating with the Pharmacy Board of Australia's intern training program and supervised practice requirements. This means you can apply for general registration as a pharmacist without further supervised practice*.
This degree brings together hands-on learning with clinical experience to give you a comprehensive understanding of how medicines are developed and how medications affect the human body. It also provides a foundation knowledge of business practices.
With its dual focus, you’ll understand the role of pharmacists as healthcare professionals and gain the skills to develop sustainable and innovative business models and remain relevant to the ever-changing needs of the healthcare system.
Your Work Integrated Learning experience, building on, and supporting your clinical knowledge, will position you well to play a vital and highly rewarding role as a healthcare professional and medicines expert from the day you graduate and register as a pharmacist.
*After successful completion of the Pharmacy Board registration examination which consists of a written and oral examination, and meeting the requirements for general registration set out in the Board's registration standards.
Why study with us?
- The Sydney Pharmacy School has over 100 years of excellence in pharmacy education and we are ranked 13th in the world for pharmacy and pharmacology in the QS Subject Rankings 2021.
- The University of Sydney is ranked first in Australia and fourth in the world for graduate employability in the 2022 QS Employability Rankings.
- Our teaching modules, placement opportunities and voluntary business skills programs provide our students with a well-rounded professional degree and competitive career edge.
- Our academics continually optimise our programs to develop new generations of high-calibre graduates, who are known to be highly sought after in Australia for employers.
What will you learn?
- You will graduate with an integrated knowledge of the pharmaceutical and pharmacological properties of medicines.
- You will also develop skills in problem-solving, clinical decision making, communication, incorporating new research into their practice, building the evidence base, and delivering person-centred healthcare to a diverse population with a range of medical conditions, as well as more advanced business skills.
- You will demonstrate a high standard of professional and ethical behaviour towards your peers, healthcare professionals, patients and the public.
- The course structure requires the completion of a cohesive sequence of core units of study to meet accreditation requirements, including Work Integrated Learning (e.g. at least six weeks of clinical placements, and 1,824 hours of supervised clinical practice).
- You can complete an elective, or an international exchange in third year (equivalent to 6 credit points) and an independent research project in the fifth year of the degree.