About

With over 120 years of teaching experience in the Leicester School of Pharmacy, you’ll benefit from our impressive reputation and expertise.

Overview

Pharmacists are essential members of the healthcare team, ensuring the safe, effective, and ethical use of medications. As a pharmacist, you’ll advise patients and the public on how to use medicines safely, monitor for side effects, and support the management of both acute and long-term health conditions.

Accredited by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), our course offers the professional, clinical, and practical skills you need to succeed as a pharmacist. With hands-on experience in our state-of-the-art facilities, including clinical simulation suites and a hospital ward, you'll be fully prepared for your Foundation Training Year and a career as a registered pharmacist and independent prescriber.

Placements are a mandatory part of the course, giving you valuable hands-on experience in diverse pharmacy settings. You'll apply your knowledge in real-world situations under the guidance of experienced professionals.

Key features

Over 120 years of expertise: Learn from a proud legacy within the renowned Leicester School of Pharmacy, combining decades of experience with innovative, forward-thinking teaching.
GPhC accredited: Our course meets the rigorous standards of the General Pharmaceutical Council, ensuring you're eligible to progress to your Foundation Training Year and register as a qualified pharmacist in the UK.
Integrated placements: Gain real-world experience in community pharmacies, GP practices, and hospitals, developing clinical and consultation skills to prepare for independent prescribing.
Specialist facilities: Hone your skills in purpose-built simulation suites, counselling rooms, and with AI software in safe, realistic environments.
Interprofessional education (IPE): Collaborate with students across health disciplines to develop teamwork skills aligned with modern, integrated healthcare practice.
Career-ready graduates: Join the UK’s third-largest healthcare profession, with graduates thriving in roles across the NHS, hospitals, GP practices, and global pharmaceutical companies like Boots, Apple Gate, and Lloyds Pharmacies.
Global insights: DMU Global has taken students to Dubai, New York, and Amsterdam to explore international healthcare systems and medicinal practices.

Requirements

Entry Requirements

Entry requirements

Typical offer

UCAS points:

120

A Level:

BBB

including Chemistry or Biology at grade B and at least one of the following at grade B or above: Chemistry, Biology, Maths, Physics or Psychology (General Studies is not accepted)

BTEC Extended Diploma:

DM in a BTEC National Diploma in Applied Science plus an A Level in Chemistry at grade B or above. We also accept BTEC Extended Diploma in combination with an A Level in Chemistry.

Contextual Offer:

This course does not provide contextual offers due to capacity management. To find out more about our contextual offer policy at DMU, head to dmu.ac.uk/contextual

T Levels:

This qualification is not accepted for this course

Access to HE:

Pass Access to Science HE Diploma overall with 120 UCAS tariff, with 15 level three chemistry credits at distinction, and 15 credits at merit in other science subjects (Biology, Maths, Physics, Psychology).

English GCSE grade C/4 required as a separate qualification; equivalency not accepted within the Access qualification.

Please note we do not accept credits from the project module of the Access to HE towards the total number of required Chemistry credits.

International Baccalaureate (IB):

30+

with six higher level points in Chemistry and another science subject (Biology, Physics, Psychology or Maths)

GCSEs:

5 x GCSEs at grade 4/C or above including English and Maths

English language requirements

If English is not your first language an IELTS score of 6.5 overall is essential.

English language tuition, delivered by our British Council-accredited Centre for English Language Learning, is available both before and throughout the course if you need it.

Additional application stages

Interview required: Yes

Interviews will take place online via Microsoft Teams. To find out more about interviewing for a course please visit our interview advice page.

Self-declaration form: Yes

Enhanced DBS check: Yes

As part of your application process, you will be required to submit an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) application before starting the course.

For overseas applicants, you will also need to submit a criminal records certificate from your home country.

Further details will provided by our Admissions team after you receive an offer to study with us.

Occupational Health clearance: Yes

Additional information

Availability: This course has a limited number of places so that we can ensure a good quality placement experience. In exceptional circumstances this may result in the course becoming full before you have completed the admissions process. In this situation we will offer you the opportunity to be considered for a place on an alternative course.

You must meet and fulfil all non-academic requirements before 17 July 2026 to ensure your offer remains valid. Not meeting this deadline risks your offer being withdrawn at a later stage of the process.

Mature applicants need academic attainment normally no more than five years of joining the course.

Please note that we do not normally accept applicants who have previously enrolled on a Pharmacy MPharm degree.

Career

Graduate careers

Our graduates have gone on to work in rewarding and stimulating careers across all pharmacy sectors for major employers in community pharmacy and the NHS including careers in both hospital and GP pharmacy.

Graduates have gone on to roles such as Pharmacists, Pharmacy Advisors, and Pharmacy Dispensers at Boots UK; Trainee Pharmacists at Lloyds Pharmacy; Pharmacists at Co-operative Pharmacy and Apple Gate Pharmacy; Foundation Pharmacists at Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust; Oncology Pharmacy Assistants at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust; Hospital Trainee Pharmacists at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust; and Software Developers at Digital Native UK Ltd.

Throughout the course we will help you to enhance your employment opportunities by embedding transferable skill into the programme and providing opportunities to collaborate with key employers and stakeholders through the Leicester School of Pharmacy’s careers events and mentoring scheme.

We also offer a range of postgraduate opportunities including:

Fee Information

Tuition Fee

22,988 / per year

Pharmacy ,MPharm (Hons)