Pharmacy MPharm

Why choose this course?

Pharmacy is a science-based healthcare profession that involves the preparation, supply and monitoring of medicines for the treatment and prevention of disease. If you have a keen interest in health issues, disease management and sciences associated with medicine, this four-year course, which is accredited by the General Pharmaceutical Council, is ideal.

What will you study?

Your studies will focus on four main areas: pharmaceutical and biological chemistry, physiology and pharmacology, pharmaceutical technology, and professional practice. Specific topics include pharmacy law and practice, formulation, clinical pharmacy and therapeutics. Four modules will be taught at the medical school of St George's, University of London, in Tooting.

Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list. Those listed here may also be a mixture of core and optional modules.

Year 1

• Cell Biology and Introductory Physiology
• Physiology 2
• Pharmaceutical and Biological Chemistry 1
• Pharmaceutical and Biological Chemistry 2
• Pharmaceutics and Microbiology 1
• Pharmaceutics and Microbiology 2
• Professional Practice 1
• Professional Practice 2

Year 2

• Introductory Pharmacology
• Systems Pharmacology 1
• Formulations of Medicines 1
• Formulations of Medicines 2
• Pharmaceutical and Biological Chemistry 3
• Pharmaceutical and Biological Chemistry 4
• Professional Practice 3
• Professional Practice 4

Year 3

• Drug Design / Medicinal Chemistry
• Clinical Pharmacology
• Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology
• Pharmaceutical Technology and Pharmakinetics
• Medicine and Therapeutics 1
• Systems Pharmacology 2
• Professional Practice 5
• Option module

Year 4

• Advanced Pharmaceutical Technology and Biotechnology
• Professional Practice 6
• Medicine and Therapeutics 2
• Advanced Topics in Clinical Pharmacy
• Research Methods
• Project