Pharmacy

Entry requirements

A UK taught Master’s degree, or a minimum of an upper second-class UK Bachelor’s degree in biochemistry, chemistry, microbiology pharmacy, pharmacology, or other relevant subject, or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard.

Months of entry

April, October

Course content

The UCL School of Pharmacy is a world-leading centre for pharmacy education and research in pharmacy and biomedical sciences. The School has maintained this status over decades, being recently ranked 5th in the QS World Rankings by Subject (2020), and 3rd in the Top Student Cities 2017 list. The UCL School of Pharmacy is recognised as providing a world class research environment, being 100% 4* rated in the last Research Exercise Framework (REF) 2014.

Students work in several core research areas:

• Understanding the underlying basis of challenging human diseases
• Identification of new drugs and drug targets
• Medicine development, leading to effective medicines with optimised delivery, and minimising effects
• Pharmacy practice and medicines management, specialising in the influence of human behaviour on medicine use

In addition to an advanced hypothesis driven research project yielding top flight publications which change thinking in their chosen fields, students also acquire generic and transferable skills while undertaking their PhD. For example, students graduate with skills enabling excellent scientific presentation, both written and verbal, time management - an essential skill in today's busy world - and networking.

Students have ample opportunities to practice the art of networking with their peer group, both within the school and outside, as students often talk about their work within the school and many students travel the world speaking to scientists about their research work.