Pharmacy De Montfort University

Pharmacists are experts in medicine and responsible for the safe and effective supply of medicines to patients and the public. and for giving advice on how to take prescribed drugs, including monitoring requirements or potential side effects. They also play an important clinical role in the care of patients, including prescribing medicines. As prescribers, pharmacists are required to use diagnostic skills alongside their clinical expertise to deliver high quality, person-centred care.

Pharmacists have an important role to play as part of the multi-disciplinary healthcare team, liaising closely with other healthcare professionals to ensure the safe and effective care of patients. Working in a variety of healthcare settings, pharmacists need to demonstrate excellent consultation and communication skills every day to ensure patients use their medicines safely.

Through continued interprofessional collaboration between staff and students from a variety of professions, the utilisation of innovative learning technologies and extensive, diverse patient-focused placements, the programme will prepare students to apply their expertise in medicines and to work in multiple roles to support the safe and effective use of medicines.

With over 100 years of experience, the Leicester School of Pharmacy will help provide you with the practical and professional skills needed to work as a pharmacist. With pharmacy being the third largest healthcare profession, and an integral part of health provision in the UK, your career opportunities are extensive and varied.

Key features

• Integrated, experiential placements across all four years of the course in the community, GP and hospital setting, providing the opportunity to demonstrate core consultation and prescribing skills under supervision.
• Learn in our dedicated teaching spaces including our new purpose-built practice and simulation suites as well as our industry standard laboratories.
• Collaborative learning with other future health and social care students and practitioners through our established Inter-Professional Education (IPE) programme.
• Learning alongside experts in research, allowing students to see how our award-winning, real-world research projects such as work to support uniform washing for healthcare professionals during the Covid-19 pandemic and dried blood-spot analysis make a difference to patient care.
• Our students have gained international experience related to their studies through our DMU Global programme. Pharmacy students have visited Dubai and New York to understand the healthcare provision provided by pharmacists outside of the UK and learned about the medicinal uses of hemp and cannabis on a trip to Amsterdam.
• Our graduates gain rewarding and stimulating careers in all pharmacy sectors – DMU students have gone on to work for major employers in primary and secondary care settings, and primary care networks, as well as roles within global pharmaceutical companies.

Entry requirements

GCSEs

• Five GCSEs at grade C/4 or above including: English and Maths

Plus one of the following:

A-Level

• A minimum of 120 points from 3 A-levels, including Chemistry and at least one of the following at grade B or above: Biology, Maths, Physics or Psychology (General Studies is not accepted)*

BTEC

• BTEC National Diploma in Science - Distinction/Distinction/Merit, with Chemistry A level at grade B

Alternative qualifications include:

Access to HE Diploma

• 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 Language and Maths GCSE grade C/ 4 required as separate qualifications. Equivalency not accepted within the Access qualification.

International Baccalaureate: 30+ points with six higher level points in Chemistry and another science subject (Biology, Physics, Psychology or Maths)

English language requirements

If English is not your first language an IELTS score of 6.5 overall with no less than 6.0 in each band (or equivalent) when you start the course 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. 

*The third A-level may be in a non-science subject or replaced by AS levels in different subjects, which must be taken at the same sitting as the A-levels.

Interview: Yes

The interview will comprise of a series of structure tests including numeracy as well as values and judgement. 

Interviews are conducted remotely via Microsoft Teams.

Work experience: None required

Personal Statement selection criteria

• Clear communication skills, including good grammar and spelling
• Information relevant to the course applied for
• Interest in the course demonstrated with explanation and evidence

If relevant for the course - work and life experience.

Non-academic requirements

As well as academic requirements, you will also be required to meet and fulfil non-academic requirements which are stated below:

• Self-Declaration Form clearance
• Occupational Health clearance

• Enhanced DBS disclosure clearance

Continuance on the MPharm programme is subject to enhanced DBS clearance and annual completion of a self-declaration. It is important that your application is completed by the end of teaching week 3 after enrolment, and self-declaration completed by end of teaching week 1 in years 2 to 4 at the latest.

Failure to engage with this process will result in a review of your continued registration, the normal outcome of which will be discontinuation of your registration from the MPharm programme.

Please note, we do not normally accept applicants who have previously enrolled on a Pharmacy MPharm degree in the UK.

You must meet and fulfil all non-academic requirements before 17 July 2023. Failure to meet this deadline may result in your offer being withdrawn.