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Pharmacy and Pharmacology

We are ranked in the top 50-100 in the World (QS World University Rankings 2020).

The School of Pharmacy at Queen's has been ranked 2nd in the UK for Pharmacy and Pharmacology according to The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020.

10 Reasons to choose the School

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Undergraduate

Browse our Undergraduate courses including Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Pharmacy.

Postgraduate: Distance Learning

Learn more about Postgraduate Taught distance learning courses.

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Postgraduate Research

Discover our Postgraduate courses and PhD projects with funding.

  • Undergraduate
    Undergraduate Courses
    Course UCAS Code Qualification Duration
  • Postgraduate Taught
    Postgraduate Taught Courses
    Course Qualification Duration
    Prescribing for Pharmacists Postgraduate Certificate 1 year
    UCAS Code
    Duration 1 year
    Description

    Do you want to advance your pharmacy career by becoming a non-medical prescriber? This programme is accredited by both the General Pharmaceutical Council and Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland to train pharmacists as non-medical prescribers. Students undertake online and work-based training and assessment in addition to a 5-day clinical skills residential in February at our Clinical Skills....

    Independent Prescribing Postgraduate Certificate 1 year
    UCAS Code
    Duration 1 year
    Description

    The Postgraduate Certificate in Independent Prescribing is designed for pharmacists in Northern Ireland who wish to train and qualify as non-medical independent prescribers.  
The Postgraduate Certificate can be undertaken as a stand-alone course or can be combined into a larger programme of study (see Advanced Pharmacy Practice course). If you are employed as a pharmacist in Great Britain....

    Advanced Clinical Pharmacy Practice Master of Science 3 years
    UCAS Code
    Duration 3 years
    Description

    Do you want to advance your pharmacy career while continuing in employment? This postgraduate distance learning programme allows you fit your studies around your work and family commitments. Our Advanced Clinical Pharmacy Practice programme was developed following extensive consultation with pharmacists and their employers both within and beyond the United Kingdom. It provides a flexible study pathway....

    Advanced Pharmacy Practice (with Independent Prescribing) Master of Science 36 years
    UCAS Code
    Duration 36 years
    Description

    Our Advanced Pharmacy Practice programme is designed for hospital-based pharmacists in Northern Ireland who wish to practice at Advanced Practitioner level. Stage 1 (PG Diploma stage) aims to develop the student's knowledge of therapeutics in several key areas and includes training as an independent non-medical prescriber. In stage 2 (MSc stage), students receive training in research and data analysis....

    Industrial Pharmaceutics Master of Science 1 year
    UCAS Code
    Duration 1 year
    Description

    Queen's University Belfast has developed a dynamicnew MSc programme for students seeking careers in theglobal pharmaceutical industry. The new MSc inIndustrial Pharmaceutics will prepare graduates with theexpertise and skills required for employment in anindustry estimated to be worth $1.2 trillion. Industrialpharmaceutics plays a vital role in the development,validation and manufacture of new medicines,....

    Advanced Pharmacy Practice (with Independent Prescribing) Postgraduate Diploma 24 years
    UCAS Code
    Duration 24 years
    Description

    ....

    Advanced Clinical Pharmacy Practice Postgraduate Diploma 2 years
    UCAS Code
    Duration 2 years
    Description

    Do you want to advance your pharmacy career while continuing in employment? This postgraduate distance learning programme allows you fit your studies around your work and family commitments. Our Advanced Clinical Pharmacy Practice programme was developed following extensive consultation with pharmacists and their employers both within and beyond the United Kingdom. It provides a flexible study pathway....

    Advanced Clinical Pharmacy Practice Postgraduate Certificate 1 year
    UCAS Code
    Duration 1 year
    Description

    Do you want to advance your pharmacy career while continuing in employment? This postgraduate distance learning programme allows you fit your studies around your work and family commitments. Our Advanced Clinical Pharmacy Practice programme was developed following extensive consultation with pharmacists and their employers both within and beyond the United Kingdom. It provides a flexible study pathway....

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    Postgraduate Research Courses
    Course Qualification Duration
    Pharmacy MPhil 4 Academic Years (Part Time) / 2 Academic Years (Full Time)
    Duration 4 Academic Years (Part Time) / 2 Academic Years (Full Time)
    Description

    The School of Pharmacy (SoP) focuses its research activities on key areas of the pharmaceutical sciences, clinical and primary care aspects of pharmacy. Our research spans a wide range of scientific and professional disciplines. Multidisciplinary sits at the core of many of our internationally-connected research programmes, ultimately delivering impactful research designed to benefit patients.

    The....

    Pharmacy PhD 6 Academic Years (Part Time) / 3 Academic Years (Full Time)
    Duration 6 Academic Years (Part Time) / 3 Academic Years (Full Time)
    Description

    The School of Pharmacy (SoP) focuses its research activities on key areas of the pharmaceutical sciences, clinical and primary care aspects of pharmacy. Our research spans a wide range of scientific and professional disciplines. Multidisciplinary sits at the core of many of our internationally-connected research programmes, ultimately delivering impactful research designed to benefit patients.

    The....

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Placements

The School has a major commitment to placements in the hospital and community setting. These placements are designed to provide students with an excellent opportunity to apply their clinical knowledge and skills to real-life situations. The placement aims to facilitate high quality teaching and learning activities and also to promote the professional attitudes and behaviours expected of tomorrow's pharmacists.


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Industry links

We have developed close links with a wide variety of industry partners through research and teaching at a local, national and international level. Students are taught by practising pharmacists from the community, primary care and hospital setting and the School’s Careers Liaison Officer ensures that students are aware of all career opportunities and prepared for application and interview processes.


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Scholarships and Funding

The School of Pharmacy and the University offer a number of Scholarships to prospective students

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World Class Facilities

Our recently renovated Pharmacy Practice Unit consists of everything you would find in a contemporary community pharmacy. Students are also taught clinical skills in a range of simulated healthcare settings. In addition we have world leading research laboratories with the best technology in the industry.


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"Exceptional teaching creates a perfect learning environment, allowing me to achieve my full potential" Aaron Hutton
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APPLICATIONS FOR VISITING STUDENT AND VISITING SCHOLAR

The School of Pharmacy welcomes applications for Visiting Scholar and Visiting Student titles.  

If you already hold a PhD and wish to apply for a Visiting Scholar title within the School of Pharmacy, please see the Directorate of Academic and Student Affairs webpages www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/AcademicStudentAffairs/AcademicAffairs/HonoraryTitles/VisitingTitles/

  • Visiting Student

    The Visiting Student title enables current registered studentsfrom other institutions, across all levels of study to spend a period of time at the School of Pharmacy to conduct research as part of their own studies or as a research placement/internship.
     
    Visiting Students must have an assigned supervisor within the School of Pharmacy. 

  • Important to Know

    The Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) requires that all international Visiting Student applicants to the School of Pharmacy who are registered to study at Doctorate or Masters level by research in their home institution and who are subject to UK immigration control, must apply for an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate before they can study in the UK. Further details can be found in section F1 and Appendix 1 of the application form.
     
    Bench fees may be charged at the discretion of the supervisor depending on the nature of the project and are normally levied in advance.

    Upon accepting your Visiting Student title, you are signing up to the Terms and Conditions for Holders of Honorary Status (Approved Honorary Status T's and C's).

    Visiting Students will not be a registered student at Queen’s University Belfast and will receive no credit or qualification from the University.

    You will not be remunerated by Queen’s University Belfast.
     
    The Visiting Student title is not applicable to Doctoral Training Partnership students from other institutions.
     
    If you have any questions, about your application to become a Visiting Student in the School of Pharmacy please email melissa.mcallister@qub.ac.uk

  • How to apply

    Please complete the Visiting Student Application Form and submit to melissa.mcallister@qub.ac.uk
     
    Please include the following documents with your application
     
    ·      A copy of your transcript or other proof of your current registration status at your home institution
    ·      A copy of your passport
    ·      Other relevant immigration documentation if applicable.
     
    The Visiting Student title can be conferred initially for a maximum period of one year and can be renewed on an annual basis, up to the end of your registration at your home institution.  Renewals are subject to the agreement of the School and students must re-apply to extend their title.

     

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