Course overview
The award of Master of Science (MSc) in Pharmacy Practice requires 180 credit points passed at level 7, students must undertake all core modules in Years 1 and 2. Students annotated as independent prescribers on the GPhC register upon enrolment into Year 1 must undertake the Integrating Prescribing in Practice module.
This programme has the following discipline specific/optional modules
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£1,890.00
The price quoted above is for a 30 credit module in the 2026/27 academic year and applies to students who are assessed as Home fee payers ONLY. Fees will differ for students assessed as Overseas fee payers. Fee assessment decisions follow UKCISA (UK Council for International Student Affairs) guidance, which is based on UK law and government regulations. Further information on who will pay Home or Overseas tuition fees can be found here: https://ask.herts.ac.uk/will-i-pay-home-or-international-tuition-fees
Once confirmed, a student’s fee status will normally remain the same for the duration of their course. However, information regarding fee reassessment is available here: https://ask.herts.ac.uk/will-i-pay-home-or-international-tuition-fees#FeeReassessment
Eligible students may be able to apply for a Postgraduate Student Loan. Please note that to access this funding, you must enrol on the full MSc programme; funding is not available for individual modules or interim awards (for example, a Postgraduate Diploma). Further information is available at: https://www.gov.uk/masters-loan
Further details, including tuition fee amounts, fee policy and payment deadlines, can be found here : https://www.herts.ac.uk/study/fees-and-funding/fee-information/fees-and-finance-policy-documents
If you require further information or have any questions regarding fees, please contact: cpdhealth@herts.ac.uk
Why choose UH?
Excellent sector connections: we have extensive links with eight NHS Trusts and Local Authorities in Hertfordshire.
Links with over 98 NHS Trusts and Local Authorities in East Anglia and London regions.
Flexibility: we provide flexible study options to ensure you can fit CPD study around your busy professional and personal lives.
Location: the main University of Hertfordshire campus is 25 minutes from London with easy access by both road and rail services.
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Prerequisites
The normal entry requirements for the programme are:
- Candidates must: be working (employed or self-employed) within an organisation providing pharmacy services and the responsibilities the candidate undertakes requires direct contact with patients
- Have access to their patients’ health related data such as outcomes of clinical examinations, observations or laboratory test results where applicable
- Normally candidates should be employed (including self-employed) in their practice role for at least 15 hours per week
- Normally candidates will have a work-based tutor in their workplace.
- In exceptional circumstances, the university will allocate an academic tutor, for example, for locum pharmacists.
- Candidates undertaking the Pharmacist Independent Prescribing module must have confirmation of an appropriate designated prescribing practitioner willing to support and assess the practitioner in practice.
- Bachelors Degree Pharmacy A first degree, in pharmacy and registration as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
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