| The award | How you will study | Study duration | Course start | Domestic course fees | International course fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MPharm | Full-time | 4 years | - | - | - |
Our four-year evidence-based, patient-centred programme combines innovative learning experiences such as augmented reality with increased opportunities to practise your clinical skills. On successful completion of the course you will have exciting career opportunities in primary care, secondary care, community pharmacies and many other areas of practice. Course overview Pharmacy at Keele enables you to develop the values and attitudes required of a pharmacist. Pharmacists play a key role in the different aspects of medicine design, development and delivery, ensuring the safe and appropriate supply and administration of medicines.
Key pharmacy skills How medicines treat medical conditions and discovering how the body works are just some of the features of our Pharmacy programme. Prescribing and clinical skills are a key component of the course alongside developing important communication skills so you can confidently engage with patients and work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team. You will develop a solid foundation in areas such as biology and chemistry and build on these progressively throughout each academic year. You will explore key themes such as pharmacology where you will learn how drugs work within the body, and you'll also cover pharmaceutics where you will focus on formulating drugs in ways that can be administered to a patient.
You will explore therapeutic areas which concentrate on medical conditions, how they are diagnosed and monitored and what treatments should be used to effectively manage them. You will study the current legal framework for pharmacy and develop your ethical reasoning to enable you to act in the best interests of patients such as the emergency supply of medicines. Engaging with patients A successful pharmacist engages with patients skilfully through careful listening and provision of evidence based advice. The role of the pharmacist is multi-faceted, you will need to confidently provide advice, deal with sensitive subject areas, signpost people to additional services and provide guidance on how patients should administer their medication.
You will also interact with carers, other service users and a wide range of healthcare professionals. As a healthcare professional you will also seek to promote healthy lifestyles with individuals which may involve initiating challenging conversations about health issues in society like weight management or alcohol consumption. We nurture you to develop those pivotal communication skills so you can manage these discussions in a confident, sensitive and effective manner. Strengthening your employability Placements You will be able to experience the role of a pharmacist in a wide range of settings over the four years of the MPharm.
This will include approximately 30 weeks of placements (higher than the sector average) in the community, primary care and hospital settings. Placement learning will be integrated with your theoretical studies on campus to enable you to achieve all of your learning outcomes and make informed decisions about your future career aspirations. Your placements will form an increasingly large component of your studies over the duration of your four years at Keele. Student support We provide you with a supportive educational environment and at the beginning of the programme, you will be allocated an academic mentor who will provide academic advice and guidance.
During your first and second year you are assigned a professional portfolio supervisor to encourage your professional development. Your professional portfolio supervisor will be a registered healthcare professional in either pharmacy or medicine. You will also benefit from peer support from a current student who is currently in year three or four. Our Faculty Student Experience and Support team offer guidance and advice and gives one to one support to students within the School of Allied Health Professions and Pharmacy.
There is additional help available from the School's Disability Liaison Officer who provides an extra layer of?assistance for all students, particularly for those who have additional support requirements. You can also access plenty of student advice and?support ?services at Keele?including; Learning Support and Academic Guidance Disability Support and Inclusion English Language Unit Student Advice at Keele (ASK) Student Support Services Occupational Health Department *We have compared the positivity ratings of all participating UK institutions using the NSS 2025 sector data to determine Keele's position relative to other broad-based universities (i.e. excluding specialist institutions and further education colleges) Pharmacy ranked Top 5 in England (NSS 2025, broad-based universities)* Top 20 in England for Pharmacy (Guardian University Guide, 2025) Approximately 30 weeks of placement experience - one of the highest for Pharmacy students in the UK Our innovative and engaging teaching and learning experiences include virtual patients, a 3D lecture theatre and clinical skills suite 10th for Pharmacy (Daily Mail University Guide, 2026) For more details, please see the course page on the Keele website.
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