PgCert Advanced Clinical Pharmacy Practice at Queen's University Belfast

Programme overview

This postgraduate certificate distance learning programme develops the therapeutic knowledge and clinical skills of pharmacists to an advanced level, around the competencies in the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Core Advanced Pharmacist Curriculum. It is studied entirely off-campus and is open to pharmacists in all employment sectors, inside and outside the UK.

Department: School of Pharmacy | Duration: 1 year part-time (distance learning) | Intake: September 2027 (academic year 2027/28) | Study mode: part-time | Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

What you will study

Modules are designed to help pharmacists acquire and demonstrate advanced-level competencies, studied entirely by distance learning with support from the School of Pharmacy Distance Learning Centre.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A pharmacy degree (minimum Bachelor degree) from a university recognised by Queen's and registration as a pharmacist with an appropriate regulatory organisation; designed for pharmacists in patient-facing roles but open to all employment sectors. For the Independent Prescribing option (students in Great Britain): GPhC and/or PSNI registration in good standing, relevant patient-oriented UK pharmacy experience, a designated prescribing practitioner, an identified area of clinical practice, and attendance at the 5-day residential in Belfast in January 2028. Apply ideally by 31 July 2027 (portal may close earlier if demand is high). International applicants: IELTS 6.0 overall with no component below 5.5 (taken within the last 2 years); UK/ROI-registered pharmacists and those whose pharmacy degree was taught and assessed in English are not required to take a further test.

Domestic applicants: GBP 2,640 for the whole programme (2027/28). Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and England, Scotland and Wales (GB) rate; one-year programme Source

International applicants: GBP 4,500 for the whole programme (2027/28). International and EU Other rate; one-year programme Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 1 year part-time (distance learning)

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