PGDip Pharmacy (OSPAP) at University of Brighton

Programme overview

This course is fully accredited by the General Pharmaceutical Council as an Overseas Pharmacists’ Assessment Programme (OSPAP), certifying international pharmacists to practise their profession in the UK. Brighton is the most flexible course provider in the country. You are required on campus for two days per week, with the rest of the time being used for distance learning and independent study.

Faculty: School of Applied Sciences | Department: Pharmacy | Duration: full-time: 1 year | Study mode: full-time | Location: Brighton, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

This is a full-time course with a combination of seven modules run over two semesters: one independent study and six university-based modules. The independent study module is supported by specifically written module materials and staff-led tutorial sessions. The remaining six modules involve a mixture of lectures and skills-based workshops and are run over two days per week at the university. Syllabus Studies focus on new developments in the areas of pharmaceutics, clinical pharmacy and pharmacy practice. In addition, you will explore pharmacy law and ethics, contemporary pharmacy issues and UK healthcare provision. Modules include Scientific Basis of Pharmacy Practice, Applied Therapeutics, Health Promotion for Pharmacists, Novel Medicinal Products: A Clinical Perspective, Clinical Drug Delivery, Pharmaceutical Skills, Advanced Professional Studies.

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Entry requirements

Calculations test. All applicants will be sent a time-limited online calculations test. You must make sure that you follow all the instructions sent with the test as you will only have one opportunity to complete it within the allocated timeframe. Additional or late test submissions will be discounted. You may use Pharmaceutical Calculations Workbook by Pharmaceutical Press as a reference to help prepare for the calculations test. Once all the test results are received, they will be ranked from the highest scores to the pass mark of 60%. Applicants not achieving a pass will be rejected at this stage. Applicants achieving a pass mark will then be assessed following our entry criteria detailed below with those achieving the highest score assessed first. Degree and experience. For your application to be considered you will need: an accreditation letter from GPhC uploaded to your application. a pharmacy degree equivalent to a UK honours 2:1 or above. references and personal statement. You must include all of the above in your application. Incomplete applications will be rejected. English language requirements. If English is not your first language, IELTS (Academic) Level 7.0 or above in each parameter at one sitting. If you have been exempted by the General Pharmaceutical Council from an IELTS qualification you will not be required to have IELTS for an application to this course.

Domestic applicants: GBP 15,960 a year (2026/27). First-year tuition fee, full-time; fees may rise in later years. Source

International applicants: GBP 15,960 a year (2026/27). First-year tuition fee, full-time; fees may rise in later years. Source

Duration: full-time: 1 year

Apply through the official page: https://evsipr.brighton.ac.uk/urd/sits.urd/run/siw_ipp_lgn.login?process=siw_ipp_app_crs

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