Pharmacists are essential healthcare professionals—ensuring medicines are used safely, supporting patient health, and collaborating with healthcare teams to deliver the best possible care.
Our pharmacy degree courses are taught through a series of case studies that bring together the science with patient needs to prepare you for a career as a healthcare professional.
Pharmacy in Clearing could be the start of your journey to becoming a registered pharmacist or pursuing a career in research or industry, where your expertise helps improve the quality of people's lives.
This page was last updated on 6 August 2026.
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If places are available, Clearing could give you a route onto a pharmacy course once you have your exam results.
Pharmacy courses usually combine science, medicines, patient care and professional practice, so it’s important to check the entry requirements and any course-specific conditions before you apply.
Here you can find out what to expect, get answers to common questions and see what your next steps should be.
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Pharmacy is a professionally focused subject, so check the entry requirements carefully before you apply. You may need specific science qualifications, and some courses may have additional conditions linked to professional practice or placement preparation.
No. Pharmacy can lead to different routes across healthcare, medicines, research, industry and patient-facing practice. Before applying, look at the course content and career information to see whether the route matches the type of pharmacy career you are interested in.
You may need to meet professional or course-specific requirements, depending on the pharmacy course. These could relate to health, conduct, placements or professional accreditation, so check the individual course details and ask the Clearing team if you are unsure.
No. We do not accept foundation years completed at other universities.
You can only progress to our MPharm Pharmacy course if you have completed:
We accept the BTEC Extended Diploma in Applied Science (including chemistry units) if you also have A-level Chemistry.
We do not accept:
Yes.
You need GCSE English language and GCSE maths at grade 5 or grade B (or above) for both:
No. Functional skills level 2 is equivalent to grade 4 GCSE and we require grade 5 GCSE for the MPharm courses.
Pharmacy is a professionally regulated course.
Our entry requirements are approved by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), so we cannot reduce them for Clearing.
For Pharmacy MPharm, you must complete:
For Pharmacy MPharm with Preparatory Year, you need to complete:
You do not need to take the maths test for the Preparatory Year
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