Once you have successfully completed your first four years (BPharm) you will then progress to the fifth year (MPharm), which allows graduates to hold a Master’s degree.
About the Program
Award Title
Master of Pharmacy
Length of Program
5 Years
Intake
September 2024
Applications Open
December 1, 2023
Application Deadline
May 25, 2024
School Locations
- Cork (pop. 123,000)
Program:
Pharmacy
Degree:
Undergraduate
Faculty:
Health Sciences
Country:
Ireland
At a Glance
Entry Requirements
Professional Recognition
At a Glance
Students will graduate with the new integrated 5-year Undergraduate-level Master’s degree. Once you have successfully completed your first four years (BPharm) you will then progress to the fifth year (MPharm). The degree programme is an integrated programme with 14 months of placements undertaken throughout the 5 years. Placements can be carried out in community, hospital or industry as well as within a regulatory organization but the final eight-month placement in your fifth year must be carried out in a patient facing setting.
This degree gives QP status, which means a graduate can work as a qualified person in the pharmaceutical industry anywhere in the EU.
The MPharm enabled UCC’s School of Pharmacy to rank amongst the world’s top universities.
There are four main areas of study within the pharmacy degree: Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Drug Delivery, Drug Action in the Body and the Clinical and Practice aspects of pharmacy. These subjects are taught in every year of the pharmacy degree.
Entry Requirements
- Entry standards for students presenting the OSSD:
- Overall minimum of 80% in top 6 U,U/C,M courses including Gr 12 U English. Students must obtain competitive scores in Chemistry, Mathematics and either Physics or Biology.
- Entry standards for students presenting the BC Diploma:
- Overall minimum of 86% in top 5 acceptable Gr 12 courses (including provincial exams where applicable).
- Entry standards in International Baccalaureate:
- Minimum attainment of 36 points in the International Baccalaureate as follows:
- Minimum Higher Grade 5 in Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics or Biology
- Minimum Subsidiary Grade 5 in the remaining three subjects
- Minimum attainment of 36 points in the International Baccalaureate as follows:
Professional Recognition
The Master of Pharmacy offered through the University College Cork, Ireland (UCC) is recognized by the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI)
It is the student’s responsibility to contact their local credentialing body for re-entry pathways. The Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada (PEBC) is the national certification body for the pharmacy profession in Canada. Upon returning, students must go through an evaluation procedure with the PEBC.
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