Start your career with South Australia’s only professionally accredited pharmacy degree to become a registered pharmacist in only 4 years, with an optional 5th year to earn a double degree.
About the Program
Award Title
Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours)
Length of Program
4 Years
Intake
February 2025
Application Deadline
no official deadline, however, applicants are strongly encouraged to apply early as places may fill quickly.
School Locations
- Adelaide, South Australia (pop. 1.2 million)
Program:
Pharmacy
Degree:
Undergraduate
Faculty:
Health Sciences
Country:
Australia
At a Glance
Entry Requirements
Professional Recognition
At a Glance
The University of South Australia has over 50 years’ experience teaching Pharmacy and is one of only four universities in Australia to be a member of the prestigious National Alliance for Pharmacy Education. Pharmacy as a profession is concerned with providing primary health care; providing drug information and promoting the quality use of medicines by consumers; reviewing medication regimens; manufacturing and dispensing drugs; ordering, storing and safeguarding drugs; controlling and supervising the distribution of drugs; and undertaking research in selected settings.
Key features
- Study the only pharmacy degree offered in South Australia.
- Embark on a pathway to becoming a registered pharmacist.
- Be equipped with the skills and knowledge to build a career helping society to get the best outcome from medicines.
- Gain credentials from one of the four founding members of Australia’s prestigious National Alliance for Pharmacy Education (NAPE).
- Get professional practice experience from placements in a range of practice settings including community and hospitals.
- Study in UniSA’s $247 million state-of-the-art Bradley Building.
- Join a university with more than 50 years’ experience in pharmacy education and research.
- Benefit from our industry connections within the pharmacy profession, and links with internationally renowned research concentrations.
- Gain two qualifications with one extra year of study when you complete Australia’s only double degree in Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science.
Entry Requirements
Entry into the Bachelor of Pharmacy program for students holding Ontario Secondary School Diploma: 75% with a prerequisite of Biology, Chemistry, or Physics.
Professional Recognition
The program is accredited with the Australian Pharmacy Council. Successful completion of the program satisfies the academic requirements for registration as a pharmacist with the Pharmacy Board of Australia. Eligibility for registration is determined by the Pharmacy Board of Australia and includes a suitably recognized and appropriate period of supervised training.
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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