The Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) at the University of Newcastle will provide you with the theoretical knowledge, practical experience and attributes to drive clinical leadership in health care while also providing a framework to influence the management of pharmaceutical services in Australia and globally.

You will be equipped to provide a vital primary health care role as you counsel people on the best use and management of medications, provide advice on the symptoms and management of common ailments, prepare and formulate medications and educate the community on a wide range of health and well-being matters.

At the University of Newcastle, you will use innovative and state-of-the art educational technology to supplement your face-to-face lectures, tutorials and experiential learning, through clinical placements and simulated learning environments.

Throughout your studies we’ll provide you with the opportunity to develop outstanding research capabilities. As a student at a research intensive university, you'll be under the guidance of our experienced academic staff who are world leaders in their respective fields.

The Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) is a four year embedded honours degree and will set you on your way to becoming a registered pharmacist.

Throughout the degree you will develop an extensive knowledge of the essential underpinning sciences, pharmacotherapeutics and pharmaceutical sciences that are required to practice as a pharmacist. Find out more

Clinical placements start in your first year of study and continue throughout your degree providing you with substantial clinical experience in a variety of settings both locally and nationally as part of the degree. Find out more

As a pharmacy graduate, you will have the opportunity to access diverse and exciting employment opportunities in the community, hospital, industry and government sectors. Find out more

This program has been granted accreditation with conditions by the Australian Pharmacy Council. For information regarding the approval status of the program, please refer to the Pharmacy Board of Australia.

Throughout the degree you will develop an extensive knowledge of the essential underpinning sciences, pharmacotherapeutics and pharmaceutical sciences that are required to practice as a pharmacist.

You will develop and practice the core competencies required to work in clinical, hospital and community pharmacy settings. These attributes include strong interpersonal and communication skills, clinical leadership and ability to provide health care to culturally diverse communities.

In particular you will study:

• core biomedical sciences, including anatomy and physiology
• dosage formulations
• chemistry
• drug design and discovery
• pharmacotherapeutics
• mental health first aid
• epidemiology and pharmacoeconomics
• clinical leadership and communication

Throughout the degree you’ll also have the opportunity to develop outstanding research capabilities under the guidance of our experienced academic staff who are world leaders in their respective fields.

Through your research you can further investigate drug design and discovery, formulation development, pharmacy practice, personalised health care and health technologies assessment, such as pharmacoeconomics. This foundation in research will help prepare you for a career in a rapidly evolving global environment.

This program has been granted accreditation with conditions by the Australian Pharmacy Council. For information regarding the approval status of the program, please refer to the Pharmacy Board of Australia.

Clinical placements start in your first year of study and continue throughout your degree providing you with substantial clinical experience in a variety of settings both locally and nationally as part of the degree. This ensures you are continually putting into practice the theory and hands-on skills you learn throughout the degree.

You will gain clinical experience in a variety of health settings, which may include community facilities, hospitals, rural pharmacies, aged care facilities.

To prepare you for your clinical placements, you will build practical skills through inter-professional simulated learning activities in our fully functioning demonstration pharmacy, hospital based simulation wards and the Hunter New England Simulation Centre.

The clinical placement component of the Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) is substantial and occurs in a range of diverse clinical contexts throughout the Hunter, Central Coast, Mid North Coast and University Department of Rural Health sites.

This program has been granted accreditation with conditions by the Australian Pharmacy Council. For information regarding the approval status of the program, please refer to the Pharmacy Board of Australia.

As a pharmacy graduate, you will have the opportunity to access diverse and exciting employment opportunities in the community, hospital, industry and government sectors.

You will not only dispense and supply medicine, but can provide specialised clinical services such as home medication review and work in inter-professional teams to ensure the safe and appropriate use of medication.

To practice as a pharmacist in Australia, you need to obtain general registration with the Pharmacy Board of Australia, after completing an additional year post graduation as an Intern Pharmacist.

A prescribed period of 1824 hours of supervised practice as an Intern Pharmacist must be carried out after successful completion of the pharmacy program. The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, through the Pharmacy Board of Australia, allows registered pharmacists to practice as a pharmacist in all Australian states and territories.

Full details about registration in Australia can be found on the following websites:

• The AHPRA (Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency)
• The Pharmacy Board of Australia

This program has been granted accreditation with conditions by the Australian Pharmacy Council. For information regarding the approval status of the program, please refer to the Pharmacy Board of Australia.