Pharmacy

Pharmacy is a clinical profession concerned with the preparation, dispensing, and safe use of medicines. Pharmacists are medicines experts: they are trained to understand how drugs work at the molecular and physiological level, to assess how medications affect individual patients given their conditions and other treatments, and to advise clinicians, patients, and carers on safe and effective medication use. As the most accessible healthcare professionals for many members of the public, pharmacists play a critical role in the management of both acute and chronic conditions, and the profession is increasingly taking on expanded clinical responsibilities.

At Teesside University, this four-year full-time degree integrates scientific education with clinical preparation throughout, ensuring that the importance of science in underpinning clinical practice is always clear. You will learn through lectures, seminars, laboratory sessions, placements, and independent study, developing the ability to interpret scientific data and apply it to clinical decision-making. Clinical skills sessions and pharmacy practice placements develop your professional competence in a safe learning environment, with teaching mapped to the pharmacist prescribing competency framework.

Interprofessional learning sessions develop your understanding of and respect for other healthcare professions, preparing you for the collaborative working that modern healthcare requires. The spiral curriculum ensures that core concepts are revisited and developed in increasing depth across all four years.

You will graduate with the scientific and clinical foundation required to seek registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a qualified pharmacist.

Graduates go on to work as registered pharmacists in community pharmacy, NHS hospital settings, primary care, and the pharmaceutical industry. Many pursue postgraduate clinical training or specialist qualifications, and some go on to advanced clinical practice roles, research, or leadership in pharmacy and healthcare. The profession offers strong job security, significant clinical responsibility, and a direct impact on patient outcomes.