Colleges in UK

The Robert Gordon University
School of Pharmacy
Schoolhill
Aberdeen AB10 1FR
Scotland
UNITED KINGDOM

Tel. +44 1224 262500

Fax +44 1224 262555

Contact: Prof Clare A. Mackie

Telephone numbers and email addresses of all staff: http://www.rgu.ac.uk/subj/pharmacy/stafflist.htm

Aston University
Dept. of Pharm. Sciences
Aston Triangle
Birmingham B4 7ET
UNITED KINGDOM

Tel. +44 121 359 3611 ext.4167

Fax +44 121 359 0733

Contact: Prof. D.C.Billington

e-mail contact: D.C.Billington@aston.ac.uk

Telephone numbers and email addresses of all staff: http://www.aston.ac.uk/pharmacy/staff/staff.html

University of Bath
School of Pharmacy & Pharmacology
Claverton Down
Bath BA2 7AY
UNITED KINGDOM

Tel. +44 1225 826826

Fax +44 1225 826114

Contact: Professor Peter H. Redfern

E-mail: P.H.Redfern@bath.ac.uk

E-mail addresses of all staff

home of PCCAL (Pharmacy Consortium for Computer Aided Learning)

The Queen's University of Belfast
School of Pharmacy
97 Lisburn Road
Belfast BT9 7BL
Northern Ireland
UNITED KINGDOM

Tel. +44 1232 245133 ext 5800 (or +44 1232 335800 direct dial)

Fax +44 1232 247794

Contact: Prof. J. C. McElnay

e-mail contact via Alan Robinson a.robinson@queens-belfast.ac.uk

home page of the Northern Ireland Centre for Postgraduate Pharmaceutical Education and Training

University of Bradford
School of Pharmacy
Richmond Rd
Bradford
West Yorkshire BD7 1DP
UNITED KINGDOM

Tel. +44 1274 234661

Fax: +44 1274 235600

Contact: Prof Brenda Costall

Telephone numbers and email addresses of all staff: http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/pharmacy/staff/

University of Brighton
School of Pharmacy & Biomolecular Sciences
Cockcroft Building
Moulsecoomb
Brighton BN2 4GJ
UNITED KINGDOM

Tel. +44 1273 642090

Fax +44 1273 679333

Contact: Prof. S. P. Denyer

Telephone numbers and email addresses of all staff: http://www.bton.ac.uk/pharmacy/staff/index.html

University of Wales, Cardiff,
Welsh School of Pharmacy
Redwood Building
King Edward VII Avenue
Cardiff CF10 3XF
Wales
UNITED KINGDOM

Tel. +44 (0)29 2087 4783

Fax +44 (0)29 2087 4149
Telephone numbers and e-mail addressess of staff

Contact: Prof. David K. Luscombe

E-mail contact: LuscombeDK@cardiff.ac.uk
Home page of this World List of Pharmacy Schools

Home page of the Welsh Centre for Post-Graduate Pharmaceutical Education

De Montford University
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
The Gateway
Leicester LE1 9BH
UNITED KINGDOM

Tel. +44 116 257 7270

Fax +44 116 257 7287

Contact: Prof. M.Danny Burke

e-mail mdburke@dmu.ac.uk

Telephone numbers and email addresses of all staff: http://www.dmu.ac.uk/dept/schools/app-sci/pharm/staff/staff.htm

Liverpool John Moores University
School of Pharmacy and Chemistry
Byrom Street
Liverpool L3 3AF
UNITED KINGDOM

Tel. +44 151 231 2071

Fax +44 151 207 2620

Contact: Prof. P.E. Wheeler

Telephone numbers and email addresses of all staff: http://cwis.livjm.ac.uk/pac/staff/

King's College London
Department of Pharmacy
Franklin-Wilkins Building
150 Stamford Street
London SE1 9NN
UNITED KINGDOM

Tel. +44 (0)20 7848 4783

Fax +44 (0)20 7848 4800

Contact: Prof. C. Marriott

Telephone numbers and email addresses of all staff:http://www.kcl.ac.uk/kis/schools/life_sciences/health/pharmacy/acstaff/staff.html

University of London
The School of Pharmacy
29-39 Brunswick Square
Bloomsbury
London WC1N 1AX
UNITED KINGDOM

Tel. +44 (0)20 7753 5800

Fax +44 (0)20 7278 0622

Contact: Prof. A. T. Florence

University of Manchester
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Oxford Road
Manchester M13 9PL
UNITED KINGDOM

Tel. +44 161 2752343

Fax +44 161 2752396

Contact: Prof. M. Rowland
Home of PharmWeb

University of Nottingham
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
University Park
Nottingham NG7 2RD
UNITED KINGDOM

Tel. +44 115 951 5100

Fax +44 115 942 2131

Contact: Prof. B W Bycroft

E-mail: Barrie.Bycroft@nottingham.ac.uk

Telephone numbers and email addresses of all staff:http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/shared/staff/pharmstafflist.html

Cancer Research Laboratories

University of Portsmouth
School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
St Michael's Building
White Swan Road
Portsmouth PO1 2DT
UNITED KINGDOM

Tel. +44 1705 842628

Fax +44 1705 842625

Contact: Dr John Smart

Telephone numbers and email addresses of all staff: http://www.sci.port.ac.uk/pharmacy/staff.htm

University of Strathclyde
School of Pharmacy
John Arbuthnott Building,
27 Taylor Street,
Glasgow G4 0NR
Scotland
UNITED KINGDOM

Tel. +44 141 548 2450

Fax +44 141 552 6443

Contact: Dr Terry M. Healey

e-mail contact t.m.healey@strath.ac.uk

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Department of Physiology & Pharmacology

home page of the Scottish Centre for Postqualification Pharmaceutical Education

University of Sunderland
Institute of Pharmacy and Chemistry
Langham Tower
Ryhope Road
Sunderland SR2 7EE
UNITED KINGDOM

Tel. +44 191 515 2604

Fax +44 191 515 2625

Contact: Dr Rae M. Morgan

e-mail contact: rae.morgan@sunderland.ac.uk

University of Derby
Pharmacy Academic Practice Unit
(Postgraduate Department only)
School of Health and Community Studies
Chevin Avenue
Mickleover
Derby DE3 5GX
UNITED KINGDOM

Tel. +44 1332 592 009

Fax +44 1332 622 746

Contact: Prof. M. C. Allwood

e-mail contact: D.Gerrett@derby.ac.uk

Keele University
Department of Medicines Management
(Postgraduate Department only)
Keele
Staffordshire ST5 5BG
UNITED KINGDOM

Tel. +44 1782 584131

Fax +44 1782 713586

Contact: Prof. S. Chapman

E-mail contact: med-man@keele.ac.uk
Telephone numbers and e-mail addresses of staff: http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/mm/department.htm

University of Leeds
Division of Academic Pharmacy Practice
(Postgraduate Department only)
School of Continuing Education
Leeds LS2 9JT

Contact: Prof. D. K. Raynor

Postgraduate MSc Pharmacology courses in UK

Aston University, Birmingham

Coventry University

Glasgow Caledonian University

King's College London (University Of London)

Kingston University LondonLondon Metropolitan University

London Metropolitan University

Loughborough University

Nottingham Trent University

Queen Mary, University Of London

School Of Pharmacy (University Of London)

Sheffield Hallam University

University Of Aberdeen

University Of Bath

University Of Bradford

University Of Bristol

University Of Glasgow

University Of Hertfordshire

University Of Leeds

University Of Strathclyde

University Of Sunderland

Registration as a pharmacist in UK

Registration with the Society is governed by the procedures set out in the Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007, and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (Registration) Rules 2007.

For the Order and the Rules, click here

Under article 11 of the Order, before an applicant can be registered with the Society, he must satisfy the Registrar that he has the appropriate qualifications, training and experience required for registration, and that his fitness to practise is not impaired. This includes a requirement to satisfy the Registrar that the applicant is in good health and of good character.

The different routes to the Register are set out in a flowchart and described below:

• Registration flowchart for non-UK qualified pharmacists

1. European pharmacists

Nationals of the European Economic Area (EEA) possessing a European pharmacy qualification and who wish to apply to join the Register must first download the Society's information pack and provide the information requested. For a copy of the information pack click on the link below:

• Application for recognition as an EEA pharmacist

For important information on the new application fee, click on the link below

• Important information for EEA applicants

For contact details for the EEA competent authorities, click on the link below:

• European Economic Area competent authorities

For information on English language competence, click on the link below:

• English language competency

For information for potential employers of EEA pharmacists, click on the link below:

• Information for employers of European Economic Area (EEA) pharmacists

After receiving and verifying the information requested, the Society will send them an appropriate application for registration form.

2. Overseas pharmacists

Please note that persons who hold qualifications obtained outside the EEA, or non-EEA nationals who hold European pharmacy qualifications (other than a UK pharmacy qualification), are not entitled to apply for registration with the Society, unless they have first:

• (a) completed an Overseas Pharmacists Assessment Programme (OSPAP);
• (b) subsequently completed preregistration training approved by the Society; and
• (c) subsequently passed the registration examination set by the Society.

For information about how to apply to join an Overseas Pharmacists Assessment Programme, click here
For information about preregistration training, click here
For information about the Society's registration examination, click here

3. Northern Ireland pharmacists

For details of the application procedure for pharmacists who have obtained a qualification from Northern Ireland, please click on the link below:

• Requirements for registration in Great Britain of a pharmacist registered in Northern Ireland

Contact:

Tel: 020 7572 2317
Fax: 020 7572 2510
e-mail: overseas@rpsgb.org

List of colleges in UK

• Department of Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences, Aston University
• School of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath
• School of Pharmacy, The Queen's University of Belfast
• School of Pharmacy, University of Bradford
• Department of Pharmacy, University of Brighton
• School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Central Lancashire
• School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, De Montfort University
• School of Health and Community Studies, University of Derby
• School of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of East Anglia
• Medway School of Pharmacy, University of Greenwich at Medway
• School of Pharmacy, University of Hertfordshire
• School of Pharmacy, Keele University
• Department of Pharmacy, King's College London
• Pharmacy Practice and Medicines Management Group, University of Leeds
• School of Pharmacy and Chemistry, Liverpool John Moores University
• School of Pharmacy, University of London
• School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Manchester
• School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nottingham
• School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Science, University of Portsmouth
• School of Pharmacy, University of Reading
• School of Pharmacy, Robert Gordon University
• School of Pharmacy, University of Strathclyde
• Institute of Pharmacy and Chemistry, University of Sunderland
• Welsh School of Pharmacy, University of Wales
• Department of Pharmacy, University of Wolverhampton

Pharmacy in UK

A career in pharmacy offers you:

The pursuit of an interest in science
The opportunity to join the NHS healthcare team
A choice of working environments
A competitive salary
The pharmacist is an expert in medicines. A pharmacist can be involved in any aspect of the preparation and use of medicines, from the discovery of their active ingredients to their use by patients. Pharmacists also monitor the effects of medicines, both for patient care and for research purposes.

Pharmacy careers website For information about a career in pharmacy, click here 

Careers leaflets For the Society's leaflets, Interested in pharmacy?, and Career as a pharmacy technician? click on the links below:

Interested in pharmacy?
Interested in pharmacy? (Welsh language version)
Career as a pharmacy technician?
Independent supplement For a supplement on careers in pharmacy published in the 31 August 2006 issue of The Independent newspaper, click here

Contact details:

Tel: 020 7572 2330
Fax: 020 7572 2506
e-mail: careers@rpsgb.org
For more information see the following:

Tomorrow's Pharmacist 

Click here for information about the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Community Pharmacists Group
Click here for information about the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Hospital Pharmacists Group
Click here for information about the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Industrial Pharmacists Group
Click here for information about the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Click here for information about the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Academic Pharmacy Group
Click here for information about the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Veterinary Pharmacists Group
Click here for information about pharmacy support staff

Principles of pharmacy education and training: 

The formal consultation period came to a close on 24 November 2006. For the resulting principles document and an analysis of the consultation responses, click on the links below:
The principles of pharmacy education and training
Principles of pharmacy education and training: consultation analysis
Contact:e-mail: educprincon@rpsgb.org


Fit for the future – background
UK MPharm programmes
Preregistration training
Entry to the register with non-UK qualifications
Continuing professional development & post registration education
Regulation of pharmacy technicians

Postgraduate courses
Prescribing programmes
Application for accreditation
Application forms for universities to apply for accreditation of independent prescribing programmes are available here. Click on the links below:
Accreditation of education and training programmes to prepare pharmacist prescribers
Accreditation of education and training programmes to prepare supplementary prescribers to become independent prescribers (conversion course) 
Prescribing programmes available
The universities listed below have prescribing programmes available (correct May 2007).Note:s = supplementary prescribing programme; c = supplementary prescribing and conversion programmes combined to deliver independent prescribing qualification. Pharmacist independent prescribers will also be qualified to practise as supplementary prescribers; i = independent prescribing programme.
Anglia Ruskin University (s)
University of Bath (s) (c)
University of Bolton (s)
University of Bradford (s)
University of Brighton (s) (c)
University of Central Lancashire (s)
HSHS Cambridge (s)
Cardiff University (s)
University College, Chester (c)
De Montfort University (s)
University of Derby (s) (c)
University of East Anglia (s)
Essex University (s)
University of Glamorgan (s) (c)
University of Hertfordshire (s) 
University of Hull (s)
Keele University (s) (c)
King's College London (s) (c)
University of Leeds (s) (c)
University of Lincoln (s)
Liverpool John Moores University (s) 
London Metropolitan University (s)
London South Bank University (s) 
Medway School of Pharmacy (s)
North East Wales Institute of Higher Education (c)
University of Nottingham (s)
University of Portsmouth (s) (c)
University of Reading (s) (c)
Robert Gordon University (s) (c)
Sheffield Hallam University (s)
University of Strathclyde (c)
University of Sunderland (s) (c)
University of Wales, Bangor (c)
University of Wales, Swansea 
York University