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A Master of Pharmacy (abbreviated MPharm or MPharm(Hons)) is an academic degree in the field of pharmacy. In many countries, it has superseded a Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm) as the prerequisite for registration to practise as a pharmacist. It may also refer to a postgraduate coursework or research degree in the field of pharmacy.
Australia
In Australia, prior to 2004, MPharm was a postgraduate research degree. In 2004, the University of Sydney introduced a two-year postgraduate MPharm coursework program, to provide an accelerated route for graduates of undergraduate science or medical science degrees to gain qualification for registration to practise as pharmacists. Following the commencement of the MPharm program at the University of Sydney, other universities across Australia also began offering MPharm coursework programs.
Universities
Australian universities offering Master of Pharmacy coursework programs (circa June 2006):- Griffith University – Gold Coast, Queensland (Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Science/Master of Pharmacy combined degree)
- Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland
- University of Canberra – Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
- University of Newcastle – Newcastle, New South Wales
- University of South Australia – Adelaide, South Australia
- University of Sydney – Sydney, New South Wales
- University of Western Australia – Perth, Western Australia
There are plans to open further MPharm programs at Charles Darwin University in Darwin, Northern Territory (from 2007), and Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia (from mid-2006).
MPharm (Clinical)/MClinPharm
With the success and popularity of the MPharm coursework degrees, research MPharm degrees have now been redesignated Master of Pharmacy (Clinical) (abbreviated MPharm (Clinical)) or Master of Clinical Pharmacy (abbreviated MClinPharm).United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, MPharm or MPharm(Hons) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded following four years academic study in pharmacy. The degree is awarded by all of the schools of pharmacy in the UK and superseded the BSc (Pharmacy) and BPharm degrees when the length of the undergraduate pharmacy course was increased from three to four years in 1997 as part of EU harmonisation. The MPharm is the only qualification in the UK which leads to professional registration as a pharmacist.
MPharm programs are accredited by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) in England, Scotland and Wales and jointly by the RPSGB and Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland in Northern Ireland.
Aspiring pharmacists in the UK qualify by first completing this degree, then undertaking a year of pre-registration training. On successful completion of this training they become registered pharmacists and members of the relevant pharmaceutical society, and can use the postnominal letters MRPharmS (Member of the Royal Pharmacuetical Society of Great Britain) or MPSNI (Member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland).
Universities
England
- Aston University – Birmingham
- University of Bath – Bath
- University of Bradford – Bradford
- University of Brighton – Brighton
- De Montfort University – Leicester
- University of East Anglia - Norwich
- Liverpool John Moores University – Liverpool
- University of London – London
- Keele University - Keele
- King's College London – Chelsea
- Medway School of Pharmacy - University of Greenwich/University of Kent
- University of Hertfordshire - Hatfield
- University of Manchester – Manchester
- University of Nottingham – Nottingham
- University of Portsmouth – Portsmouth
- University of Sunderland – Sunderland
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales
- University of Wales – Cardiff, (Welsh School of Pharmacy)
In terms of league table rankings of the various schools of pharmacy, Manchester, The Queen's University of Belfast, Bath, Cardiff (University of Wales), Strathclyde and Nottingham tend to have the highest rankings. *
See also
"Master of Pharmacy"