Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) - Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics

Place yourself at the forefront of the pharmacy profession, and prepare for a vital and rewarding career improving the health and wellbeing of others. This program prepares you to play a vital role in the healthcare system. You'll learn in dedicated laboratories and simulated pharmacies at the Pharmacy Australia Centre of Excellence (PACE) – our state-of-the-art biomedical science centre. With 6 integrated streams of study, you'll develop knowledge and skills in quality use of medicines, dosage form design, social and professional aspects of pharmacy, drug discovery, biological fate of drugs and data analysis. From your first year, you'll undertake a variety of practical experiences, before starting 2 4-week block placements in your final year. Across your degree, you'll complete more than 350 hours of supervised clinical placement in a range of clinical settings, including hospitals and community pharmacies. We have partnerships with more than 500 pharmacies throughout rural and metropolitan Australia and overseas. You'll graduate ready to work in a profession that has one of the highest graduate employment rates of any occupation in Australia.

Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics integrates knowledge and skills from different courses in the program, to provide students with an opportunity to evaluate and synthesise the literature to acquire new knowledge to: resolve problems and optimise medicines use and; develop and conduct an independent research project. The Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics major will provide students considering a research focused career, with an opportunity to experience working as part of a research team with a more intensive research focused final year to their Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) program.

Queensland Year 12 (or equivalent):

General English subject (Units 3 & 4, C), and
General Mathematics, Mathematical Methods or Specialist Mathematics (Units 3 & 4, C), and
Chemistry (Units 3 & 4, C). (Biology is also recommended.

IB- 30

IELTS overall 6.5, reading 6, writing 6, speaking 6, listening 6. For other English Language Proficiency Tests and Scores approved for UQ
TOEFL iBT (including Paper Edition) - Overall 87, listening 19, reading 19, writing 21 and speaking 19.