Career

• As a pharmacist, you will:
• prepare and dispense medicines in many forms. You will also give individuals advice on how to use their medicines in the safest and most effective way.
• advise members of the public and other health professionals about both prescription and over-the counter medicines. You will provide advice regarding the selection of medicines, how much to take, how different medicines interact with each other, and any potential side effects.
• work in the research and development of medicines and other health-related products. You can also can manage pharmacies or pharmaceutical companies.
• provide public health services, such as vaccinations.
• A one-year internship is required in order to gain Australia-wide registration, once your degree is complete.
• On successful completion of the degree and your internship year, you will be able to work in:
• community pharmacies
• hospital pharmacies
• the pharmaceutical industry (quality control, sales, marketing, and management)
• the bio-pharmaceutical industry
• clinical trials administration
• drug information agencies
• drug regulation for government or private companies
• consulting to industry
• pharmacy professional organisations
• pharmacy academia
• medical research and communications.

Entry requirements

• To study this program you will need to complete one of the following English proficiency tests:
• IELTS (Academic): minimum overall band of 7.0 (with no individual band below 6.5)
• TOEFL (Internet Based Test - IBT): minimum overall score of 94 (with minimum of 19 in Reading, 20 in Listening, 20 in Speaking and 24 in Writing)
• Pearson Test of English (Academic) (PTE (A)): minimum score of 65 (with no communication band less than 58)
• C1 Advanced: minimum of 185 with no less than 176 in any component.

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