Career opportunities

This degree will equip you with the skills to improve community health, especially through safe and effective medication use. When you graduate, you'll be ready to make your mark in a wide range of careers, including:

• Pharmacist (community, hospital)
• Pharmaceutical industry (research, sales and marketing)
• Pharmaceutical regulation
• Roles in aged care with general practitioners

What you will study?

For each 8-point subject you are enrolled in, you should expect to spend 10 to 12 hours per week working on assignments and assigned readings, tutorial assistance, individual or group research/study, forum activity, workplace learning, and attending lectures, intensive schools, or examinations. If you are studying four subjects per session, this is equivalent to a full-time job. The workload for some subjects may vary as a result of approved course design.

Entry requirements

• A completed Higher School Certificate with the Minimum ATAR required (including adjustment factors) or equivalent.

OR

• A completed Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT) with an equivalent ranking to the currently listed ATAR.

OR

• Successful completion of two University level subjects (AQF level Associate Degree or higher) demonstrating a reasonable prospect of success through Grade Point Average (GPA) gained in these studies.

OR

• A completed AQF Diploma level qualification or higher-level qualification.

OR

• A completed Tertiary Preparation Course from an Australian University or an accredited provider demonstrating a reasonable prospect of success through the Grade Point Average (GPA) gained in these studies.
• Successful applicants who do not have an appropriate high school chemistry background are strongly recommended to undertake the chemistry subject offered in the University's StudyLink program prior to commencing study in the course.

An Academic IELTS of 7.0 with no score below a 6.5 in each of the individual skill areas or a qualification deemed equivalent. Attended and satisfactorily completed at least six years of primary and secondary education, including at least two years between years 7 to 12, taught and assessed solely in English in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, UK or USA.

Fees and scholarship

International on campus

Fee paying overseas:

Full-time - $36,480.00 pa

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