Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours)

Pharmacists make a difference to people's health in hospitals, aged-care facilities and local communities. In this course you will learn about how medicines work and their impact on the body. You will also develop the knowledge, skills, and expertise you need to make a difference as a member of the healthcare team.

The course is fully integrated across units and themes, using an interactive instructional model that includes lots of hands-on practice opportunities. You will learn from experienced teachers, pharmacists, and researchers and have access to some of the country's best-equipped facilities at our Parkville campus.

You will undertake work placements in hospitals and community pharmacies, applying an essential understanding of how pharmacists contribute medicines expertise in healthcare settings. You will collaborate on a research project that extends your ability to answer questions and question answers in a focused area of inquiry. You will also connect with other health care students – in the classroom and on your placements.

You will have access to innovative teaching technologies throughout your studies, such as MyDispense – a web-based pharmacy simulation developed by Monash and adopted by leading pharmacy schools around the world. You will also keep a record of your skills development in an electronic portfolio called COMeT. This portfolio will help you to demonstrate your achievements when seeking employment as a student, an intern, and a pharmacist.

Exciting and challenging career options await, including working as a community, hospital or consultant pharmacist, or jobs in the pharmaceutical industry, government, regulatory bodies, research and clinical trials. Our graduates work around the world. A degree in pharmacy from Monash is a degree of opportunity.

Our Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) Parkville course is accredited by the Australian Pharmacy Council.

The Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) course is also offered at our Malaysia campus so Australian-based students have the opportunity to complete a one-semester exchange during their bachelor-level studies. There are also exchange opportunities to undertake laboratory, clinical, social, educational, or business research at an approved overseas institution. For students completing their degree at Monash Malaysia, completion of the Australian Pharmacy Council Knowledge Stream (including an eligibility check and passing exams) is also required should students plan to practice in Australia.