Study pharmacy

Study pharmacy

Turn your interest in science into a vital role in healthcare

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Whether you decide to work in a community or hospital pharmacy, enter the pharmaceutical industry, work for a government agency, or contribute to research and academia – as a pharmacist you will play a key role in the healthcare system.

Discover our courses by study level

This information is designed to help you explore a wide-range of study options available at the University of Sydney. Please refer to individual degree requirements to identify the relevant units of study through the majors, minors, programs, specialisations, streams and much more available to suit your interests.

Why study pharmacy?

The Sydney Pharmacy School is consistently ranked among the world's best for teaching and education.

With over 100 years of experience in delivering world-class professional education, we enjoy an outstanding global reputation, making our graduates sought after and in demand.

We provide innovative, research-led pharmacy programs that give our graduates a competitive edge. Our academics are experts across a range of fields that directly affect the health of millions.

Careers in pharmacy

Pharmacists do more than fill prescriptions – they are an integral part of the healthcare system and provide services such as education, medication reviews, patient counselling and disease prevention, and can work in a range of settings including community pharmacies, hospitals, government, pharmaceutical companies and as consultants or researchers.

There are a wide variety of career choices open to registered pharmacists, that include:

  • community pharmacy
  • hospital pharmacy
  • pharmaceutical industry positions in drug development, regulatory affairs or clinical trials
  • research positions at academic and research institutions
  • government and non-government organisation roles
  • drug safety officer of poisons specialist
  • regulatory affairs associate

Undergraduate pharmacy courses

Kick-start your career in pharmacy with our undergraduate degrees.

Pharmacy

Pharmacology

Pharmacology is the branch of medicine concerned with the uses, effects, and modes of action of drugs. View the full list of pharmacology study options.

What surprised me most about this degree was how well the pharmacy and management subjects go hand in hand. With such an active and social faculty and student body, I was also surprised about how many opportunities there were to participate outside the classroom.

Sunny Manon

Bachelor of Pharmacy and Management

“What surprised me most about this degree was how well the pharmacy and management subjects go hand in hand. With such an active and social faculty and student body, I was also surprised about how many opportunities there were to participate outside the classroom.”

Sunny Manon Bachelor of Pharmacy and Management

Postgraduate pharmacy courses

Our Master of Pharmacy program is the perfect fit for graduates from any discipline aspiring to become a pharmacist. 

There are so many opportunities from year one to be involved with the profession and get an idea of what the role of the pharmacist is, and where it can take you.

Jennifer Ly

Master of Pharmacy

“There are so many opportunities from year one to be involved with the profession and get an idea of what the role of the pharmacist is, and where it can take you.”

Jennifer Ly Master of Pharmacy

Postgraduate specialist courses

Completing this course will hold you in good stead for employment within the pharmaceutical industry in Australia.

Karen Whitelock

Country Patient Safety Head | Novartis Pharmaceuticals

“Completing this course will hold you in good stead for employment within the pharmaceutical industry in Australia.”

Karen Whitelock Country Patient Safety Head | Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Postgraduate research in pharmacy

Follow your passion and make your mark in the pharmacy field with our postgraduate research degrees.

Please visit our postgraduate research degrees page for further information on enrolling in a Doctor of Philosophy (Medicine and Health) (PhD).