Pharmacy (OSPAP) PGDip: Fees & Entry Requirements at University of Brighton, UK

Pharmacy (OSPAP) PGDip

UK

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What will I learn?

This course is fully accredited by the General Pharmaceutical Council as an Overseas Pharmacists’ Assessment Programme (OSPAP), certifying international pharmacists to practise their profession in the UK. Brighton is the most flexible course provider in the country. You are required on campus for two days per week, with the rest of the time being used for distance learning and independent study. One of the days is spent in our clinical skills lab, which offers a simulated experience of working in a pharmacy, and you also have a chance to do a placement in a clinical setting to maximise your practical experience.

Which department am I in?

School of Applied Sciences

Study options

Full Time (1 Year)

Tuition fees
£15,960.00 (17,38,941) per year
Accommodation - Rents and Bills - The average weekly rent in 2026 for a studio flat/one-bedroom flat is £300 (Range £230 to £484, bills not inclusive).

This is a provisional fee yet to be approved

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

September 2027

Venue

Moulsecoomb Campus

Lewes Road,

Brighton,

Brighton and Hove,

BN2 4HQ, Southern England, United Kingdom

Entry requirements

For international students

All applicants will be sent a time-limited online calculations test. You must make sure that you follow all the instructions sent with the test as you will only have one opportunity to complete it within the allocated timeframe. Additional or late test submissions will be discounted. You may use Pharmaceutical Calculations Workbook by Pharmaceutical Press as a reference to help prepare for the calculations test. Once all the test results are received, they will be ranked from the highest scores to the pass mark of 60%. Applicants not achieving a pass will be rejected at this stage.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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