Choosing a Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma, MSc or Continuing Professional Development (CPD) option will help improve your professional status, developing your career prospects.

This course has two main intakes a year, in April and September.

Course features

• Choice of awards reflecting your area of professional interest
• Excellent support and learner networks with a user-friendly virtual learning environment
• Increased professional expertise and status with enhanced career prospects
• Support in meeting CPD requirements of the General Pharmaceutical Council and professional development in line with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society faculty frameworks

Dates for March 2026 start

• Application deadline: applications will open in January
• Self-directed online induction: 23 March - 2 April 2026
• First unit start date: Monday 8 April 2026

Please see the CPD page for units starting in April 2026.

We would like to remind you that the online workshops are a very valuable element of the course. Please check the dates of workshops carefully, well in advance, and share them with your workplace to ensure you are able to attend. If you have any queries, including questions about the IT access required, please do contact a member of the team via the contact details at the bottom of this page and we can arrange a discussion to help resolve any issues.

You can review all available units on our clinical pharmacy courses. Please note this page doesn't provide information on when individual units will be running. If you would like to find out more about taking a specific combination of units to achieve your award, please arrange to speak to the Programme Team by emailing ap3t-admin@bath.ac.uk.

Apply now for the Secondary Care programme

All forms should be uploaded direct to our applications portal, Applicant Tracker. Emailed forms will not be accepted. Transfer of credit from other institutions is possible. Please contact the Programme Office to discuss this option.

Application process

Make sure to complete all additional forms and upload these to your application tracker as required.

We will review all applications and contact applicants with information about interviews, if applicable. After any required interview, you will be notified of the decision of the University as soon as possible before the start of the course.

Please note that all elements of the application must be submitted on time for you to be considered for a place on the course. If the demand for places is greater than the number of places available then the admissions panel will review applications following agreed selection criteria.

Values Based Recruitment

If you are working in or plan to work in the NHS, we follow the NHS Values Based Recruitment Guidance. We strongly believe in the NHS values and will be looking for them in our applicants.

All applicants will be assessed on individual merit, as well as their understanding and practice of NHS values in pharmacy. This assessment may take a variety of forms, including an interview. We strongly encourage all applicants to read the NHS Constitution before attending the interview.

You must:

• be registered as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (unless you wish to study a single unit as CPD)
• be supported by your employer
• have an allocated work-based mentor (normally a more senior pharmacist) who will support your learning in practice and provide feedback on assignments
• ensure that you have a UK practice base to work within and access to patient notes

English language requirements

If your first language is not English, you will need an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) score of at least 6.5 overall with no less than 6 in all components.