Adelaide University

Master of Pharmacy

  • Delivery: Face to Face
  • Study Level: Postgraduate
  • Duration: 12 months
  • Course Type: Master's

Advanced skills in pharmacy practice, providing you with skills and knowledge that apply directly into your workplace.

Course overview

Studying pharmacy offers a dynamic and rewarding path. Join a cohort of students passionate about healthcare, science and improving people's lives.

Combine the Intern Training Program (ITP) with a supervised internship. Engage in real workplace environments to advance your pharmacy practice skills.

Learn from award-winning teaching staff, including academics and health professionals. Build valuable industry networks and relationships. Be guided by a curriculum that is informed by peak industry bodies.

Build strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills to make ethical decisions. Learn how to multitask and become familiar with pharmacy software.

Package this degree with a Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) or our Pharmacy double degree to guide your professional career transition.

Shape the future of healthcare in innovative and transformative ways with an Adelaide University degree. You’ll explore diverse opportunities to expand the scope of pharmacist duties.

Key features

  • Follow the pathway to becoming a registered pharmacist in Australia.
  • Complete a supervised internship and pharmacy Intern Training Program (ITP).
  • Advance your skills in leadership, management, research and inquiry.
  • Future-proof your skills in contemporary pharmacy practice.
  • Expand your knowledge in person-centred pharmacy care.
  • Engage with curriculum connected to leading industry bodies.

CSP Subsidised Fees Available

This program has a limited quota of Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP). The indicative CSP price is calculated based on first year fees for EFT. The actual fee may vary if there are choices in electives or majors.

Key facts

Delivery
Face to Face
Course Type
Master's
Duration
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Can be studied part time
12 months (Full time)
Campus
Adelaide City Campus
Intake
New start dates announced soon
Units
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You may be required to complete 0 credit point units throughout your course. The university will confirm this as part of your enrolment.

The unit total reflects the number of units required for course completion, not the total credit point weight. Some units may be double- or triple-weighted, so the number of units you complete may be lower.
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Fees
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HECS-HELP loans are available to CSP students to pay the student contribution amount.
HECS, CSP

What you will study

Students must complete 48 units comprising:

  • 24 units for all core courses
  • 24 units for all work integrated learning

Each course is worth six units.

Core courses

Complete 24 units for all of the following:

  • Pharmacy Practice Leadership and Management
  • Pharmacy Practice Research and Inquiry
  • Internship Studies 1
  • Internship Studies 2
Work integrated learning

Entry requirements

Admission criteria

To be eligible, an applicant must have achieved the following minimum entry requirements and demonstrate they fulfil any prerequisite and essential criteria for admission. In cases where there are more eligible applicants than available places, admission will be competitive with ranks based on the entry criteria.

  • A completed Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) from a recognised higher education institution that has provisional or full Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) accreditation in Australia or New Zealand.

Essential requirements

Prior to admission, applicants are required to:

  • Obtain or apply for provisional registration through the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). Enrolment into the program will be finalised when provisional AHPRA registration is achieved. Students who fail to gain provisional registration or who have their registration rescinded during the program will be unable to continue in the program; AND
  • Arrange their supervised practice (internship) under the supervision of a preceptor approved by the Pharmacy Board of Australia.

Recognition of Prior Learning

Adelaide University is committed to recognising the contribution of students’ prior learning towards their program requirements.

Credit may be granted for formal, informal and non-formal learning, with guidance on eligibility provided to prospective students in a clear, transparent and publicly available credit framework.

Credit determinations will be:

  • Evidence-based, equitable and transparent.
  • Academically sound.
  • Applied consistently, fairly and subject to review.

Credit will be granted for prior learning that is relevant and equivalent to the learning required for the courses for which credit is sought.

Credit will only be granted if it:

  • Maintains the credibility and integrity of the program for which credit is sought.
  • Does not contravene the conditions of the program’s professional accreditation.
  • Does not disadvantage the student’s ability to achieve the expected course or program learning outcomes.

For more information, contact the university or visit its website.

Outcomes

Learning outcomes

  • Build upon your academic knowledge through an internship and workplace experience.
  • Explore pharmacy law and ethics, a fundamental aspect for professional conduct and decision-making in pharmaceutical practice.
  • Develop interprofessional communication and effective collaboration skills. Learn how to safely handle medicines and ensure quality patient care is provided.

Career outcomes

Registered pharmacists have a wide range of exciting, unconventional and conventional career opportunities. Attractive salaries and abundant and stable employment prospects make this choice a rewarding one. Pharmacists are also taking on more clinical roles and adapting to technological changes, broadening their scope of work.

You might engage in cutting-edge and innovative drug discovery and development. Maybe you’ll work with radioactive materials to prepare medications for diagnostic imaging and cancer treatments.

Registered pharmacists can also work in:

  • GP clinics
  • Aged care homes
  • Defence services
  • Hospital pharmacies
  • Community pharmacies
  • Research organisations

Fees and CSP

Estimated student contribution amount per 1.0 EFTSL (48 units) in 2026: $13,558 (Commonwealth Supported Place)

Commonwealth-supported students are charged a portion of the cost of their higher education through a student contribution. Where the duration of the program is less than one year, the total cost of the program is displayed.

Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP)

A Commonwealth Supported Place is a higher education place where the Australian Government subsidises your fees so that you only pay a portion through a student contribution amount.

The amount of student contribution you’ll pay depends on:

  • Number of courses you are enrolled in.
  • Unit value of courses.
  • Funding cluster your courses fall under.

A HECS-HELP loan allows students to borrow from the Australian Government to cover some or all of their student contribution. To be eligible for HECS-HELP, you must be studying in a Commonwealth Supported Place.