Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
As the global population grows and ages, and as medicines become more complex, the need for pharmacists intensifies. Pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists play a vital role in improving the health of communities. If your interest is in inventing, developing and researching new medicines, you'll have the opportunity at Monash to learn from internationally-renowned scientists.
Your Monash College pathway
The Foundation Year is the only guaranteed pathway into Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences degrees at Monash University. All you need to do is satisfy the entry requirements and prerequisites and your place is secured.
Foundation year
Discover your Monash College pathway.
Meet our Alumni
Hear from our Pharmacy Alumni as they reflect on their Monash College experience
Student life
See what life is like at Monash College in Melbourne.
Rankings
Join Australia’s No. 1 school for Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Specialisations
Choose from a range of specialisations including drug discovery, biology and formulation science.
How we teach
Why are we the top choice for international students?
Your career options
Find out where a Monash degree can take you.
Your pathway
| Foundation year | |
|---|---|
| Destination | 1st year pharmacy or pharmaceutical science at Monash University |
| Campus | Bourke Street/Docklands |
| How long? | Standard: 12 months Intensive: 9 months Extended: 18 months |
| Intakes | January, March, July, August |
| What you will study | Choose from 12 subjects Prerequisites for Pharmacy: English, Chemistry and Mathematics |
| Hours | 5 hours per unit, per week |
| Prerequisites | None |
| 2021 Fees | Standard/Intensive: $29,000 Extended: $41,500 |
Hear from a Pharmacy Alumni
YUNXIN XIAO CINDY, CHINA
MONASH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION YEAR (INTENSIVE)
BACHELOR OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES (HONOURS)
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PHD) IN PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
"I loved making friends and meeting the teachers in Foundation Year. They all helped me to adapt to my new life in a new country. Foundation Year supported the development of my English proficiency so by graduation, I was job-ready. And with Monash University’s global reputation, I am also able to collaborate with top researchers in biomedicine and pharmaceutical science here in Australia and in Singapore. It’s definitely shaped my future – not just in Australia, but globally."
Rankings
34th
In the world for Clinical Medicine and Pharmacy
(Academic Ranking of World Universities by Field 2016)
41st
In the world for Clinical Pre-Clinical, and Health
(Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2017)
Specialisations
- Drug discovery biology
- Formulation science
- Medicinal chemistry
How we teach
RAOUL CERVINI
MONASH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION YEAR TEACHER
"The practical activities you’ll participate include finding the amount of active ingredients in household cleaning products, to looking at the amount of fizzy bubbles in soft drinks, or the active colours in brown M&M’s. You’ll learn how to work collaboratively with your colleagues, and develop links between practical findings and theoretical concepts. We'll encourage you to engage in critical and creative thinking."
Your career options
Attaining a Monash University degree in Pharmacy or Pharmaceutical Sciences can lead you to a career in:
- Biotechnology
- Drug development
- Food technology
- Formulation technology
- Formulation science
- Hospitals
- Pharmacy
- Public health
- Regulatory bodies