Pharmacy degree

I’m thinking about doing MPharm in university and can’t seem to find anywhere where it says How your graded.
Are they’re exams at the end of the 4 years or is it every year or are there no exams?
Are the exams similar to a level exams?
Do you have to memorise a lot of content for the exams?

Hi, I'm about to go into the second year of my MPharm course.

You get exams every single year. In your degree, you complete different modules. Throughout the year, you may have smaller assessments that may constitute smaller percentages of your grade for a module, and then most likely you also will have a big end of year test that covers most of the content from that year.

It's not similar to A Levels at all, it's actually easier in my opinion. For A Levels, you learn for 2 years and then you have to do exams based off everything at the end. At university, you have exams every year (so there's less to revise for the big exam than if you were to only get assessed at the end of the 4th year), and throughout the year you also get assessed on particular topics too. I think this way is better

You do have to remember a lot of content yes, but it's possible I only got Cs in Biology and Chemistry A Level and in my first year I scored over 70% for my exams as a whole so it's doable

Hey what university do you go to ? Im going to be doing foundation year so I hope I can pass, I got Cs and Bs , but my maths isn't that strong as I didn't do it for a-level. When do you apply for pre reg year ?

I’m thinking about doing MPharm in university and can’t seem to find anywhere where it says How your graded.
Are they’re exams at the end of the 4 years or is it every year or are there no exams?
Are the exams similar to a level exams?
Do you have to memorise a lot of content for the exams?

Hi, I'm about to go into the second year of my MPharm course.

You get exams every single year. In your degree, you complete different modules. Throughout the year, you may have smaller assessments that may constitute smaller percentages of your grade for a module, and then most likely you also will have a big end of year test that covers most of the content from that year.

It's not similar to A Levels at all, it's actually easier in my opinion. For A Levels, you learn for 2 years and then you have to do exams based off everything at the end. At university, you have exams every year (so there's less to revise for the big exam than if you were to only get assessed at the end of the 4th year), and throughout the year you also get assessed on particular topics too. I think this way is better

You do have to remember a lot of content yes, but it's possible I only got Cs in Biology and Chemistry A Level and in my first year I scored over 70% for my exams as a whole so it's doable

Thanks for the reply
How long are the exams?
Are the questions like any a level/ gcse question or are there some multiple choice

Hey @Jeff66666666

The exams are around 90 minutes at the end of the year I believe (in normal circumstances - this year they were 30 minutes online because of COVID)

At Portsmouth specifically all end of year exams are multiple choice (apart from a couple of exams in first year that require long answers)
This is because the Registration exam is multiple choice - so it gets you ready for it

The questions won't be based on A-levels or your GCSEs but they will be based on the content you are taught on the course

I hope this helps!
Eloise - Official Student Rep

Thanks I have read all the replies
I read somewhere that if you forget anything from a levels you’re going to struggle
Is this true?

Hey @Jeff66666666!

I don't think this is true at all!
The majority of first year is catching everyone up so they're on the same level - this means a lot of A-level content is recapped and added to

If you're worried about forgetting A-level content you can always take your A-level notes with you and refer back to them if you ever need to once you have been taught something you're not too sure on at uni

I took mine with me - and I think I looked at them once! So don't feel like you have to

I hope this helps!
Eloise - Official Student Rep