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Foundation Pharmacy at Manchester?

I recently went to the open day for uom, interested in the foundation pharmacy course. the person at the info desk for the subject told me I was eligible to take the course with the subjects I take, as long as I met the criteria for the contextual offer, which I do. I currently take Btec applied science extended certificate, alongside two non science a levels, English literature and psychology. The website states that this isn’t the case for the 2024 applicants, which I will be. I have emailed the faculty of biology, health and medicine and I have also emailed a students admissions coordinator about my issue. Does anyone have any advice on here to help me out? It would be much appreciated as I don’t know if I should risk targeting my personal statement towards pharmacy with these factors in mind, especially when I’m still deciding what I want to do at uni. I am also very interested in nursing at uom and other unis so any advice on personal statements targeted to nursing will also help greatly!

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Original post by Ellejules
I recently went to the open day for uom, interested in the foundation pharmacy course. the person at the info desk for the subject told me I was eligible to take the course with the subjects I take, as long as I met the criteria for the contextual offer, which I do. I currently take Btec applied science extended certificate, alongside two non science a levels, English literature and psychology. The website states that this isn’t the case for the 2024 applicants, which I will be. I have emailed the faculty of biology, health and medicine and I have also emailed a students admissions coordinator about my issue. Does anyone have any advice on here to help me out? It would be much appreciated as I don’t know if I should risk targeting my personal statement towards pharmacy with these factors in mind, especially when I’m still deciding what I want to do at uni. I am also very interested in nursing at uom and other unis so any advice on personal statements targeted to nursing will also help greatly!


Did u end up with an offer?

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Original post by Aimenrb
Did u end up with an offer?

Hi there, i ended up realising that pharmacy wasn’t for me and i applied to nursing at uni of Manchester and got the offer, but i declined it to attend uni of Nottingham! When i emailed them regarding my suitability for the course with the subjects i took, they replied to my email saying this:
Thank you for your email.

Over the summer we made some changes to our entry for the foundation pharmacy course. This course is now only for applicants who apply with the correct science background, and therefore we cant consider applicants who have the BTEC alongside 2 non science A-levels.

Please see our new requirements below:
https://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/2024/07958/mpharm-pharmacy-with-a-foundation-year/entry-requirements/#alternative-entry-requirements

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