MPharm Pharmacy vs MPharm Pharmacy with foundation year at Uni of Manchester

Hi, so I've been looking at pharmacy courses at the University of Manchester and came across the MPharm with a foundation year. It has much lower entry requirements than the MPharm course, which I didn't expect as I thought having a foundation year would be a more desired course. I read the course description and it was implied that the course was basically for people who couldn't get onto the normal MPharm course. I know that to become a Pharmacist in the UK you have to complete a foundation year after Uni, so I was wondering why the MPharm with a foundation year seems like a less desired course. Is there another way to securing a foundation year somewhere that is more preferable to people?

Reply 1

TobyPotatoe

Hey Mpharm with foundation course is for when you haven't meet the grades in oder to get on the mpharm 4 year course. Hence the lower entrance score. Whether you complete the mpharm course with foundation year (5 year course) or the mpharm course (4 years) you will then have to complete a further year as a pre-registered pharmacist before taking the gphc exam to become a register pharmacist in the uk. In short the foundation year is for students entering the course with out tradition A levels. Hope this helps.

Reply 2

mariam_s123

Original post by TobyPotatoe

Okay, thank you so much! This has really cleared things up.

Reply 3

Brianstudy01

Original post by mariam_s123

Okay, thank you so much! This has really cleared things up.

Also I was in same position confused but have you seen the maths modules which don’t understand for foundation and if didn’t do foundation year and when I saw 2024 modules there weren’t so think they changed which is annoying as hate maths