Master's degrees in pharmacy comprise both postgraduate and integrated master's programs in pharmacy, the latter of which comprises both undergraduate and postgraduate coursework and typically takes four to five years to complete.

Finland

In Finland, proviisori is an academic degree awarded after completing the postgraduate program in pharmacy. The degree is equivalent to the English term Master of Pharmacy. A proviisori degree is required in order to be a druggist in Finland. Pharmacy is taught at the University of Helsinki and the University of Eastern Finland.

Israel

Starting in 2017, the Ben Gurion University of the Negev has begun offering a 2-year Master's program in Community Clinical Pharmacy and Regulatory Management. The program is available to Bachelor of Pharmacy graduates whom are listed as registered pharmacists in the country, with at least 2 years of work experience.^[1]

Malta

The University of Malta, Department of Pharmacy within the Faculty of Medicine & Surgery, offers a Master of Pharmacy (M.Pharm.) course for students who have successfully completed the Bachelor of Science (Hons.) in Pharmaceutical Science. The MPharm is a requirement for obtaining the warrant to practice as a Pharmacist in Malta.^[2]

Poland

In Poland, magister farmacji (abbreviated to mgr farmacji) is an academic degree awarded following five and a half years of academic study in pharmacy. Completing a dissertation in this area is a prerequisite. The degree is equivalent to American Pharm.D.

Ukraine

• National University of Pharmacy - Kharkiv
• Ternopil State Medical University - Ternopil
• Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University - Lviv
• Kharkiv Medical Academy of Post-graduate Education - Kharkiv
• Kyiv Medical University of UAFM - Kyiv

United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, MPharm is a postgraduate academic degree awarded following four years of academic study in pharmacy. The degree is awarded by all of the schools of pharmacy in the UK and superseded the BSc (Pharmacy) or BPharm degree when the length of the undergraduate pharmacy course was increased from three to four years in 1997—partly due to EU harmonization of pharmacy training and partly to extend the scope of the undergraduate degree.

The MPharm is the only qualification in the UK which leads to professional registration as a pharmacist. MPharm programs are accredited by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) in England, Scotland and Wales, and Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (PSNI) in Northern Ireland. Aspiring pharmacists in the UK qualify by first completing this degree, then undertaking a year of foundation pharmacist training. On successful completion of this training, and after passing the registration assessment, they become registered pharmacists. In Great Britain it used to be the case, until September 2010, that with registration they became members of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, able to use the postnominal letters MRPharmS (Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain). However, the RPS split off its regulatory role in September 2010 and the new regulatory body, the GPhC, does not grant postnominals to its registrants. MRPharmS is still granted by the RPS to its member but no longer has an automatic link to current registration as a pharmacist. In Northern Ireland regulation has not been removed from the PSNI and therefore registration as a pharmacist and membership of the PSNI are still simultaneous, granting use of the postnominals MPSNI (Member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland).

Ireland

In Ireland, the MPharm is awarded after five years: four years of undergraduate study leading to a BSc.Pharm and a one-year placement in a community or hospital pharmacy setting.

India / Australia

Master of Pharmacy (MPharma) in India is offered as post graduate (graduate) course after completion of BPharma degree. The MPharma course is normally of two years duration. In some universities, it is one-year research and one-year theory examination, while some offer MPharm by research completely leading to a doctorate degree. The course focuses on specialisation in the field of pharmacy. The MPharma courses are offered by pharmacy colleges affiliated to unite leading to entry into the pharmacy profession. In 2004, the University of Newcastle introduced a two-year postgraduate MPharm coursework program, to provide an alternative means to gain qualification for registration to practice as a pharmacist for graduates with a bachelor's degree in any science or medical science that includes the required prerequisites. The MPharm degree is not an advanced follow-up degree for pharmacists. Following the commencement of the MPharm program at the University of Newcastle, other universities across Australia also began offering MPharm coursework programs. At present, either the BPharm or MPharm degree is accepted for registration as a practicing pharmacist.

See list of pharmacy schools: Australia for a listing of institutions offering the MPharm degree.

Bangladesh

1. Department of Pharmacy, University of Development Alternative (UODA)

2. Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka

3. Department of Pharmacy, Jagannath University

4. Department of Pharmacy, State University of Bangladesh

5. Department of Pharmacy, University of Science and Technology Chittagong

6. Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences- North South University (NSU), Masters in Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy (PCP), Masters in Pharmaceutical Technology (PTB), MPharm in Dual Major

Pakistan

The postgraduate MPhil program is offered in Pakistan instead of Master of Pharmacy in four disciplines, namely, pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacology and pharmacognosy. A new discipline, pharmacy practice, is also introduced by some universities.

Kenya

In Kenya, the School of Pharmacy, University of Nairobi, offers three Master of Pharmacy degrees:

• Master of Pharmacy in Pharmacoepidemiology & Pharmacovigilance.
• Master of Pharmacy in Clinical Pharmacy (M.Pharm. Clin.Pharm) offered by the Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacy Practice
• Master of Pharmacy in Industrial Pharmacy (M.Pharm. Ind.Pharm) offered by the Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacy Practice

These are 2-year Master's degree programs that have both taught and research components.

See also

• Bachelor of Pharmacy
• Doctor of Pharmacy
• Pharmacist
• Pharmaconomist
• Pharmacy

References

PharmD 4 Years to be completed ^[1]