Pharmacy at University of Sunderland

Pharmacy (MPharm (H), B230) at University of Sunderland asked for 120 UCAS points for 2026 entry; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 112–127 UCAS points.

UCAS listing ↗ Course page on sunderland.ac.uk ↗

UCAS tariff

~120 points

Selective

around BBB

Not the 2027 requirement. UCAS’s course search data does not include 2027 requirements yet, so this is the 2026 one and may have changed. Check sunderland.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.

Who actually got in

Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course

Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 120

11% of entrants have no UCAS points recorded. The middle entrant with points had 112–127 points. At least 18% of them had fewer than the 120 asked.

75 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%

Came in with A-levels or Highers 95%, an Access course 2%, a degree 2%.

Course

Award: Master of Pharmacy (with Honours)
Code: B230 · B2 pharmacology, toxicology and pharmacy
Duration: 4 years
Mode: Full-time
Starts: September 2027
Entry: Year 1
Year: 2027

Accredited by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) in order to progress to pharmacist pre-registration training and then to register as a pharmacist. Please note, the 5-year integrated MPharm degree programme includes pre-registration training. More ↗

Student experience

After the first yearThis course

92%

still studying

UK 90%

left higher education

UK 9%

moved to a lower award

UK 1%

115 students · started 2023-24

National Student SurveyThis course

% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course95%89%

Learning opportunities93%89%

Assessment and feedback88%74%

Academic support98%88%

Organisation and management94%77%

Learning resources87%88%

Student voice91%78%

105 final-year students · 82% responded · NSS 2025-26

After graduating

SalarySubject at this uni

15 months

£38k3 years

£38.5k5 years

£38.5k

£20k£30k£40k£50k

middle halfmedianUK, same subject

15 months: survey of 10 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates

15 months onThis course

70% working5% working and studying5% unemployed20% other

UK, same subject: 79% in work or study

100%

in professional or managerial jobs

UK 90%

100%

say their work is meaningful

UK 100%

100%

use what they learned

UK 95%

Graduate Outcomes survey · 25 graduates · 60% responded · 2023-24

Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.

Location

Campus: Sunderland, North East England, England
Postcode: SR1 3SD

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Subjects

pharmacy subjects allied to medicine

Campus

Campus: Main Campus
Housing: Accommodation ↗
Union: Students' union ↗

Pharmacy at other universities

The course at each university nearest this one in entry requirement. Middle entrant: the UCAS points of the middle student who started, from Discover Uni.

University	Course	Entry	Middle entrant
Bangor University	Pharmacy (with Preparatory Year) MPharm	112 - 136 points	96–111
Kingston University	Pharmaceutical Science BSc (Hons)	112 - 128 points	112–127
Middlesex University	Pharmaceutical Sciences BSc (Hons)	80 - 128 points	96–111
University of Nottingham	Pharmaceutical Sciences BSc (Hons)	ABB	112–127
University of Suffolk	Pharmacy MPharm	128 points	96–111
Ulster University	Pharmaceutical Biosciences MSci	120 - 123 points	96–111
Keele University	Pharmaceutical Science BSc (Hons)	120 points	96–111
University of Hertfordshire	Pharmaceutical Science BSc (Hons)	112 - 120 points	96–111
University of Lancashire	Pharmacy MPharm (H)	120 points	128–143
University of Sunderland	Pharmacy this course	120 points	112–127
University of Huddersfield	Biomedicine BSc (Hons)	BBC - BCC	112–127

See all 73 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side