Pharmacy

Pharmacists play a central part in collaborative health care teams, working alongside doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals as the medication experts

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Bachelor of Pharmacy with Honours

Guaranteed professional experience

Experience a minimum of 390 hours of professional experience placement during your studies

Accelerate your studies

Graduate in 3 years with Australia's first accredited fast-track pharmacy degree

Strong employment prospects

100% of our graduates secure full-time employment within 4 months^

Pharmacists play a central part in primary health care teams

Study a unique blend of health, science and communication, and graduate as a medication expert.

When you study Pharmacy, you'll gain access to and be supported through your studies by leading pharmacists and service providers, ensuring you graduate at the top of the professional field. With local, interstate, and international placements, you'll have the opportunity to gain location specific experience in a variety of contexts that can help pave the way for your future career.

As the first to introduce an accelerated Bachelors degree, we established the benchmark for fast-track education in this field. Our fast-track Bachelor of Pharmacy with Honours adopts a trimester teaching model, allowing you to complete a traditional 4-year degree in just 3 years and get into the workplace sooner.

After you graduate and complete a paid registration year, you can apply to register as a pharmacist in Australia. Pharmacists are highly sought-after health professionals with wide ranging career opportunities in metropolitan as well as rural and remote areas.

Further study options

Many of our graduates return to further study after gaining experience as a registered pharmacist, when they are ready to progress their career to the next level.

The Bachelor of Medical Research with Honours enhances career opportunities and is the usual prerequisite for further study for a higher degree by research such as the Master of Pharmacy or Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).

We also offer further opportunities to advance your career through additional study in our postgraduate courses in Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Science, and Research.

Find out more about what you'll study, entry requirements, fees and scholarships - and to apply.

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Career opportunities

In 2025, 100% of our students gained full-time employment within 4 months of graduating. and had one of the highest median starting salaries for undergraduate pharmacy degrees in Australia.*

A degree in Pharmacy opens up a range of career opportunities with many areas experiencing national shortages and high demand^. Graduates find employment in community pharmacies, hospitals, emerging roles in aged care, general practices, and consultancies.

You may choose to pursue a career utilising your skills in other ways, such as pharmaceutical manufacturing and quality control, research, academia, biomedical sciences, or the armed forces.

Additionally, you can advance your career with postgraduate study across a range of courses, including Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Science, and Research.

*Good Universities Guide, 2025
^National Skills Commission five year projections from November 2021 to November 2026.

Study Pharmacy at the University of Tasmania - Danielle's story.

Danielle's story

Danielle Englund is about to graduate from the Bachelor of Pharmacy at the Cradle Coast campus, and walk right into a job as an Intern Pharmacist at Dixons Pharmacy in Wynyard, helping fill a need that is felt across the community in the North West Coast.

Choosing to study in Burnie, close to home, wasn’t just about convenience for Danielle, it was about creating opportunity and staying connected to her community.

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