Postgraduate Credit Practice Certificate in Independent Prescribing

Enhance your pharmacy career with our Practice Certificate in Independent Prescribing. This 6-month part-time course empowers registered pharmacists to become independent prescribers, opening up diverse career opportunities in primary and secondary care pharmacy.

You must be registered as a pharmacist with either the GPhC or the PSNI, and have a minimum of two years’ post-registration experience in a clinical, patient-facing role. We require the written support of your employer (unless self-employed) to undertake this course, and you must have the support and agreement from a suitably experienced medical doctor in your chosen field of clinical practice who is willing and eligible to act as your Designated Medical Practitioner (DMP) for the Practice Certificate in Independent Prescribing.

Those applying from outside the UK/EU must provide written evidence of a good standard of written and spoken English (IELTS 7.0 or equivalent), and must be employed in an appropriate role within the UK to be able to meet the GPhC requirements for the learning in practice elements of the course. At t

UK students: £2331 per year

UK/Home: £2331 per year

3 September 2026

No fixed deadline — rolling admissions (apply before course start date)

• University: City Campus, United Kingdom