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BSc Pharmacology

3 Years On Campus Bachelors Program

University of Otago

Program Overview

Pharmacology is about the effects of chemicals on living organisms. In practice it deals mainly with the effects of drugs on animals, especially human beings. It is concerned with how drugs produce their effects, the sources, properties, distribution, elimination and uses of drugs and other chemicals. Drug effects may be useful, as in medicine (clinical pharmacology), or harmful (toxicology).

Program Key Stats

$32760 (Annual cost)



Eligibility Criteria

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Additional Information & Requirements

The minimum entrance requirement is the completion of a high school certificate plus satisfactory completion of one year s study at an approved tertiary institution, IB Diploma with a minimum of 26 points, GCE Advanced Levels: minimum grade of 8, IELTS of 6.0, TOEFL ibT of 80 (writing 20), CAE/CPE of 176 (with no individual band below 169), (PTE) Academic of 58 with no communicative skills score below 50, Academic Transcripts, Educational Credential Evaluators report (ECE), Proof of your identity.

Career Options

  • Pharmacologist
  • Analytical chemist
  • Biomedical scientist
  • Clinical research associate
  • Medicinal chemist

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