MPharm Hons Pharmacy with Sandwich Year

You’ll learn by doing right from early on. Bradford uses simulation labs, actual workplaces, problem-based learning, and supervised placement years so you see life as a pharmacist — not just read about it. You’ll work in their clinical skills suite, their own community pharmacy and hospital-ward environments, and be part of real research groups. This means you build confidence, professional skills, problem-solving, patient communication — the stuff that employers look for, not just marks on paper.

Here are the concrete experiential learning elements:

• Two six-month foundation training placements embedded in the 5-year sandwich route: one usually in a community pharmacy setting, the other in a hospital pharmacy. These count toward your professional foundation experience. 

• Simulation labs and a Clinical Skills Suite, where you practise dispensing, patient consultation, hospital ward duties in safe, realistic mock-environments before entering real practice.

• Team-Based Learning (TBL) style teaching: working in small groups, solving real pharmacy problems brought in by practising pharmacists. This includes using tools like InteDashboard to manage TBL, receive feedback, track team and individual performance

• Intraprofessional workshops: one example is a two-hour workshop with pharmacy technician students to understand roles/responsibilities, build collaboration, calculation skills etc. 

• Research & innovation groups you can be exposed to as a student: Bradford has strong groups in Medicines Optimisation, Neuroscience, Pharmaceutics, Cardiovascular Research, etc. These groups give opportunities for student involvement, optional project work, sometimes in labs using advanced analytical tools.

• Summer internships / placements via University programmes that allow undergraduates (in earlier years) to gain work experience in businesses, charities, NHS, etc. Though not always pharmacy-specific, these help build soft skills, professional exposure. 

Graduates of this programme are ready to qualify as pharmacists (once they pass the GPhC registration exam), and many go into roles that involve clinical practice, patient care, regulation, or industry. Typical job titles include:

• Hospital pharmacist

• Community pharmacist

• Pharmaceutical regulatory affairs / quality assurance officer

• Clinical trials / medicines safety roles

Key supports, stats & long-term value:

Here’s what Bradford offers and what the outcomes look like:

• Careers & Employability Service provides help throughout the course: finding placements / sandwich years, internships, vacation work, workshops on CVs, interview practice, plus resources for graduate vacancies. 

• Graduate Outcomes & Salary Figures:
  • Median salary about £30,000 at 15 months after graduation for Bradford’s Pharmacy (including pre-registration training) courses. 
  • Earnings increase over time; 3 years post-grad: about £27,500, 5 years: approx £31,500 (though these are broader figures for pharmacy/pharmacology group at Bradford) 
  • Unemployment among graduates of the sandwich/trained MPharm course is reported as 0% at 15 months post-graduation in the latest data for that course. 

• University-Industry & Employer Alignment: Bradford has strong employer endorsement: pre-registration placement tutors say Bradford sandwich students are more ready for practice; the programme was designed with employer input. 

• Professional Accreditation & Long-Term Value: The programme is accredited by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), and the sandwich version embeds pre-registration experience. That gives you credibility and a lowering of barriers when entering pharmacy practice. 

Further Academic Progression:

Once you complete the MPharm with Sandwich Year, here are some paths you could take:

• Enter postgraduate training: MSc (or equivalent) in clinical pharmacy, drug development, pharmacy leadership, regulatory affairs, or pharmacology will build expertise and open specialised roles.

• Pursue a PhD in pharmacy-related sciences (e.g. pharmaceutics, medicines optimisation, pharmaceutical policy) if research is of interest.

• Take on further professional certifications (e.g. consultant pharmacist, non-medical prescribing) depending on your work setting.