School of Pharmacy

Pharmacy is the study of medicines. Today medicines are becoming a lot more complex due to significant advances in our understanding of how the body deals with drugs at both the genetic and the protein level.

We are situated in the heart of the city centre of Dublin beside St. Stephens Green.The Pharmacy programme that we offer, in state of art facilities, is exciting, dynamic and innovative. We employ novel teaching methodologies to drive learning and you thereforewill be supplied with a free laptop on entry to the programme.

Class sizes are small (60 students per annum) with up to 30% of the class comprising of graduate and international students which offers a unique flavour and global perspective. We stongly support the ethos of patient safety and you will experience interprofessional education with your colleagues in nursing, physiotherapy and medicine in order to prepare you for delivery of team based healthcare. Our School won the competitive tender for the running of the National Pharmacy Internship Programme for the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI). This now means that all students at present who complete a primary degree in pharmacy in Ireland must complete their final year in the RCSI. This final year leads to the award of a Masters in Pharmacy (M. Pharm). that is conferred by both the National University of Ireland and the RCSI. This qualification is international portable and will allow you to apply to register as a pharmacist both in European Union Countries and internationally.

The Pharmacy Education and Accreditation Standards Report (PEARS) was published by the PSI and it demonstrated that RCSI School of Pharmacy obtained the most positive results and feedback from its students. Building on our national success we now are perparing to offer a Masters in Advance Practice in our campuses in Ireland, the Kingdom of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.

Welcome to RCSI School of Pharmacy which we are confident you will find rewarding and enjoyable!