Global Pharmacy

COVID-19 and application update

This course is not open to applications for 2020/21. Please keep checking for further updates on entry in September 2021.

We are anticipating that some of the modules that are usually taught face-to-face within the Global Pharmacy courses will still be taught, online, as part of the Global Health MSc programme, beginning in September 2020. These modules include Global Health Principles, Global Burden and Management of Disease and Access to Medicines. You can take one or more of these modules online as Continuing Professional Development or all three as a PGCert in Global Health. More Global Health modules may be made available online in due course.

Find out more about our Global Health MSc Course >

Please contact the Global Pharmacy MSc course leader Sarah Marshall at s.marshall@bsms.ac.uk or the course administrator Liz Morris at GlobalHealthTeaching@bsms.ac.uk if you have any queries and for information about how to apply.

Online learning

Find out how our MSc courses in Global Health and Global Pharmacy have adapted to online learning and remote teaching as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in the video below from Dr Sarah Marshall, Lecturer in Global Health and Course Leader Global Pharmacy at BSMS.

“This unique and innovative course explores how pharmacists and pharmaceuticals affect the health of the world’s populations. You will learn from experts in a supportive and friendly environment, preparing you for your role in improving global health.”

Dr Sarah Marshall, Teaching Fellow in Global Health, BSMS

 "I have found the Access to Medicines lectures very interesting and such a privilege to be lectured by such experts in their fields."

Lubanji Maseka, Access to Medicines module student 2019-2020

"The module was filled with enthusiastic and knowledgeable speakers from around the globe. I can't imagine having access to such a variety of expertise on any other course!"

Karin Remmelzwaal, Access to Medicines module student 2016-2017

"This module has not only taught me a lot about the complexity and importance of access to medicines, but has given me the chance to hear from and interact with some inspirational people working in the field. It has been a truly engaging and eye-opening module"

Jennifer Hockey, Access to Medicines module student 2016-2017

"Incredible. This has opened my eyes to the near infinite expanses of my profession."

Pharmacy and Global Health module student 2017-2018 

"The Access to Medicines module really ended up being my absolute favourite, the most informative and thought-provoking...I am really grateful to have had the opportunity to be a part of it." 

Monika Kowalska, Access to Medicines module student 2018-2019

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Course structure

PGCert

• Global Health Principles
• Access to Medicines
• Pharmacy and Global Health

PGDip 

• Global Health Principles
• Global Burden and Management of Disease
• Research Practice in Global Contexts 
• Access to Medicines
• Pharmacy and Global Health

MSc 

• Global Health Principles
• Global Burden and Management of Disease
• Research Practice in Global Contexts 
• Access to Medicines
• Pharmacy and Global Health
• Dissertation (Research Project)

Global Pharmacy MSc Scholarship

BSMS offers a scholarship for students admitted to the full-time Masters degree in Global Pharmacy at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Global Health Research.

The scholarships are funded by BSMS, and confirm the emergence of the Global Health and Infection department as a national and international leader in Global Health and Global Pharmacy postgraduate study. The BSMS Global Pharmacy scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic and/or professional merit and financial need. The scholarship provides one £2,500 award towards tuition fees.

UK, EU and International (Non UK/EU) students are eligible and encouraged to apply.

Application procedure

You must first apply for admission to the Global Pharmacy MSc course via our online application process (see 'apply here' section). You will need your applicant number to complete the BSMS Global Pharmacy Scholarship application form.

The completed application form should be submitted as a single Word document saved as a PDF and sent via email to Dr Sarah Marshall (s.marshall@bsms.ac.uk). The closing date is Friday 26 June 2020 at 10am. Unfortunately we are not able to provide feedback regarding unsuccessful applications.

If you are from a low or lower middle income country you may be eligible to apply for a scholarship from the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID). Check the website for details of forthcoming opportunities. Not all low and lower middle income countries are eligible so do check the criteria.

more about the OPEC Fund >

Chevening Scholarships are available to applicants for the Global Pharmacy MSc.

more about the Chevening Scholarships > 

Some postgraduate applicants may be eligible to apply for Rotary International Global Grant Scholarships.

More about Rotary International Global Grants >

Tips for applying for these and other scholarships are available here > 

Two of our Global Pharmacy MSc students, Tash Cornwell and Noella Manirakiza, share their views on how they benefitted from applying for scholarships. 

Tash and Noella Talk Scholarships >