MPharm Foundation Year interviews
Congratulations on securing an interview for the MPharm Foundation Year course at Manchester, ranked 6th in the UK for pharmacy and pharmacology (QS World Rankings 2024). You will find important information about what will happen during and after the interview below.
What to expect
Interview format
For the 2024-25 admissions cycle, interviews will be scheduled via Zoom and will be conducted one-to-one with an academic member of staff.
The interviews will be timetabled for 20 minutes, and there will be an opportunity for you to ask any questions you might have about the MPharm Foundation Year course at the end of the interview.
The interviews will be held over a period of 2 days in February/March, (dates to be confirmed). Students will be notified via UCAS if they will be invited for an interview, with further correspondence being sent via email with interview details.
We will ensure that you are given plenty of notice about the interview and, if necessary, we will be happy to reschedule if the date/time is inconvenient.
Please note that the interview is an essential part of the application process. Those who fail to attend without prior explanation will have their application withdrawn.
Hear advice on how to make your interview go as smoothly as possible from Susan Cochran, the MPharm/MPharm Foundation Year Admissions Tutor.
After the interview
The majority of the candidates we interview are made an offer for entry to the MPharm Foundation Year. We aim to notify you of our decision, via email and on UCAS Track, within three days.
Following the interviews, our intention is to arrange on-campus offer holder events (from February 2024) to give you the opportunity to visit the University of Manchester campus, meet our staff and current students, and see the facilities in the Stopford Building.
Should the situation change and we are restricted from allowing visitors onto campus, we will arrange our offer holder events via Zoom.
Contact us
We are happy to answer your queries via email. Please contact us at ug.pharmacy@manchester.ac.uk.
International entry requirements
If you have a query regarding entry requirements for international applicants, country-specific information can be found on the University website. However, this is for general information only, as specific entry requirements may be different for the MPharm Foundation Year.
Please contact us at ug.pharmacy@manchester.ac.uk to check specific requirements for your country before you apply for the MPharm Foundation Year course.
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