Expand+Minimum Entry Requirements
Minimum Five O6/H7
English or Irish O6/H7
One of Phy/Chm/Pch/Bgy/Ags at O6/H7
Maths F2/O6/H7

Special requirements
Garda Vetting: Everyone who joins this course will have to be vetted by the Gardaí (police). If you d...

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Minimum Five O6/H7
English or Irish O6/H7
One of Phy/Chm/Pch/Bgy/Ags at O6/H7
Maths F2/O6/H7

Special requirements
Garda Vetting: Everyone who joins this course will have to be vetted by the Gardaí (police). If you do not pass, you will not be able to go on placement or fulfil your course requirements, in which case you may be asked to leave the course. Please note that any course requiring Garda vetting will only have places for non-EU candidates if there are not enough qualified EU candidates available to fill the course.

Work Placement: Please note that with respect to the placement, while the Institute will make every effort to assist the learner in finding a placement final responsibility for securing the placement, resides with the learner. Students can be placed in either a community or hospital pharmacy anywhere in the country.

Expand+Early online application (discounted): Fee €30 Closing Date: 20th January 2018 at 5:15pm

Normal online application: Fee €45 Closing Date: 1st February 2018 at 5:15pm

Late online application - restrictions apply: Fee: €60 Closing Date: 1st May 2...

Hide-Early online application (discounted): Fee €30 Closing Date: 20th January 2018 at 5:15pm

Normal online application: Fee €45 Closing Date: 1st February 2018 at 5:15pm

Late online application - restrictions apply: Fee: €60 Closing Date: 1st May 2018 at 5:15 pm

Change of Mind - restrictions apply: Fee: Nil Closing Date: 1st July 2018 5:15 pm

Exceptional online late application - see page 14 of the 2018 CAO Handbook: Fee €60 Closing Date: 22nd July 2018 at 5:15pm

You should avoid submitting an application close to a closing date. No extensions to closing dates will be allowed and all fees are non-refundable.

LATE APPLICATIONS
Late Applications are those which are received after 5:15pm on 1st February 2018 and will be accepted up to 5:15pm on 1st May 2018, subject to the restricitions listed on page 3 of the 2018 CAO Handbook. The online facility for late applications opens on the 5th March 2018 at 12:00 noon - a fee of €60 applies.

Exceptional Late Applications (Exception to the Timetable)
The exceptional closing date of 22nd of July at 5:15pm applies only to applicants who are currently undergraduate students in any year in any one of the participating HEIs (subject to the exclusions listed below). In order to avail of the Exceptional Late Application facility you must have entered the HEI through the CAO system.

If you did not enter your current course through the CAO system, you must first contact the Admissions Office of the HEI to which you wish to apply and they will inform you if you may submit an application direct to the institution.

Exclusions:
You may submit a late application only for entry to courses other than your existing course. If you wish to repeat the year in the same course you must arrange this within your HEI.

Mary Immaculate College Limerick, Trinity College Dublin, University of Limerick, Maynooth University and Galway Mayo Institute of Technology have special procedures in place in the case of current or previous students who wish to apply for entry to another course in the same HEI. Such applicants must contact their Admissions Office to determine the application procedure. However, if you are a student in another HEI and you wish to apply to any of these five HEIs, you should apply through CAO.

Refer to page 15 of the 2018 CAO Handbook on how to make an Exceptional Late Application.

Restricted-category Applicants
Mature applicants – most HEIs will require mature applicants, who wish to be assessed on mature grounds, to have applied to CAO by 1st February 2018 at 5:15pm. (This restriction does not apply if the applicant wishes to be considered on the basis of school leaving qualifications only.) For more information about applying to CAO on the basis of mature years go to www.cao.ie/mature.

Applying for the HEAR and/or DARE schemes – to be considered for the HEAR and/or DARE schemes applicants must have registered on the CAO system by 1st February 2018 at 5:15pm and must have completed the HEAR/DARE application form by 1st March 2018 at 5:15pm – supporting documents must be sent to CAO offices before 1st April 2018 at 5:15pm.

Expand+Is this course for you?
This is a two-year Higher Certificate in Science (Pharmacy Technician) course which allows you to gain professional, managerial and technical knowledge that opens up opportunities to work in either hospital or community-base...

Hide-Is this course for you?
This is a two-year Higher Certificate in Science (Pharmacy Technician) course which allows you to gain professional, managerial and technical knowledge that opens up opportunities to work in either hospital or community-based pharmacies. This programme will be delivered over four semesters allowing learners to gain their qualification in two years. The main aim of the programme is to produce graduates with the required theoretical and hands-on skills to allow them to work in a pharmacy setting and to contribute effectively to the pharmacy. The programme involves a placement element consisting of a six week placement in each semester in a pharmacy setting. It is intended that students will be placed in both community and hospital pharmacies. For those wishing to pursue a career in pharmacy, a formal agreement between Ulster University (UU) and LYIT provides a progression pathway to the MPharm Degree Programme in UU.

Expand+What will I study?

Year 1
Semester 1
Chemistry 1 M 5
Biological Science M 5
Pharmacy Practice 1 & Dispensary Computers M 10
Work Placement 1 – Theory M -
Pharmacy Work Placement 1 - M 10

Semester 2
Organic & Applied Chemistry M 5
Pharma...

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Year 1
Semester 1
Chemistry 1 M 5
Biological Science M 5
Pharmacy Practice 1 & Dispensary Computers M 10
Work Placement 1 – Theory M -
Pharmacy Work Placement 1 - M 10

Semester 2
Organic & Applied Chemistry M 5
Pharmacology M 5
Pharmacy Practice 2 M 10
Work Placement 2 - Theory M -
Pharmacy Work Placement 2 - Practical M 10

Year 2
Semester 1
Pharmaceutical Chemistry & Formulation M 5
Applied Physiology M 10
Calculations & Extemporaneous Preparations M 5
Work Placement 3 - Theory M -
Pharmacy Work Placement 3 - Practical M 10

Semester 2
Drug Action & Usage M 10
Pharmacy Business & IT M 10
Pharmacy Work Placement 4 - Practical M 10

M = Mandatory

Expand+Career opportunities

Successful graduates find themselves working in the following sectors:

• Community Pharmacies
• Hospital Pharmacies

Graduate careers typically include:
• Pharmacy Technician

Follow-on courses
• Bachelor of Science ...

Hide-Career opportunities

Successful graduates find themselves working in the following sectors:

• Community Pharmacies
• Hospital Pharmacies

Graduate careers typically include:
• Pharmacy Technician

Follow-on courses
• Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Science, Bachelor of Science in Food Science and Nutrition and Bachelor of Science in Bioscience. (Year 2)

• Master of Pharmacy, Ulster University (once minimum entry requirements have been met). (Year 1)

• Interview for admission through UCAS to Master of Pharmacy at University of Bradford and University of Brighton. (Year 1)