University of Hertfordshire

Interview first, grades second

The published process is a UCAS application and interview, where passing the interview leads to an offer conditional on achieving the required grades.

That sequence is the opposite of most of this block. Huddersfield screens academically and then invites applicants to interview. Kingston, Brighton, Robert Gordon and Reading all describe an application assessed against published entry requirements with an interview stage following. Hertfordshire puts the interview before the academic condition.

For an applicant whose predicted grades are uncertain, that matters. It means the interview is not gated behind a grade screen you might fail first, and it means a conditional offer in hand can shape how you sit your final examinations. It also means interview preparation cannot be deferred until results are known.

The published requirement is A level ABB or IB 30 with relevant Higher Level subjects, chemistry at B plus one of biology, physics or mathematics, GCSE English, mathematics and double science at grade 5/B, and IELTS 6.5 overall with a minimum of 6.0 in each component. The interview covers the pharmacy role, numeracy, chemistry and communication.

Hatfield, and the commuter-belt premium

£19,450 per academic year, confirmed for 2026-2027, about €22,490 at the ECB planning rate this site uses. Four years is roughly €90,000 in tuition.

Hatfield's living costs run about €12,700 a year on this site's presets, rated Medium confidence — the same figure as Cambridge, and above Brighton at €12,400, Reading at €12,000 and Glasgow at €11,300. Four years is €50,800, so the all-in total is about €140,760.

That places Hertfordshire and Brighton within €80 of each other all in, at €140,760 against €140,680, from different directions: Brighton charges €280 a year more in tuition and sits in a city €300 a year cheaper. As with Huddersfield and De Montfort, two schools land in the same place by opposite routes — and Brighton's figure is a floor, because its later-year fees are only warned about rather than published.

Being close to London without being in it is what the Hatfield preset reflects. It is worth checking against the specific commute and accommodation you would actually take, since a Medium confidence rating on a commuter-belt town covers a wide range.

Four years, in English

The award is a four-year MPharm from the School of Life and Medical Sciences. English is the teaching and placement language, so there is no local-language requirement of the kind that applies across the non-English-speaking countries in this catalog.

The UCAS pharmacy calendar applies: applications opened 13 May 2025, the equal-consideration deadline is 14 January 2026 at 18:00 UK time, and the final application date is 24 September 2026 subject to vacancies.