Advanced Pharmacy Practice - P4005

Advanced Pharmacy Practice

Graduate certificate

This course equips pharmacists to progress into advanced health care practice roles in acute care, primary care, aged care or research. It is designed to advance your knowledge and skills in therapeutic decision-making, evidence-based practice and person-centred care to improve the quality use of medicines.

At a glance

Course Details

Location
  • Online: Part time
Duration
  • 2 years (part time)
Qualification
 Graduate Certificate of Advanced Pharmacy Practice
Fees

Information about fees

Course Handbook

In recent years the scope of pharmacy practice has expanded in exciting and diverse ways to meet Australia’s changing healthcare needs. This includes extended opportunities in hospital settings such as partnered charting, community settings like pharmacist prescribing, and aged care settings with roles like on-site pharmacists.

We want to help prepare pharmacists for new practice opportunities wherever they work with this program.

This program allows busy pharmacists to upskill in new frontiers of pharmacy practice by undertaking skills-based units and microcredentials tied to remuneration opportunities. It can be tailored to focus on advanced practice opportunities in hospital, community and aged care practice settings.

Entry Requirements

You need to satisfy the following entrance requirements to be considered for entry to this course.

Minimum Entry Requirements (Domestic students)

Qualifications

An Australian bachelor degree or equivalent in Pharmacy
AND
Their registration and employment as a pharmacist in their country of residence.


International students located in Australia wishing to study this course must hold professional registration to practice in Australia and have the appropriate visa to allow part-time study. All other international students are only able to study this course in their country of residence. Students located outside Australia must also hold professional registration to practice in their country of residence.

English requirements

Applicants must also meet the English language requirements.

Level F
IELTS (Academic): 7.0 Overall score, with minimum band scores: Listening 7.0, Reading 7.0, Writing 6.5 and Speaking 7.0 or Pearson Test of English (Academic): 66 Overall score, with minimum scores: Listening 66, Reading 66, Speaking 66 and Writing 58 or TOEFL iBT:

0 - 120 scale:
98 Overall score, with minimum scores: Reading 24, Listening 24, Speaking 23 and Writing 24

 or Cambridge (C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency): 185 Overall score, with minimum scores: Listening 185, Reading 185, Writing 176 and Speaking 185

University entrance requirements

Minimum entrance requirements for admission to Monash University Australia.

The course structure and progression map can be viewed in the Handbook.

Making the application

Future students

Semester one (February)

Apply directly to Monash using course code P4005.

Apply

Semester two (July)

Apply directly to Monash using course code P4005.

Apply

Self assess for credit eligibility

Check for study credit using the "Credit search" link on the Credit for prior study page.

Fees

Fees are subject to change annually.

Full fee

The total fees for 2026 for this 24 credit point (6 month full-time or 12 month part-time) course are:

A$18,200

The equivalent fee per 48 credit points representing a standard full-time course load for 2026 would be A$36,400

Fee assistance

As a full fee-paying student, you may be eligible to apply for the optional FEE-HELP to assist you to pay all or part of your tuition fees.

Scholarships

We offer over 360 types of scholarships, valued at up to $280,000. Some scholarships offer one-off payments while others continue for the length of your course. Learn more about Monash Scholarships.

Other costs and fees

For information on other study costs and fees, see other study costs.