The University of Suffolk has been awarded over £450,000 to develop facilities for a new pharmacy course.
The Ipswich-based university was granted £457,600 from the Office for Students (OfS), according to media reports.
The grant will be used to develop the clinical and laboratory teaching facilities, and the postgraduate course is expected to commence in September next year.
The work on the new facilities began this September, and all facilities are expected to be ready before the first cohort of students joins the new MPharm course next year.
Prof Rachel Allen, provost at the university, claimed the work was progressing well and they are eager to welcome the new students next year.
Dr Georgina Marsh, head of pharmacy at the university, said the new master's course would help train the region's future pharmacy professionals.
The grant is part of the OfS's £88.5m allocation of capital funding to universities and colleges across England.
According to an NHS report, there is a need to increase the number of pharmacists nationally by 31-55 percent.
From 2026, all new UK-educated pharmacists will join the register with a prescribing qualification.
