CSU pharmacy consolidation
July 31, 2015
Charles Sturt University (CSU)
will no longer offer the Bachelor of
Pharmacy at its campus in Wagga
Wagga after 2019, as it consolidates
all pharmacy training out of Orange.
CSU Faculty of Science Executive
Dean Professor Tim Wess said as
a result CSU will offer additional
student places in pharmacy in
Orange from 2016.
“CSU was the only nonmetropolitan
provider when we
started pharmacy in 1997, however,
others have copied our success
and there is now much more
competition,” Wess said.
“We want to offer future students
in the program the most consistent
and high quality learning and
teaching experience possible and
we believe this is best done on one
site at Orange,” he added.
Wess said that in the current
“uncertain and competitive higher
education climate,” CSU must
ensure it is delivering viable and
strong programs for our students
and the regions it serves. “We will continue to offer
pharmacy students individualised
staff support, academics with
national and international
experience, industry support, and
access to leading facilities.”
Current Wagga campus students
will be unaffected, he reassured.
“Pharmacy started in Wagga
Wagga and we recognise the strong
community support that allowed
this to happen,” he said.
“Our pharmacy program has a
long standing, strong reputation of
producing employment-ready, high
quality graduates.
“Charles Sturt University
pharmacy graduates remain in
demand, with an employment
rate of over 90%, and many go on
to work across regional Australia
when they complete the course,”
he added.
“We have a firm record as
innovators in the education and
training of key health professionals,
such as pharmacists, and this will
continue into the future.”
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