At New Brunswick Community College in Fredericton, Canada, Diploma in Pharmacy Technician is offered as a diploma in Pharmacy programme. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered in a hybrid format. Tuition for international students is CAD 10,260 per year (CAD 3,666 per year for local students).
This diploma program at New Brunswick Community College, accredited by the Canadian Council for Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs, takes two academic years of full-time study in blended delivery, combining classroom, laboratory and simulation activities with applied workplace experience in hospital and community pharmacies. Coursework covers pharmaceutical fundamentals, community and hospital pharmacy practice, sterile and non-sterile compounding, pharmacology and therapeutics, pharmacy law and ethics, calculations, inventory management and professional communication, including specific courses in anatomy and physiology, pharmaceutical legislation, aseptic compounding and injection administration. Students complete two practicum placements, one in a community pharmacy setting and one in a hospital pharmacy, both under the direct supervision of licensed practitioners. The program runs at the Moncton campus from September 2026 and at the Saint John campus from September 2027, offered there every other year. Admission requires a high school diploma or equivalent, Foundations of Mathematics 110, and Biology 112 or 122 or a chemistry equivalent. It suits students seeking entry-level pharmacy technician roles supporting community and hospital pharmacy practice amid growing demand tied to an aging population.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission follows NBCC's Profile E: a High School Diploma, Adult High School Diploma, GED Diploma of High School Equivalency, Canadian Adult Education Credential (CAEC), or the Essential Skills Achievement Pathway: Post-Secondary Entry High School Diploma, plus one of Calculus 120, Foundations of Mathematics 120, Financial and Workplace Mathematics 120 or Pre-calculus A/B 120; English 121, 122 or 123; and one of Biology 111/112/121/122 and Chemistry 111/112/121/122. English proficiency for this program is assessed against the Canadian Pharmacy Registrars' Council (CPRC) standard rather than NBCC's general institution-wide test table, and the programme page does not publish CPRC's specific scores. Students must complete an Immunization and Medical Form and specific immunizations, and the New Brunswick College of Pharmacists requires an up-to-date (under six months old) criminal record check before the practicum.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic and permanent-resident applicants apply directly through the NBCC application portal: for the 2027-28 academic year, Fall 2027 applications open 14 September 2026 and close 9 September 2027, Winter 2028 applications open 18 January 2027 and close 13 January 2028, and Spring/Summer 2028 applications open 10 May 2027 and close 4 May 2028, with seats in each campus-specific program filling on a rolling basis throughout that window. International applicants for the Fall 2027 intake may apply starting 13 July 2026 at 10:00 a.m. Atlantic time; NBCC has not published a fixed international closing date and continues evaluating international applications, program by program, until seats are full. Conditional final documents are due 15 July for Fall, 15 November for Winter, or 1 March for Spring/Summer. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
