Pharmacologist
Biology, Statistics and Geography at GCSE, then a Level 7 apprenticeship or a degree.
the nearest apprenticeship standard, a master’s degree · 1 standard and 5 school subjects share ideas with this job · Skills England, ESCO, DfE subject content
Level 7 — England’s qualification levels run 1–8: GCSE is 2, A level is 3, a bachelor’s degree is 6.
Which subjects build towards it?
Bar — strength of the overlap relative to the strongest subject (1.00); not a grade or an entry requirement.
DfE subject content · matched to the apprenticeship standards below by sch.today
Biology leads because the job and the course share the same ideas: drug discovery, estimation, scientific method, uncertainty.
All subjects and shared ideas5
| Subject | Match | Shared ideas |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE Biology | 1.00 | drug discovery, estimation, scientific method, uncertainty, data interpretation |
| GCSE Statistics | 0.75 | missing data, sample size, data visualisation, data interpretation |
| GCSE Geography | 0.56 | sample size, statistical technique, data interpretation |
| GCSE Mathematics | 0.48 | estimation, sample size |
| A level Mathematics | 0.47 | missing data, assumption |
Which apprenticeships lead here?
Apprenticeship standard — the official list of what an apprentice in one job must know and be able to do; the level says how advanced it is. Level 3 can start straight after GCSEs.
Skills England, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0
Where are these subjects taken most?
Secondary schools with at least 30 pupils in Year 11, ranked by the share taking Biology, Statistics and Geography, weighted by how strongly each subject leads here.
Ranking — shows what pupils study, not how well a school prepares them for the job.
DfE subject entries
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What the job is
Pharmacologists study the manner in which drugs and medicaments interact with organisms, living systems, and their parts (i.e. cells, tissues, or organs). Their research aims at identifying substances that can be ingested by humans and that exert adequate biochemical functions for curing illnesses.
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