Chemistry with Biomedicine

King’s College London

Master

In London

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    London

Overview
Our Chemistry with Biomedicine MSci degree will give you a strong theoretical and experimental understanding of chemistry. This course is designed to train the next generation of articulate, flexible, biomedically-aware and research-trained chemists for a wide variety of careers starting with chemical, biotech and pharmaceutical industries and extending to wider careers such as finance, law and media.
The course information sheet is a printable version of the information on this web page, which you can download here.
The course is accredited by the Royal Society for Chemistry with research-enriched teaching delivered by chemists working within a broad range of chemical, biomedical and health applications.
Includes a major six-month project in our labs or with our hospital partners.
Designed to give graduates flexibility to develop a career in the growing fields of biomedical engineering, biotech and basic biological and biomedical research.
New (2016) teaching laboratories and research facilities.
Includes an opportunity to transfer to a study abroad pathway and spend your third year, or a semester of your third year, studying at a partner institution before returning to complete your fourth year at King’s.

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London
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Great Maze Pond, SE1 9RT

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Subjects

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  • Teaching
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Physical Chemistry
  • Imaging
  • Project
  • Biomedical

Course programme


Year 1

Year 1

King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant programmes of study. Therefore, modules offered may change. We suggest that you keep an eye on the course finder on our website for update.

Courses are divided into modules. Each year you will normally take modules totalling 120 credits. Required Modules
  • Integrated Chemistry Laboratory 1 (15 credits)
  • Integrated Chemistry Laboratory 2 (15 credits)
  • General Chemistry (15 credits)
  • Organic Chemistry 1 (15 credits)
  • Organic Chemistry 2 (15 credits)
  • Physical Chemistry 1 (15 credits)
  • Inorganic Chemistry 1 (15 credits)
  • Mathematics for Chemists (15 credits)

Optional Modules There are no optional modules for this course in Year 1.


Year 2

Year 2 Required Modules

  • Integrated Chemistry Laboratory 3 (15 credits)
  • Integrated Chemistry Laboratory 4 (15 credits)
  • Organic Chemistry 3 (15 credits)
  • Inorganic Chemistry 2 (15 credits)
  • Physical Chemistry 2 (15 credits)
  • Physical Chemistry 3 (15 credits)
  • Chemistry in Cells (15 credits)
  • Protein Structure & Function (15 credits)

Optional Modules There are no optional modules for this course in Year 2.


Year 3

Year 3 Required Modules

  • Research Methods (30 credits)
  • Advanced Analytical Chemistry (15 credits)
  • Chemistry of Disease and Therapy (15 credits)
  • Advanced Topics in Synthesis and Reactivity (15 credits)
  • Advanced Topics in Physical and Computational Chemistry (15 credits)
  • Molecular Biology in Chemistry (15 credits)
Optional Modules

Students will then select a further 15-credit module from a range of options, which may include:

  • Advanced Biophysics Techniques (15 credits)
  • Protein Structure and Design (15 credits)

Chemistry with Biomedicine with Study Abroad

Students who have transferred to the Study Abroad pathway and are studying their third year abroad will take modules at the partner institution in Year 3. Students who have transferred to the Study Abroad pathway and are taking one semester only abroad will study modules at the partner institution and the relevant King’s modules for the semester they are at King’s. Students will be able to enrol on Research Methods Literature (15 credits, Semester 1) or Research Methods Practical (15 credits, Semester 2) in place of the 30 credit Research Methods module.


Year 4

Year 4 Required Modules

  • Research Project & Dissertation (90 credits)
Optional Modules

Students will then select 30-credits from a wide range of options, which may typically include:

  • Chemistry Frontiers (30 credits)

Where the student’s research project would benefit, they may be able to select 30 credits from options which may typically include:

Department of Pharmacy

  • Principles of Drug Delivery & Drug Disposition (30 credits)
  • Biopharmaceuticals Discovery (30 credits)
  • Advanced Spectroscopic, Instrumental & Chemical Analysis Techniques (30 credits)
  • Advanced Separation Science, Quality Control, & Regulatory Matters (30 credits)
  • Drug Delivery/Solid Dosage Forms (30 credits)
  • Drug Delivery/Liquid Dosage Forms & Microbiology (30 credits)

MRes Medical Imaging Sciences

  • Medical Imaging Chemistry 1 (15 credits)
  • Imaging Chemistry 2 – Topics in radiopharmaceutical chemistry (15 credits)

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