Medicinal Chemistry
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Postgraduate
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Leeds
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Without medicinal chemists, life as we know it would be impossible. Modern medicines give us pain relief, cure bacterial infections and fight viruses and cancer. Without the arsenal of drugs at their disposal doctors would be unable to cure many common diseases.
It is the ability of medicinal chemists to have a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of millions of people worldwide that motivates many of our students on this course. The course structure shares much with our Chemistry course but you will focus your study more on the organic elements of chemistry with an enhanced level of teaching on drug synthesis, pharmacology and how drugs work in biological systems.
This is a 3 year BSc course.
Enhancing your degree
This course can also be studied over 4 years to achieve an MChem, BSc Integrated Masters degree, which is recommended for students considering a career in chemistry research and development. If you're not yet sure whether to take an additional year, don't worry - it's possible to transfer from the BSc degree to the MChem, BSc degree after your first or second year. You don't have to make a final decision until the end of your second year when you've had more experience of advanced chemistry at university.
This course also offers opportunities to gain industrial experience on a placement year or to study abroad for a year.
Our industrial placement scheme gives you the opportunity to gain work experience in an industry relevant to your degree and interests. Our students often describe this industrial experience as an invaluable part of their degree and one which stands them in good stead for their future careers.
The study abroad year enables you to gain insight into the study of medicinal chemistry at one of our partner universities overseas. Many students have found this to be extremely worthwhile in helping broaden their horizons in terms of learning about a new culture and improving their foreign language skills.
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A-level: AAB including Chemistry.
Where an A-Level Science subject is taken, we require a pass in the practical science element, alongside the achievement of the A-Level at the stated grade.
Excludes A-Level General Studies or Critical Thinking.
Extended Project Qualification - We recognise the value, effort and enthusiasm applicants make in the Extended Project, and where an applicant offers an A in the EPQ we may make an offer of ABB at A-Level.
GCSE: English Language grade C, or an equivalent English language qualification, and Mathematics grade B. he first generation...
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- Medicinal Chemistry
Course programme
During your first year you’ll be given a solid foundation in the fundamental principles that underpin chemistry. In your second year, you’ll explore the essential concepts of drug design and study structure-activity relationships. In your third year, you’ll discover how drugs are metabolized and analyse strategies used in the development of drugs in key therapeutic areas such as the treatment of cancer and bacterial infection.
The course allows you to study advanced topics such as cancer chemotherapy and is run in close collaboration with scientists from the pharmaceutical industry.
Course structureThese are typical modules/components studied and may change from time to time. Read more in our Terms and conditions.
Modules Year 1Compulsory modules
- Introduction to Modern Chemistry 20 credits
- Fundamentals of Physical Chemistry 10 credits
- Fundamentals of Inorganic Chemistry 10 credits
- Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry 10 credits
- Mathematical and Physical Concepts for Chemists 10 credits
- Practical Skills in Chemistry 30 credits
- Studying in a Digital Age (Chemistry) 5 credits
Compulsory modules
- Introduction to Organic Synthesis 10 credits
- Chemical Kinetics and Thermodynamics 10 credits
- Structure and Spectroscopy 10 credits
- Introduction to Drug Design 10 credits
- Organic Structure and Mechanism 10 credits
- Quantum Mechanics and Spectroscopy 10 credits
- Organometallic and f-block Chemistry 10 credits
- Equilibrium and Analysis: from Ions to Proteins 10 credits
- Laboratory Work 2c 30 credits
- Structure and Synthesis of Materials 10 credits
- Science and Society: The Critical Interface 10 credits
- Chemistry: Idea to Market 10 credits
- Advances in Colour and Polymer Sciences 10 credits
Compulsory modules
- Advanced Organometallics and Catalysis 10 credits
- The Medicinal Chemistry of Drug Development 10 credits
- Organic Synthesis 10 credits
- Chemistry at the Molecular Level 10 credits
Medicinal Chemistry
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iStudy
Course Online£ 25 £ 217 -
Open Learning College
Course Distance Learning£ 300 £ 400 -
Prior Pursglove College
A Level North Yorkshire / Classroom-basedPrice on request -
BCNH - UK College of Nutrition & Health
Course Distance LearningPrice on request -
Home Learning International
Course Distance Learning£ 299 VAT inc. -
Oxford Open Learning
GCSE Distance Learning£ 295 + VAT -
Weymouth College
Course OnlinePrice on request
See all