Pharmaceutical Formulation and Entrepreneurship MSc

Students will learn how to develop and assess a new business concept, and how to raise finance for and market a business and its outputs. They will build their scientific skill set by exploring four scientific research areas in pharmaceutics, and will interact closely with and be mentored by those who have direct experience of initiating a start-up business.

Students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits.

The programme consists of four core modules (60 credits), four optional modules (60 credits), a scientific research project (30 credits) and a business case development project (30 credits).

• Mastering Entrepreneurship
• Business for Bioscience
• Entrepreneurial Finance
• Initiating a Pharmaceutical Start-Up

Students select three optional modules in term one (from a choice of four), and a further optional module (from a choice of five) in term two.

• Analysis and Quality Control
• Preformulation
• Formulation of Small Molecules
• Personalised Medicine

• Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
• Clinical Pharmaceutics
• Nanomedicine
• Formulation of Natural Products and Cosmeceuticals
• Polymers in Drug Delivery

Students undertake two projects which culminate in two written reports and oral presentations. One is a short laboratory research project, while the second involves the development of a business case for a new pharmaceutical endeavour.

The programme is delivered through a combination of lectures, tutorials, seminars and practical sessions, as well as industrial visits. Assessment is through a combination of written examinations, coursework assignments and project work.