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Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Development MSci (Hons) – 4 years including integrated placement year

Master

In Bath ()

£ 9,250 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Duration

    4 Years

This course will expose you to all stages of the drug development process, including how drugs are discovered, tested and turned into a suitable medicine which patients can take. You’ll also learn about medicines manufacturing and control, clinical trials and the regulatory assessments which a medicine must undergo before being released to the public.

In the first two years, you’ll develop your core scientific and experimental skills across the breadth of pharmaceutical sciences including chemistry, biology, pharmacology, microbiology, pharmaceutics, manufacturing and quality control.

In the final year, you’ll use your skills and knowledge to carry out a research project in a specific area of pharmaceutical or regulatory sciences. This will give you the opportunity to develop your skills further in a particular area and work closely with researchers from the Department.

About this course

Learn about the entire process of turning a drug molecule into a medicine. You’ll be prepared for a career as a research scientist or a manufacturing expert in the pharmaceutical industry.

Graduates are well suited to research careers within the pharmaceutical industry and many also choose to go on to postgraduate study. You’ll benefit from our strong links with the pharmaceutical industry, with recent employers including GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca, and UCB.

You will need a strong performance in Chemistry and a second science or mathematics subject as part of your entry qualifications. The second subject can be:

Biology or Human Biology
Computer Science
Economics
Electronics
Environmental Science
Food Science or Food Technology
Geography
Geology
Mathematics or Further Mathematics
Physics
Psychology
Statistics
GCSE Mathematics grade C or 4 plus GCSE English grade C or 4 (or equivalent from English language category B).

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Subjects

  • Quality
  • Project
  • Drug Development
  • Quality Training
  • Experimental
  • Pharmaceutical
  • Sciences
  • Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Medicines
  • Molecules

Course programme

Year 1
  • Scientific skills and experimental methods in pharmaceutical sciences
  • Fundamentals of pharmaceutical sciences: healthy body 1
  • Fundamentals of pharmaceutical sciences: from molecules to medicines 1
  • Fundamentals of pharmaceutical sciences: healthy body 2
  • Fundamentals of pharmaceutical sciences: from molecules to medicines 2
Year 2
  • The life cycle of medicines
  • Pre-clinical development
  • Medicines design and development 1
  • Pharmaceutical manufacturing and control
  • Medicines design and development 2
Year 3
  • Placement
  • Case studies in medicines development
Year 4
  • Research project
  • Advanced drug delivery and innovative therapies
  • Advanced technologies in pharmaceutical sciences
  • Application of pharmaceutical sciences to medicines development
  • Regulatory sciences and quality assurance
Learning and assessment

Learning
  • Laboratory sessions
  • Lectures
  • Online resources
  • Practical sessions
  • Seminars
  • Tutorials
  • Workshops
  • Real-life case studies
Assessment
  • Coursework
  • Essay
  • Multiple choice examination
  • Online web-forum contributions
  • Oral assessment
  • Practical work
  • Presentations
  • Seminar

Additional information

Overseas students Fee -

Tuition fee for the academic year 2020/21 - £22,300

UK/EU application deadline - 15 January 2020

Overseas deadline - 15 January 2020

Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Development MSci (Hons) – 4 years including integrated placement year

£ 9,250 VAT inc.