Pharmacology and Drug Discovery MSc

Course Overview

This masters course aims to provide the training and development necessary to meet the demand for highly skilled scientists within the expanding and global bioscience sector. It can lead to a wide range of careers including academic, commercial, industrial, and healthcare applications of pharmacology. The course has been designed to respond to the increasing demand for suitably trained professional pharmacologists, essential to speed up the critical task of translating basic laboratory medical research into commercially-ready medical biotechnology and drugs that can be used to diagnose and treat patients. As well as relevant biotechnical innovations associated with pharmacology and drug discovery, classical clinical trial design and health-outcomes research, the course also encompasses an emerging area of science that is known as €˜Translational Medicine.

General Eligibility

An Honours degree in a life sciences, pharmacology, or clinical sciences undergraduate course; with a minimum of a lower second class (2.ii) classification (2. I for the professional experience course).

Part Time Work Details

Language Requirement

• This course requires an IELTS of 6.5 overall, with no component lower than 5.5. Pre-sessional English is available if required.