The Master's Degree Programme in Exact Sciences – Chemistry of Drug Development specialization track equips you with theoretical and practical skills in drug screening, identification, design, and targeting.

Drug Discovery and Development (DDD) is a program focused on all aspects of identifying and introducing new medicines. Its mission is to deliver high-level specialists, equipped with a highly applied scientific basis for discovery and development of novel pharmacotherapeutics, combined with focused, real-life practical skills. This degree provides a solid grounding in pharmaceutical sciences, together with an opportunity to specialize in a particular drug discovery and development area.

This programme is unique as it combines the study of pharmaceutical technology, including pharmaceutical sciences, and medicines control. It has been designed to provide you with advanced theoretical knowledge of sciences that are related to disciplines in pharmaceutical sciences and give you the skills you need for laboratory work in this area.

The Master's Degree Programme in Drug Discovery and Development trains experts for the entire drug development chain.

This master's course has been designed to respond to the increasing demand for professional pharmacologists. Professional pharmacologists are essential to speed up the critical task of translating basic laboratory medical research into commercially ready medical biotechnology and drugs for diagnosing and treating patients.

Our MSc Drug Design and Discovery is led by highly experienced, research-focused academics and integrates classical natural products-based drug discovery methods with the exploration of molecular target-based drug discovery and molecular modelling. During the course, you’ll develop your skills in our state-of-the-art Bodmer laboratories. You’ll study minutes from Manchester city centre, one of the UK’s fastest growing regions for biosciences employment.

In the rapidly growing pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries, industry leaders are seeking employees with an advanced degree and real-world experience. The applied drug development master’s program from the University of Wisconsin–Madison was designed in collaboration with industry partners who are looking to fill the skill gap between entry-level and research scientists. Our master’s curriculum prepares you to meet their needs while giving you the background and in-demand skills needed to begin your career with an advantage.

The Medicinal Chemistry option encompasses the design and synthesis of candidate drug molecules, in silico and high-throughput screens for candidate drug molecules, the isolation of bioactive molecules from complex plants or other natural materials, and the development and validation of techniques to detect drugs in bodily fluids.

This institution has been granted consent by the Minister of Colleges and Universities to offer this degree program for a five-year term starting June 25, 2021.

This programme is one of few with a broad approach including the entire pharmaceutical process; from discovery and identification of active substance to development and production of the final drug. Students learn through authentic industrial development scenarios with emphasis on laboratory practice and project-based learning. They have access to excellent lab facilities, key equipment utilised within the pharma industry and industry collaboration opportunities for research. Graduates might start as an organic or analytical chemist, as a biochemist developing new biological pharmaceutical substances, as formulators of new drug products, at positions in the quality assurance field or may conduct further specialised studies as PhD students.