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The MChem (Hons) Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry is an integrated four-year undergraduate masters degree providing an excellent grounding in the skills and knowledge vital to a future as a pharmaceutical chemist working in drug discovery. Throughout the programme, youll study a wide range of subjects, both to gain a good understanding of the wider subject and to develop the specialist skills central to pharmaceutical chemistry. So, while youll study general chemistry, research methods and professional laboratory techniques, your programme will also focus on more specialist areas like drug testing, drug efficacy, computer-based drug design and the quality control of pharmaceuticals up to the frontiers of knowledge in the field. The MChem (Hons) Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry degree also includes a research project unit, where you spend a year focusing on a major independent project in medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry that you design, carry out and present, alongside your other areas of study. This degree also provides the option of spending an extra year expanding your horizons, either studying with one of our partner universities overseas, or working on a placement in industry. This may be subject to availability.

Career prospects

A medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry masters degree opens the door to varied career opportunities in sectors that include the fine chemical and/or pharmaceutical industry, healthcare, environmental monitoring, food and drink, materials, utility, aerospace, automotive, information technology and telecommunications.

Our MChem (Hons) Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry graduates have secured roles in a wide range of industries – from development chemists in the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries to application sales engineers in the energy sector.

Your chemistry degree will also equip you with a wide variety of transferable skills that can be applied to non-subject specific career pathways such as local government, teaching, law, journalism, business, finance, IT and retail.