Pharmaceutical Science (with specialism) MSc

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MSc

Pharmaceutical Science (with specialism) MSc, home applicant, full time

  • Home Applicant
  • Full time, 1 year
  • Pound 10800 per year

MSc

Pharmaceutical Science (with specialism) MSc, home applicant, full time

  • Home Applicant
  • Full time, 1 year
  • Pound 11340 per year

Pharmaceutical Science (with specialism) MSc, home applicant, part time

  • Home Applicant
  • Part time, 2 years
  • Pound 1890 per 30 credit module

Pharmaceutical Science (with specialism) MSc, international applicant, full time

  • International Applicant
  • Full time, 1 year
  • Pound 16740 per year

What makes this course different

Tailored to maximise employability

This course is designed and tailored to your own preferred specialism in either of the following: Pharmaceutical Analysis; Pharmacology; Physiology; Phyto-pharmaceuticals or Toxicology.

Taught by industry professionals

You will be taught by a highly experienced team headed by Course Leader Dr Mukhlesur Rahman. He has worked extensively within the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors, spoken at numerous international conferences and published 80 research articles.

Research excellence

92 per cent of research world-leading, internationally excellent, or internationally recognised

REF 2021

Course modules

NOTE: Modules are subject to change. For those studying part time courses the modules may vary.

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What we're researching

We have two research groups, one working to develop new medicines and treatments, the other in infections and immunity. We're also involved in research that tries to model and predict new drugs using bio-informatics. This uses computers to process and study biological data to help predict what a new drug structure would look like before making it.

We often carry out research in collaboration with other leading research universities in London, including University College London and King's College London as well as overseas institutions. Our phyto-pharmaceutical scientists have close links with researchers at Kew. Students studying at all levels have an opportunity to get involved in our research work.

Bioscience research played a major part in our successful performance in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework - the six-yearly national review of research quality in higher education. 92 per cent of UEL's overall research was rated as world-leading, internationally excellent, or internationally recognised.

Other prominent researchers include: Dr Mukhlesur Rahman (antimicrobial natural products); Dr Samir Ayoub (inflammation, pain and thermoregulation); Dr Winston Morgan (toxicology of natural products and synthetic drugs); Dr Barbara Pendry (cancer and mental health); Dr Michael Seed (preclinical models of inflammation and immunity); Dr Sue Outram (the immune response); Dr Sally Cutler (zoonosis); Dr John George (targeted drug design); Dr David Guiliano (microbiology) and Dr Geoffrey Webb (diet and nutrition).

Your future career

As a graduate, you will have a wide range of career options open to you in the broad field of pharmaceutical research.

Further study

This course provides you with ideal training either for employment or for continuing your studies with a PhD or further work at a university or research institute.

Job roles

You could choose to build a career in pharmaceutical and biotechnological companies that are developing new drugs and evaluating new products.
There are numerous small companies in the UK and around the world carrying out research and development for drugs.
This course provides you with ideal training to fit into such operations, whether through being employed or by continuing your studies with a PhD.
There are also strong potential employment opportunities within chemical companies making intermediates for the drug industry. They require graduates with analytical skills and an understanding of drug development.
Major pharmaceutical companies need expert personnel to work in the manufacture, formulation, and quality control of medicines and to advise customers on technical aspects of products.
The opportunity to work with cutting-edge equipment in our refurbished laboratories means you are likely to be familiar with all the relevant technology when you come to start work or a new research project.
You will be taught by hugely experienced members of staff, who have great contacts with potential employers or educational establishments where you might continue your studies.

Explore the different career options you can pursue with this degree and see the median salaries of the sector on our Career Coach portal.

How we support your career ambitions

We offer dedicated careers support, and further opportunities to thrive, such as volunteering and industry networking. Our courses are created in collaboration with employers and industry to ensure they accurately reflect the real-life practices of your future career and provide you with the essential skills needed. You can focus on building interpersonal skills through group work and benefit from our investment in the latest cutting-edge technologies and facilities.

Career Zone

Our dedicated and award-winning team provide you with careers and employability resources, including:

  • Online jobs board for internships, placements, graduate opportunities, flexible part-time work.
  • Mentoring programmes for insight with industry experts 
  • 1-2-1 career coaching services 
  • Careers workshops and employer events 
  • Learning pathways to gain new skills and industry insight

Mental Wealth programme

Our Professional Fitness and Mental Wealth programme which issues you with a Careers Passport to track the skills you’ve mastered. Some of these are externally validated by corporations like Amazon and Microsoft.

Our Mental Wealth programme

We are careers first

Our teaching methods and geographical location put us right up top

  • Enterprise and entrepreneurship support 
  • We are ranked 6th for graduate start-ups 
  • Networking and visits to leading organisations 
  • Support in starting a new business, freelancing and self-employment 
  • London on our doorstep

How you'll learn

Your studies will be overseen by experts at facilities that include newly refurbished laboratories with the latest analytical equipment. This will be hugely beneficial when you go on either to employment or further research in the field as you will be familiar with all the technology you are likely to encounter.

Guided independent study

When not attending timetabled lectures or workshops, you will be expected to continue learning independently through self-study. This will typically involve skills development through online study, reading journal articles and books, working on individual and group projects and preparing coursework assignments and presentations. Your independent learning is supported by a range of excellent facilities including online resources, and specialist facilities, such as game labs, the library, the full Microsoft Office software, including MS Teams, and Moodle: our Virtual Learning Environment.

Academic support

Our academic support team provides help in a range of areas - including learning and disability support.

External visits

You will benefit from external visits to herbal suppliers and pharmaceutical manufacturers. Previously our students visited GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) at Stevenage and toured the manufacturing facility.

You will also share trips with the BSc Pharmaceutical Science students to places such as the Economic Botany Collection at Kew Gardens and the Medicinal Garden at the Royal College of Physicians. We inspected the manufacturing procedure at the Herbs in a Bottle company in the recent past.

Research project

As an MSc student, your course culminates in an individual research project which will give you the opportunity to develop and demonstrate your own particular skills and abilities.
We will provide you with the best possible setting for your studies.

Bioscience has contributed to outstanding results in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework, the six-yearly review by the Higher Education Funding Council for England. 92 per cent of UEL's overall was rated research world-leading, internationally excellent, or internationally recognised.

How you'll be assessed

You will be assessed via a mixture of coursework and written exams at the end of each term. Coursework takes a variety of forms, including laboratory work, data analysis, essays, case studies and oral presentations. 

The Research Skills module is assessed by coursework involving several forms of presentation. The research project is assessed mainly by final written report, with contributions from a poster presentation and portfolio.

Campus and facilities

Water Lane, Stratford

Who teaches this course

This course is delivered by School of Health, Sport and Bioscience

The teaching team includes qualified academics, practitioners and industry experts as guest speakers. Full details of the academics will be provided in the student handbook and module guides.