Undergraduate pharmacy students

Pharmaceutical Sciences BSc

University Park Campus, Nottingham, UK

Course overview

Learn about the discovery and design of medicines at a world top 15 university for pharmacy and pharmacology (QS World Rankings 2024). Prepare for a career where you can develop new drugs and medicines to transform people's lives.

You'll use case studies throughout the first two years. The case studies bring together the core sciences that make up pharmaceutical sciences:

Chemistry

  • drug design and discovery using organic chemistry
  • analytical chemistry to study the structure and purity of drug molecules

Pharmaceutics

  • the science of designing and formulating medicines
  • understand the properties of drugs and medicines through physical chemistry

 

 

Indicative modules

Mandatory

Year 1

Biopharmaceutics

Mandatory

Year 1

Cardiovascular and Haematology

Mandatory

Year 1

Drug Structure

Mandatory

Year 1

Endocrine and Metabolism

Mandatory

Year 1

Synthesis of Simple Drugs

Mandatory

Year 1

The Science of Medicines

Mandatory

Year 2

Advanced Drug Delivery

Mandatory

Year 2

Drug Design

Mandatory

Year 2

Infection and Immunity

Mandatory

Year 2

Oncology

Mandatory

Year 2

Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

Mandatory

Year 2

Synthesis of Complex Drugs

Mandatory

Year 3

Biologics

Mandatory

Year 3

Natural Products

Mandatory

Year 3

Pharmaceutical Research Project

Mandatory

Year 3

Science and Industry

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About modules

The above is a sample of the typical modules we offer, but is not intended to be construed or relied on as a definitive list of what might be available in any given year. This content was last updated on Monday 13 January 2025. Due to timetabling availability, there may be restrictions on some module combinations.

Hello, I'm Tanishka. I started my course in September 2020. Some of my favourite modules are: cardiovascular and haematology; infection and immunity; and synthesis of complex drugs, because these are the ones in which I performed my best. There are also study groups which you can join that can help you in your first year. Practical classes are my forever favourite where I already feel like a scientist (decked up in a lab coat and playing with the equipment). "

Tanishka

Pharmaceutical Sciences student

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