Pharmaceutical Chemistry BSc

A pharmaceutical course designed with you in mind.

Combining chemistry with biochemistry, this course will give you a grounding in pharmaceutical chemistry and the skills needed to work in the field.

During the course you’ll cover all aspects of pharmaceutical drug development, such as target identification, synthesis, clinical testing and trials, alongside building your knowledge of the main branches of chemistry.

Our pharmaceutical chemistry course is designed to the standards of the Royal Society of Chemistry. During the course you’ll be taught by an academic team with links to the industry that include GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis, and Johnson Matthey.

Building your chemistry skills in a lab environment

Divided into four broad themes, you’ll cover all aspects of chemistry including core chemistry knowledge, practical skills, pharmaceutical knowledge, and numeracy and computational skills. You’ll build your analytical and research skills so you can collect and interpret experimental data.

You’ll develop your chemistry skills in a high-tech laboratory. You will have access to a bioscience suite with a scanning electron microscope, microbiological and molecular equipment, as well as a host of other analytical technologies.

As part of the course you will also take part in a work placement, gaining valuable industry experience in an organisation or laboratory.

A Levels	BBC including a C or above in chemistry
BTEC	DMM in a relevant subject
Access requirements	Overall pass in a relevant subject: must include 45 credits at level 3, of which all 45 must be at Merit or higher
Combinations	A combination of A-Level, BTEC and other accepted qualifications that total 112 UCAS Tariff points including 32 points from chemistry
IELTS	6.0 (with minimum 5.5 in all components).

BSc Pharmaceutical Chemistry offers valuable skills for various lab positions in pharmaceutical, chemical, and biotechnology companies. Employers include GlaxoSmithKline, Eli Lilly, Astrazeneca, small biotechnology companies, and contract research firms. Key roles include research and development, drug formulation, quality control, academia, and collaborations. Non-laboratory careers include regulatory affairs, intellectual property, project management, technology transfer, science publications, research officers, and other roles requiring strong analytical/quantitative skills.