Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details:
This programme explores the latest methods of developing drugs and therapeutic compounds for humans and animals and disease control agents for plants, with a multidisciplinary approach that links structural biology, bioinformatics, chemistry and pharmacology.
These entry requirements are for the 2026-27 academic year and requirements for future academic years may differ. Entry requirements for the 2027-28 academic year will be published on 1 Oct 2026.
A UK 2:1 honours degree, or its international equivalent, in biochemistry, molecular biology, biophysics or pharmacology.
We will also consider your application if you have a background in chemistry, pharmacy, physics, computer science or medicine.
Your degree should include some university level chemistry.
International qualifications
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Compulsory courses
Semesters 1 and 2
Protein Production for Therapeutic Discovery (20 credits)
Semester 1
Quantitating drug binding (10 credits)
Modelling and Measuring Drug/Protein Interactions (20 credits)
Semester 2
Biological Structure and Drug Function (20 credits)
Research Project Proposal (Biochemistry and Drug Discovery) (10 credits)
Dissertation
Research Project in MSc Drug Discovery and Translational Biology (60 credits)
Option courses
You can choose from a variety of courses in biological areas beyond the core drug discovery theme, allowing you to tailor your degree to your personal interests and future plans. This can include courses focusing on:
biotechnology
biochemistry
synthetic biology
bioinformatics
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