Course Overview - Medicinal Chemistry
**Medicinal chemists are at the forefront of modern medicine, developing new therapies to prevent and treat infections and disease.**
This accredited, three-year course focuses on the biological aspects of chemistry, giving you the skills to join this exciting field.
You’ll gain a solid grounding in core chemistry topics as well as specialising in biochemistry, microbiology and drug design.
Your laboratory experience will focus on drug synthesis and testing, developing your research, mathematical and computational skills. You’ll also learn about leadershi...
**Medicinal chemists are at the forefront of modern medicine, developing new therapies to prevent and treat infections and disease.** <br/><br/>This accredited, three-year course focuses on the biological aspects of chemistry, giving you the skills to join this exciting field.<br/><br/>You’ll gain a solid grounding in core chemistry topics as well as specialising in biochemistry, microbiology and drug design.<br/><br/>Your laboratory experience will focus on drug synthesis and testing, developing your research, mathematical and computational skills. You’ll also learn about leadership, management and project planning.<br/><br/>In the third and final year, you will have the opportunity to specialise in an area of your interest through a research project, supervised by an expert in the field.