Clinical Pharmacology BSc Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)

This three-year degree, the only undergraduate course in the UK dedicated to clinical pharmacology, has been designed in collaboration with industry leaders to prepare students for a range of careers.

Clinical pharmacology takes a deeper dive into how we develop drugs, the processes of clinical trials and the impact of drugs on the human body. The curriculum is based around seven themes:

1\. Fundamentals of Science: Understanding how the body works and what goes wrong in disease.

2\. Pharmacokinetics: How the body handles drugs.

3\. Pharmacodynamics: How drugs exert their effects on the body.

4\. Drug development and clinical trials: How drugs are discovered and developed as medicines.

5\. Drugs in healthcare: How information from clinical trials and drug development is used to guide the use of medicines for patients in clinical practice.

6\. Data and statistics: How to collect, manage, analyse, present and interpret research data relating to drugs.

7\. Skills portfolio: Developing clinical trials, laboratory, presentation and personal skills required to be successful in a work environment and demonstrate this to employers.

In the first semester of Year 1, students will be introduced to a broad spectrum of concepts across the seven themes. The second semester focus turns to key drug targets, including inflammatory, infectious, cardiovascular and metabolic disease.

Unlike many other courses, students conduct a research project in the second year. After finishing this project, students spend six weeks on a placement that exposes them to work practices and professional conduct. In the final year, students continue to hone research skills and complete a literature review. At the same time, students will look at hot topics in pharmacology, exploring the latest breakthroughs in areas like oncology and new treatments for viruses.