Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences MSc (Res)

The School of Pharmacy aims to produce passionate pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists who able to address many of the major healthcare challenges facing the world in the 2020s and beyond. Pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists have the potential to forge strong and unique bridges between science and healthcare to improve health outcomes, developing good relationships with patients, healthcare practitioners, and the pharmaceutical industry.<br/><br/>This research programme provides students with the opportunity to liaise with professionals in the pharmacy, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industries, and develop national and international collaborations. Previous research projects have involved work in the USA and across Europe and Asia. The Schools research is focused in two main areas; Drug Discovery, Design, and Delivery, and Clinical Pharmacy and Practice.<br/><br/>Postgraduate students in the School of Pharmacy can benefit from access to purpose-built laboratory space and specialist equipment, a wide range of training programmes designed to enhance research and transferable skills, and support from dedicated academic supervisors.<br/><br/>The School has strong links with the pharmaceutical industry and an important presence in the Lincoln Institute for Health. It collaborates with the Community and Health Research Unit (CAHRU), the Diabetes, Metabolism and Inflammation (DMI) group, and the National Centre for Food Manufacturing (NCFM), as well as the Schools of Engineering, Mathematics and Physics, and Chemistry, and School of Life and Environmental Sciences.