Pharmacy Doctor of Philosophy - PhD

The School of Pharmacy is a world top 5 school two years in a row*. Our teaching, learning materials and student support back this incredible ranking.

Joint 1st place in Research Environment with our colleagues from the Faculty Medicine and Health Sciences **

Joint 4th in the UK for research quality, with 96% of our research assessed as 'world-leading' or 'internationally excellent' **

Join us at the forefront of world-changing research that’s both innovative and relevant, working on new therapeutic targets and treatments that will improve the lives of millions of people.

We work with over 30 leading companies across the healthcare sector, including Boots, Evonik, Mars Petcare UK, Promega, SureScreen Diagnostics, Syngenta, Unilever and Widex A/S.

The school has excellent facilities in:
- molecular biology


- cell culture


- mass spectrometry


- medicinal chemistry (including our 80,000-compound library)


- structural biology


- molecular modelling


- microscopy


- parasitology and formulation


- the only 3DOrbiSIMS in academia


- a high resolution, cryogenic analytical and transfer scanning electron microscope


Research Divisions
All of our postgraduate research students are based in one of our five research divisions:


• Advanced Materials and Healthcare Technologies



• Biomolecular Science and Medicinal Chemistry



• Molecular Therapeutics and Formulation Division



• Pharmacy Practice and Policy (social science-based research)



• Regenerative Medicine and Cellular Therapies Division



You are strongly encouraged to find a supervisor before you apply. You can approach any member of staff in relation to a research project of your own devising or you can look at our current vacancies.

*QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022 and 2021.

**Research Excellence Framework 2021.