Pharmacy 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.<br/><br/>Joint 1st place in Research Environment with our colleagues from the Faculty Medicine and Health Sciences **<br/><br/>Joint 4th in the UK for research quality, with 96% of our research assessed as world-leading or internationally excellent **<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>The school has excellent facilities in:<br/>- molecular biology<br/><br/><br/>- cell culture<br/><br/><br/>- mass spectrometry<br/><br/><br/>- medicinal chemistry (including our 80,000-compound library)<br/><br/><br/>- structural biology<br/><br/><br/>- molecular modelling<br/><br/><br/>- microscopy<br/><br/><br/>- parasitology and formulation<br/><br/><br/>- the only 3DOrbiSIMS in academia<br/><br/><br/>- a high resolution, cryogenic analytical and transfer scanning electron microscope<br/><br/><br/>**Research Divisions**<br/>All of our postgraduate research students are based in one of our five research divisions:<br/><br/><br/>- Advanced Materials and Healthcare Technologies<br/><br/><br/>- Biomolecular Science and Medicinal Chemistry<br/><br/><br/>- Molecular Therapeutics and Formulation Division<br/><br/><br/>- Pharmacy Practice and Policy (social science-based research)<br/><br/><br/>- Regenerative Medicine and Cellular Therapies Division<br/><br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>*QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022 and 2021.<br/><br/>**Research Excellence Framework 2021.