24 | CHEMISTRY AND MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
MChem Chemistry with
Medicinal Chemistry
Our Master in Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry MChem course offers an excellent training
for those wishing to enter a career in pharmaceutical research. The pharmaceutical research sector
is regularly referred to as the Jewel in the Crown of British Manufacturing and
is a major exporting industry.
You will study chemistry and medicinal
chemistry modules throughout your
degree and can complement them by
selecting modules from our exciting
range of electives in Year 1 and 2. Our
Year 1 modules are designed to focus
our students on the fundamental aspects
of Chemistry and necessary laboratory
and analytical skills in preparation for
advanced study (see pages 10–11 for full
description).
Our Year 2 chemistry modules build
on knowledge and skills gained in Year
1 and place theory alongside relevant
modern applications of medicinal
chemistry. In Year 3, a choice of topics
is offered allowing you to specialise in
areas that interest you. (See page 25 for
full description). Instead of the Medicinal
Chemistry Research Dissertation
students undertake a Synoptic Topics in
Chemistry module.
Year 4
The final year of our Master in Chemistry
with Medicinal Chemistry MChem is
designed to equip you with the specialist
knowledge expected of a Medicinal
Chemistry researcher. You study two
modules Applied Medicinal Chemistry
Topics and Research Medicinal
Chemistry Topics which further develop
and expand your subject knowledge
of Medicinal Chemistry and you also
undertake a research training module:
Applied Medicinal Chemistry Topics
Research themes
• X-Ray-Crystallography Analytical • Chemical Sensors
• Advanced Organic NMR Analytical • Carbohydrate Chemistry
• Physical Organic Chemistry • Chemical Ecology
• Rings, Cages and Clusters • Computational Chemistry
• Solids and Surfaces • Heterocyclic Chemistry
• Transition Metals
• Heterocyclic Chemistry
• X-Ray Diffractometry
• Antioxidants
Research Medicinal Chemistry Topics • Anti-inflammatory mediators
• Chemical Sensors • Ovarian Cancer Drugs
• Modern Synthesis Protocols
• Chemistry of Flow
• Electrochemistry
• Computational Materials Chemistry
• Carbohydrate Chemistry
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Throughout the whole of Year 4 you will
undertake a significant independent
research project under the direct
supervision of an academic member
of staff and working in the research
laboratories alongside PhD and
postdoctoral researchers, attending
research group meetings and research
seminars and developing the practical
and professional skills demanded in a
chemistry researchers.
• Flow Chemistry
• Synthetic Methodology
• Anti-malarial Drugs