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BSc Chemistry with
Medicinal Chemistry
BSc Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry
focuses on drug discovery and the interaction
of drugs with the human body. It is ideal
if you are considering a career in the
pharmaceutical industry or are particularly
fascinated by the chemistry that underpins
how drugs function.
This three-year degree programme allows students to
specialise in the area of medicinal chemistry in Years 2
and 3 whilst giving a firm foundation in the fundamentals
of chemistry.
Year 1
You will study the same Year 1 modules as BSc
Chemistry (see pages 10–11 for a detailed description).
This is designed to give you a good grounding in
chemistry as a subject, both theoretically and practically.
Year 2
Here you begin to specialise and build up your
knowledge in medicinal chemistry alongside improving
your knowledge of chromatographic, analytical and
spectroscopic chemistry, and improving your synthetic
skills. The Medicinal and Biological Chemistry 1 module
builds upon fundamental topics in organic, inorganic
and physical chemistry, demonstrating their importance
to medicinal and biological chemistry. It examines the
three dimensional chemical structure of drug targets,
the interaction of drug molecules with the body and the
process of drug discovery. Principles of drug design and
mechanism of action are illustrated by modern examples
of rational drug discovery and applied to the challenge
of developing a new drug from its initial identification
and subsequent development, through to its large-
scale preparation.
In the Industrial Chemistry module your focus will be on
understanding the international pharmaceutical business
which is the largest manufacturing export earner for the
UK Economy.
During Years 1 and 2 you are encouraged to choose the
following electives which will improve your knowledge of
human physiology and biochemical processes – Biology
of the Human Organism, and Sex and Survival.
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