Pharmaceutical Analysis

Entry requirements

UK honours degree (minimum 2.2) or equivalent in a relevant discipline including chemistry, forensic science, pharmacology or pharmacy. Applicants with relevant employment experience or other relevant qualifications will also be considered.

Months of entry

January, September

Course content

This Royal Society of Chemistry accredited course enables you to develop and further your knowledge of pharmaceutical and chemical analysis. On the MRes Pharmaceutical Analysis course you'll study the complexities of organic synthesis, synthesis of biologically important molecules, HPLC and NMR spectra. You'll also develop concepts of analytical chemistry applied to the detection and analysis of drugs.

You can expand your interests by selecting a pharmaceutical analysis led research project within one of our internationally recognised pharmaceutical analysis research groups.

As well as working and studying under the direction of world leading pharmaceutical and medicinal science staff, students will gain hands on experience of modern instrumentation including multi nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry (NMR). mass spectrometry, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC).

Information for international students

International students need IELTS 6.5 (with minimum of 5.5 in reading, listening, speaking and writing).