Research course
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Entry requirements
We require applicants to hold, or be about to obtain, an Upper Second class Honours degree (or overseas equivalent) in a related subject area for entry to a PhD programme. A Lower Second class Honours degree may be considered if applicants also hold a Master's degree with a Merit classification.
Months of entry
January, April, September
Course content
Our PhD/MPhil Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences programme enables you to undertake a research project that will improve understanding of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Our areas of research within pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences include:
- Development of novel nucleic acid-based diagnostics and therapeutics;
- Modelling and simulation of pharmacokinetics, drug-drug interactions and pharmacodynamics in healthy virtual populations;
- Modelling and simulation of pharmacokinetics, drug-drug interactions and pharmacodynamics in patient populations;
- Analysis of inter-individual variability in drug metabolizing enzyme activity;
- Optimal design of early phase clinical trials with new therapies and drug combinations;
- Applications of systems biology approach to prediction of drug absorption, distribution and Elimination;
- Extrapolation of in vitro data to predict in vivo pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics;
- Applications of PKPD in drug development and therapeutics, particularly endocrinology, drug abuse, and paediatric pharmacology.
Qualification, course duration and attendance options
- PhD
- full time36-48 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- part time72-96 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- MPhil
- part time24 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- full time12 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
Course contact details
- Name
- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
- admissions.doctoralacademy@manchester.ac.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)161 275 5608