Pharmaceutical Science with Business at Keele University has been designed in collaboration with industry experts to address the fundamental needs of this sector. This course covers the main aspects of pharmaceutical drug discovery and development, including product formulation, manufacture and quality assurance. It aims to explain how such pure and applied sciences fit into the global pharmaceutical business, legal and regulatory frameworks.

This includes the clinical development of medicines and focuses on the role of the pharmaceutical scientist within the industry team that take a drug from research to the clinic. As such, it provides an ideal platform for further study of specialist programmes such as the MSc in Pharmaceutical Development with Business at Keele, research degrees or entry to the pharmaceutical industry.

The programme involves teaching sessions related to the real world of pharmaceutical product development which allows you to apply this knowledge in practice. This will help you to prepare for employment, providing the subject and industry knowledge as well as transferable skills for your chosen route

Graduates from this course have gone on to work in globally recognised pharmaceutical companies. The skills and knowledge gained during this course will enable you to not only work in the pharmaceutical industry but will offer you the potential to work in areas such as research and academia. 

We aim to ensure that you leave with a significant awareness of how to operate in the pharmaceutical industry and understand the contribution of each function, within the industry, to bringing a new molecule from research to the market.