You could take up the challenge of developing the next generation of antibiotics, research effective drugs against major international diseases such as malaria, and develop targeted cures for cancer.

During your first two years you will be taught in our teaching laboratories using industry standard modern equipment and embedding professional laboratory practice. Your year 4 research project has you working in our research laboratories on a project selected by you - from analysing drug metabolites, to developing new synthetic routes to active molecules and undertaking structure activity studies to enhance the potency of lead compounds.

Keele also offers support so that you can integrate either a year abroad or an industrial placement into your degree programme.

This degree is accredited by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

The research skills you will develop throughout the four years of your degree are highly sought after by research establishments in both academia and industry. Many will choose to continue their studies with a PhD in an area of medicinal chemistry. Alternatively, opportunities exist for those students wanting to go directly into the pharmaceutical industry.