Our BSc (Hons) Pharmaceutical Chemistry degree not only offers a firm grounding in general chemistry, research methods and laboratory techniques, but also provides the specialist skills and understanding you’ll need to pursue a future in pharmaceutical chemistry. We’ve developed the course with the pharmaceutical industry in mind – ensuring that our curriculum covers all the skills and strengths that employers demand, and that our placements offer the practical experience on which you can build a career.

You’ll focus on areas like drug testing, drug efficacy, computer-based drug design and the quality control of pharmaceuticals – equipping you for a role in the drug discovery industry.

Our pharmaceutical chemistry degree also provides the option of spending an extra year expanding your horizons, working on a placement in industry. This is subject to national and international travel restrictions.

Placement options

The four-year placement route gives you the opportunity of spending your third year on an industrial placement. The Department offers help with finding a suitable placement and experience has shown that placements can lead to improved performance in the final year and improved employment prospects after graduation.

This is subject to national and international travel restrictions.

A pharmaceutical chemistry degree opens the door to varied career opportunities in sectors that include chemical, pharmaceutical, healthcare, environment, food and drink, materials, utility, aerospace, automotive, information technology and telecommunications. 

Our BSc (Hons) Pharmaceutical Chemistry graduates have secured roles in a wide range of industries – from drug safety specialists working for global pharmaceutical companies to technical project leads supporting the development and manufacture of life-changing medicines.  

Your chemistry degree will also equip you with a wide variety of transferable skills that can be applied to non-subject specific career pathways such as local government, teaching, recruitment, law, journalism, business, finance, IT and retail.