Monash has designed this advanced version of the Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Science for high-achieving students who expect to pursue honours studies and a career in pharmaceutical science. A flexible course, it covers the multi-disciplinary chemical and biological science base used in researching and developing reliable, accessible and effective medicinal products.

A pharmaceutical scientist is trained to select new targets for drug therapy that arise from basic research. As a pharmaceutical scientist you will have the scientific and technical knowledge to translate new targets into reliable, accessible and effective treatments for patients.

Formulation science

Formulation science will enable you to understand the principles of making finished products from a blend of different individual ingredients. Drawing on the pharmaceutical industry, you will learn to apply the same principles to industrially relevant problems in other areas of formulation science, such as consumer products and cosmetics.

Formulation science is concerned with the invention, manufacture and testing of new products. You will explore the transformation of active drug compounds into finished products and learn about the elements of design and how to generate and evaluate new, effective, safe and stable pharmaceutical products and applications.

• Biomedical research
• Biotechnology
• Clinical trials
• Drug analysis
• Pharmaceutical industry
• Regulatory affairs
• Toxicology
• Academia
• Research and development