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.

Medicinal chemistry

Medicinal chemistry represents the intersection of biology and chemistry, and involves the development of new pharmaceutical agents, from their original conception through to their clinical use.

You will study how drugs work and how they are designed and made. By applying the principles and techniques of organic chemistry, medicinal chemists discover and develop compounds that prevent, treat or cure disease.

Your ambition to make an impact on improving people's health and wellbeing will come to the fore when you embark on this specialisation.

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