A Pharmaceutical Science degree will be your springboard into an exciting career. You’ll learn about the chemistry, biology and technology of medicines and other chemical formulations from researchers at the international forefront of their fields.

You’ll also get lots of time in the lab, working with industry-standard research instrumentation, learning how to improve human health and well-being by researching and developing more reliable, accessible and effective treatments and products. You will develop the knowledge and practical skills critical to the discovery and development of new drugs and therapies leading to exciting careers in research and industry.

Drug discovery biology

Drug discovery biology focuses on the biomedical science and pharmacology of drug discovery.

In this specialisation, you will learn about the biotechnological aspects of drug design that lead to:

• discovering and evaluating new targets for testing drugs
• investigating the biological effects of drug candidates
• translating outcomes into pharmaceutical products

You will develop expert knowledge of biological drug targets and their modulation by different types of active drug compounds, which is at the core of innovative drug discoveries.

Graduates will be qualified for a career in translating the information and outcomes of drug development studies into pharmaceutical products.

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