MChem Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry with Integrated Master's
Entry requirements
A level: BBC in three A levels including C in Chemistry IB: 554 in three Higher Levels including 4 in Chemistry, or 29 points including 4 in Higher Level Chemistry
About this course
MChem in Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry, covering organic, inorganic and physical chemistry. Core topics include laboratory techniques, research methods, data analysis, programming, statistics, and environmental analysis. The final year centres on an independent research project, and a literature review is completed in the third year. A flexible work placement is available as an optional additional year.
Modules
- Sustainable Chemistry
- Practical and Professional Chemistry Skills
- Chemical Structure and Reactivity
- Chemistry Connections
- Chemistry Career Planning and Employability Skills
- Science & Society
- Structure and Function in Medicinal Chemistry
- Chemical Characterisation and Transformations
- Practical and Professional Chemistry
- Principles of Drug Design
- Environmental Analysis
- Structure and Function in Materials Chemistry
- Flexible Work Placement (Level 5)
- Mechanisms of Drug Action
- Kinetics, Catalysis and Mechanism
- Synthetic Strategies in Organic Chemistry
- Independent Research Project
- Scientific Literature Review
- Chemical Analysis: Instrumentation and Evaluation
- Topics in Chemical Science
- Flexible Work Placement (Level 6)
- Professional Experience in Education
- Forensic Toxicology: Ingestion to Detection
- MChem Research Training
- MChem Medicinal Chemistry Research Project
- Synoptic Topics and Modern Trends in Chemistry
- MChem Independent Research Project (Placement)
- MChem Research Training (Placement)
- Synoptic Topics and Modern Trends in Chemistry (Placement)