• Pharmaceutical Science invoves the study of the chemistry of pharmaceutical products, i.e. drugs and the industrial technologies required in order to develop full scale drug manufacture.
• Pharmaceutical Science focuses on the design, action, delivery, disposition, use of pharmaceuticals and the process development, pharmaceutical analysis and quality assurance of drugs.
• There is a strong emphasis on chemical analysis of pharmaceutics which is enabled by the excellent research facilities  for example, high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and protein gel analysis.

 

Entry requirements

240 points including 2 GCE Science A levels. Plus GCSE English, maths and dual science (or biology and chemistry) at grade C or above. A minimum IELTS score of 6.0, TOEFL 550 (213 CBT) is required if English is not your first language. If you do not have chemistry at A-level, it must have been completed at AS level.

We are pleased to accept all qualifications included in the UCAS tariff points system (e.g. International Baccalaureate, key skills). More information about our entry requirements.

Study routes

• Part-time normally 5 years
• Full-time 3 years
• Sandwich 4 years

Location(s)

• College Lane Campus

Professional accreditation

Associate Membership of the Royal Society of Chemistry (AMRSC)