MChem in Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry
Kingston University
Key Information
Campus location
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
4 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
GBP 9,250 / per year *
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
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* UK students: £9,250 per year | international: £15,800 for the first year
Introduction
Why choose this course?
Chemistry is a fundamental science that has a huge impact on our day-to-day lives.
The crucial roles that the pharmaceutical and medicinal chemistry industries have played in the fight against Covid-19, have also increased public awareness and perception of the challenges being faced, and thus the national strategic importance of these industries.
This integrated master's course places emphasis on research alongside developing your laboratory, practical and professional skills, and a specialism in medicinal chemistry in the final year of the degree.
To provide a base for this advanced learning, the course shares Years 1, 2 and 3 with the Chemistry BSc (Hons) course.
Reasons to choose Kingston University
- Kingston's state-of-the-art laboratories include networked computers for each workspace, which are newly refurbished through a £6 million investment.
- This MChem degree is ideal if you are considering a career as an industrial or medicinal chemist.
- Two independent research projects, at least one of which will be in medicinal chemistry, enable you to develop advanced research skills.
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Curriculum
What you will study
Year 1
Year 1 introduces the fundamental aspects of the subject. Three foundation modules consolidate your existing knowledge and provide a base on which you can develop advanced concepts. You will learn and develop the laboratory and practical techniques needed for the later years of the course. You will also broaden your knowledge through a module that discusses environmental chemistry. A further module of academic and professional skills enables you to enhance transferable skills valued by employers.
Core modules
- Foundation Organic and Physical Chemistry
- Foundation Inorganic and Environmental Chemistry
- Introduction to Spectroscopy and Experimental Techniques
- Academic Skills for Molecular Sciences
Year 2
Year 2 takes a more in-depth look at organic and medicinal chemistry, inorganic and physical chemistry. You will continue to carry out experimental work, developing the theoretical knowledge and practical skills needed to become a competent professional. Additional modules, covering experimental and analytical chemistry, will expand your skills for interpreting the results of modern spectroscopic investigations. An optional sandwich year provides an opportunity to gain first-hand experience with how chemistry is applied in an industrial situation.
Core modules
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Organic and Medicinal Chemistry
- Physical Chemistry
- Analytical and Experimental Chemistry
Year 3
In Year 3, you will undertake a more specialised study of the inorganic, physical and organic chemistry taught in Years 1 and 2, with the chance to choose optional modules in areas of drug development, analytical or advanced materials and industrial chemistry. There is also a project module, which forms an important part of this year's work and allows you to investigate a research topic in a chosen area of interest.
Core modules
- Organic and Natural Product Chemistry
- Inorganic and Physical Chemistry
- Project
Optional modules
- Advanced Materials and Industrial Chemistry
- Advanced Analytical Science
- Drug Development
Year 4
In Year 4, you will specialise in medicinal chemistry by studying the discovery, design and development of pharmaceuticals, including the application of tools such as computational chemistry and assay screening techniques. A research project in medicinal chemistry will enable you to develop these skills further. Progression to Year 4 requires the completion of the compulsory modules and one option module.
Core modules
- Research Project
- Design, Discovery and Development of Pharmaceuticals
- Medicinal Chemistry in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Please note
Optional modules only run if there is enough demand. If we have an insufficient number of students interested in an optional module, that module will not be offered for this course.
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Career Opportunities
Types of jobs
- Analytical chemist
- Teacher
- Quality assurance scientist
- Regulatory analysis
- Clinical skills technician
- Development technologist
- Senior chemist
- Quality control analyst
- Project Assistant
- Medical Representative
Employers
- Eli Lilly
- Allergy Therapeutics
- GSK
- AWEC Plc
- Scapa
- Isolagen
- Leatherhead Food Research
- Martindale Pharmaceuticals
- Ashfield Healthcare
- Schwarz Pharma