Medicinal Chemistry with a Year Abroad Cardiff University

Overview

Throughout the Medicinal Chemistry with a Year Abroad course from  Cardiff University you’ll gain a solid grounding in core chemistry topics as well as specialising in biochemistry and drug design. In the lab, you'll focus on drug synthesis and testing in our dedicated lab space fitted with industry-standard equipment.

Along with developing your research and computational abilities, you’ll learn to design your own experiments. In your final year, you can specialise in an area you're interested in through a research project, supervised by one of our leading academics.

Your third year will be spent immersed in a different culture on a nine-twelve month placement overseas.

Career opportunities:

This programme will equip you with the theoretical and laboratory skills in synthetic and analytical chemistry for careers and postgraduate study in drug development and biomedical research. During the programme you will encounter the same techniques and equipment that are used in the pharmaceutical industry. You will learn to work safely with chemicals, and to consider the ethical implications of pharmaceutical research.

You will be prepared for problem solving and making decisions based on critical analysis of evidence supported by the methods of statistics and data science. Drug discovery is a collaborative endeavour that takes place in teams over several years, and this programme will support you to operate in this environment through training in leadership, people, and project management. You will have the opportunity to develop your communication skills through preparation of reports, technical documents, and oral presentations.

Possible career destinations include medicinal chemist, formulation chemist, analytical chemist, regulatory affairs, intellectual property, as well as postgraduate study leading to academic research or graduate-entry medicine.