Pharmaceutical Chemistry (Hons) University of Huddersfield

Overview

This Pharmaceutical Chemistry (Hons) degree University of Huddersfield offered at the  opens introduces you to potentially exciting career opportunities where you can make an impact in a variety of fields, including pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical analysis, chemical analysis, chemical manufacturing, and healthcare.

Key Facts

Studying this course also gives you the opportunity to develop your logical reasoning skills and your ability to use imaginative thinking to approach real-world problems. Some of the core modules you’ll study on this course include physical chemistry, infectious diseases and therapeutics and molecular aspects of drug action.

Taught by doctoral level staff, you’ll be gaining real-world experience in this course by learning in our new £18.2 million facilities, which include purpose-built state-of-the-art chemistry and pharmaceutical labs featuring modern instruments.

You can also participate in an optional supervised work placement in your area of interest, available after your second year in the course. This placement year allows you to put your knowledge and skills to the test at sites in the UK or abroad, boosting your employability in the process.

In your final year, you’ll delve deeper into the complexities of analytical science, molecular targets and drug design, and also have the opportunity to complete a chemically-based independent research project. Pursue the topics that interest you the most, or that you wish to examine further in your future career.