Pharmacology and Drug Discovery PhD/MRes

Program Overview

This research-oriented degree allows students to pursue their interests in pharmacology and drug discovery, with guidance from experienced supervisors and cutting-edge facilities. The program offers courses in various specialized areas and provides students with opportunities to advance the field through their research, such as studying the genetic basis of Alzheimer's disease or investigating protein-protein interactions.

Program Outline

Other:

• The program is a research degree that allows students to choose their own area of interest to research, under the title of their choosing.
• The program is made up of the following available PhD and MRes courses:
• Pharmacology
• Clinical Chemistry
• Cell Signalling
• Molecular Pharmacology and Drug Discovery
• The program is supported by industry standard facilities, cutting edge equipment, and the guidance of supervisors.
• The program allows students to advance the area of life sciences that interests them.
• Some examples of the research conducted within the Pharmacology and Drug Discovery fields include:
• Understanding the genetic basis of Alzheimer's disease
• Molecular Pharmacology and Cell Biology of Cell Surface Receptors
• 'Cross-Talk' Between Different Intracellular Pathways
• Single molecule analysis of ligand-receptor interactions using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy
• Use of bimolecular fluorescence complementation to investigate protein-protein interactions

Tuition Fees:

Ph.D.

• UK fees: £5,100
• International fees: Up to £41,000 per year

MRes

• International fees: £28,600