Overview

Key features

The Pharmaceutical Quality by Design (QbD) course from De Montfort University provides an understanding of the challenges faced by the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries as they strive to develop new products. It will equip you with modern product development and manufacturing solutions that conform to current industry best practices and modern QbD principles.
Our Leicester School of Pharmacy has an established reputation of more than 100 years of pharmacy teaching. This course is dedicated to applying international regulatory guidelines used by all big pharmaceutical industries to pharmaceutical manufacture and product development.
Our teaching staff are experienced practitioners and researchers, and offer academic and industrial expertise underpinned by Quality by Design principles. You will learn about the challenges faced by the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries in product formulation, material science, advanced analytical sciences, and process engineering and control, as they strive to develop new products and create safe medicines.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Quality by Design

Product Design: Pre-formulation and Formulation

Analytical Techniques in Materials Science

Process Design and Manufacturing

Advances in Drug Delivery

Biopharmaceuticals

Process Analytical Technology and Chemometrics

Experimental Design and Research Methods

Dissertation

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Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-15 00:00:00

Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Leicester, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Pharmacy Health Sciences View 120 other Masters in Pharmacy in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Lower Second Class

English requirements

IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

A good honours degree (minimum 2:2 or equivalent) in a chemical, biological or physical science, including (though not exclusive to) chemistry, biology, chemical engineering, engineering, pharmacy, pharmaceutical science, or physics (or equivalent)
Alternatively, we will accept a portfolio of professional and/or academic qualifications of equivalent standing to an honours degree.

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

17800 GBP / year

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Citizens or residents

10000 GBP / year

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Living costs

Leicester

United Kingdom

751 - 1426 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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