Overview

The department is among the most highly rated for research in the United Kingdom and hosts the MRC funded Centre for Drug Safety Science and the Wolfson Centre for Personalized Medicine.

Key Features

The focus is on research that is directed towards understanding disease processes, defining therapeutic strategies for intervention, and the scientific basis of drug safety. The ultimate aim of this research is to translate laboratory findings into the clinic for the benefit of patients, the public and the healthcare system.
The research of the Pharmacology programme from University of Liverpool specifically focuses on the following areas:

Drug Safety Science - undertake fundamental clinical and basic research into the causes, characteristics and consequences of adverse drug reactions to improve the benefit-risk ratio of current and new medicines
Personalized Medicine – aim to identify the specific differences which cause individuals to respond to drugs differently
Immuno-pharmacology - undertake basic and clinical research to characterize drug interactions with immune cells and identify novel drug targets
The Pharmacology of Infectious Disease – aim to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying the variability in response to HIV, tuberculosis and hepatitis therapy

Nanomedicines – investigate the application of nanomedicines in infectious disease
Neuropharmacology – working to discover the underlying causes of common nervous system disorders, examine their consequences and identify new treatments.

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Programme Structure

Research themes:

Basic studies which define the biological effects of therapeutics in humans

Non-human or non-clinical studies conducted with the intent to advance therapies to the clinic or develop principles for application of therapeutics to human disease

Investigations in humans which define the biology of disease and provide the scientific base for the development of new or improved therapies for human disease

Any clinical trial of a therapy that was initiated based on the above

The biology-chemistry “bridge”.

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months
Part-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-22 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-25 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-08-29 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

88

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PTE Academic

61

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IELTS

6.5

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

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88

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61

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General requirements

Applicants for postgraduate research study at Liverpool are normally expected to hold a UK first degree with a First Class or Upper Second Class degree classification, or a Second Class degree plus a Master’s degree. Equivalent international qualifications are also accepted, and their equivalence will be evaluated on the basis of the information provided by the National Academic Recognition and Information Centre (NARIC) as well as internal guidance based on our experience of a qualification’s suitability as a preparation for our programmes.
School or college transcripts/certificates
University transcripts
Degree certificates
English language certificates (International applicants only)
A personal statement
Two signed references on letterheaded paper (these should be academic references if you have been in full-time education in the last three years)
A research proposal (may be tested for plagiarism, collusion and other irregularities)

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Tuition Fees

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31250 GBP / year

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5006 GBP / year

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Part-time:

National: £2,503
EU/International: £15,650

Living costs

Liverpool

United Kingdom

556 - 1035 GBP / month

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