Overview

Students will learn how to develop and assess a new business concept, and how to raise finance for and market a business and its outputs. They will build their scientific skill set by exploring four scientific research areas in pharmaceutics, and will interact closely with and be mentored by those who have direct experience of initiating a start-up business.

What this course will give you

This Pharmaceutical Formulation and Entrepreneurship programme is unique in equipping students with a broad skill set in both medicines design and entrepreneurship. It is delivered by world-leading academics in both the UCL School of Pharmacy and UCL School of Management and UCL Global Business School for Health.

University College London (UCL) staff with direct experience of launching a pharmaceutical start-up will teach students best practice and how to overcome the major challenges involved in enterprises of this kind.

Employability

Graduates from this MSc find work in various areas of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.
They are fully equipped with the skills to start their own businesses and can approach UCL Innovation and Enterprise to assist with this if desired.
Alternatively, they may join small biotech or major pharmaceutical companies, pursue further research in academia, work in consulting, or join world-leading technology companies where there is increasing emphasis on healthcare and the life sciences.
For instance, recent graduates have undertaken PhD research at UCL or University of Cambridge or found work with start-ups such as Intract Pharma.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Analysis and Quality Control
Initiating a Pharmaceutical Start-Up
Pharmaceutical and Biotech Policies and Practices
Preformulation
Formulation of Small Molecules
Personalised Medicine

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-28 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-26 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-08-28 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

London, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

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Other requirements

General requirements

An upper second-class UK Bachelor's degree or higher in pharmacy, pharmaceutical science, chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science, biotechnology, pharmaceutics or a related field in the life or physical sciences, or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard is required.

Tuition Fees

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39800 GBP / year

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Citizens or residents

20500 GBP / year

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Living costs

London

United Kingdom

1137 - 2157 GBP / month

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Funding

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