Drug Design and Discovery Middlesex University

Overview

Why study this program?

The Drug Design and Discovery program at Middlesex University is flexible and offers a variety of optional modules to ensure the programme is accessible to a large audience of a broad scientific background e.g pharmacy, chemistry, biology, biomedical sciences etc and at the same time provide advanced knowledge to subject specific areas.

This programme will allow you to develop your knowledge and understanding of how drugs are made as well as offering you advanced knowledge of computational analytical and/or synthetic techniques.

Course highlights

You will be taught by academics who have strong links and long experience in the pharmaceutical industry and acquire essential knowledge and laboratory skills for pursuing a range of career pathways within the field of drug discovery.

You will have the opportunity to apply your knowledge to practice in our newly renovated laboratories that are equipped with modern instrumentation in chemical, analytical and biological analyses. These include:

• analytical laboratory with matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI- Tof MS), liquid and gas chromatography
• biomedical laboratory with conventional and quantitative PCR, flow cytometry
• histopathology laboratory and tissue culture facilities
• chemistry laboratory with fume cabinets, a 60Hz benchtop nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and infrared (FTIR) spectrometers

• specialised microscopes including confocal and scanning electron microscope (SEM)

Careers

The MSc Drug Design and Discovery provides a broad overview of the drug discovery and development process and is designed for graduates in science-based subjects as preparation for either PhD-level research or a career in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. 

Potential employers include pharmaceutical companies such as GlaxoSmithKline, Eli Lilly, Astrazeneca, as well as contract research organisations. Students can also pursue non-laboratory careers such as, with a government regulatory body, science education, project management, intellectual property (patent law).