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  • DeadlineStudy Details: 12 months full-time; 24 months part‑time

Masters Degree Description

Offers focused training integrating basic and clinical sciences, and equipping students with the essential skills required to function effectively as a clinical pharmacologist in the 21st century. You will acquire core skills, enabling an appreciation of how to apply clinical pharmacological, regulatory and ethical principles to the optimisation of therapeutic practice and clinical research. Crucially, in addition to a firm grasp of the principles of molecular pharmacology, you will also gain foundational knowledge in the emerging science of pharmacogenomics and personalised medicine.

Entry Requirements

2.1 Hons (or non-UK equivalent) in relevant degree related to Medicine, Pharmacy and Bioscience/Biological subjects. We may also accept applicants with degrees in Pharmaceutical Engineering, Bioengineering, Nursing, and Traditional Chinese Medicine.

We may sometimes accept degrees at 2.2 Hons (or non-UK equivalent), if higher scores have been achieved in the subjects listed above, or in other relevant modules.

We may also accept applicants with significant relevant work experience in addition to lower qualifications.

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Fees

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Student Destinations

Career opportunities include positions in:

academia
health care
pharmaceutical industry
return to more advanced positions within a previous clinical environment eg pharmacists, clinicians
PhD study
Related job positions include:

anaesthetics trainee (NHS)
clinical research fellow
medical doctor (NHS)
medical sales rep
medical writer
pharmacist
quality control supervisor
Some graduates went on to study for PhDs in:

cardiovascular sciences
medicine (pharmacogenomics)
molecular pharmacology
pharmacology
one graduate also went on to teacher training (PGDE Secondary Biology)

Module Details

Applied Pharmacogenomics & Molecular Medicine
Applied Statistics for Clinical and Translational research
Clinical Pharmacology Dissertation
Drug Disposition
Medical Statistics
Pharmaceutical Medicine
Pharmacogenomics & Molecular Medicine - Fundamentals of Molecular Medicine
Principles Of Pharmacology
Topics in Therapeutics - Commonly used drugs
Topics In Therapeutics - General topics, Cardiovascular and Diabetes Drugs

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