Drug Discovery and Development, 7.5 credits
Academic year 2022/2023
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Autumn 2022, 100%, Campus
Start date: 29 August 2022
End date: 28 September 2022
Application deadline: 19 April 2022
Application code: UU-35004 Application
Language of instruction: The course will be taught in English, if needed
Location: Uppsala
Selection: Higher education credits (maximum 285 credits)
Registration: 28 July 2022 – 19 August 2022
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Spring 2023, 100%, Campus
Start date: 16 January 2023
End date: 19 February 2023
Application deadline: 17 October 2022
Application code: UU-85004 Application
Language of instruction: The course will be taught in English, if needed
Location: Uppsala
Selection: Higher education credits (maximum 285 credits)
Registration: 9 January 2023 – 16 January 2023
Entry requirements: Admitted to the Master Programme in Drug Discovery, Master Programme in Pharmaceutical Modelling and Development or in Biomedicine. For the Master of Science in Pharmacy Programme, 150 credits are required within the programme. Enrolment in all compulsory courses within the first to seventh semester is also required. For Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy 120 credits are required within the programme, including the following courses Organic Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmacology, Structure and Analysis of Drugs, Pharmacokinetics and Statistics, Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Physical Chemistry. Enrolment in all compulsory courses within the first to fifth semester is also required.
For the Master of Science Programme in Chemical Engineering, at least 150 credits are required within the programme including organic chemistry and medicinal chemistry. For non-programme students a Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Science, Chemical Engineering or equal degree is required (180 credits). Knowledge in English equivalent to that required for basic eligibility to Swedish higher education.
Fees:
If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application or tuition fees. Formal exchange students will be exempted from tuition fees, as well as the application fee. Read more about fees.
Application fee: SEK 900
Tuition fee, first semester: SEK 18,125
Tuition fee, total: SEK 18,125
About the course
The course deals with different phases in drug development; identification and validation of target molecule (the target), identification and optimisation of active substance, ADME-Tox profiling, in-vivo and in-vitro pharmacology, formulation, discovery and biomarkers and disease models, clinical trials, registration and commercialisation.
More information
Contact
Department of Medicinal Chemistry
Biomedicinskt Centrum BMC, Husargatan 3
Box 574, 751 23 UPPSALA
Telephone: 018-471 4271 018-471 4236