Drug Discovery and Development, 7.5 credits

Academic year 2023/2024

  • Autumn 2023, 100%, Campus

    Start date: 28 August 2023

    End date: 27 September 2023

    Application deadline: 17 April 2023

    Application code: UU-35004 Application

    Language of instruction: English

    Location: Uppsala

    Selection: Higher education credits (maximum 285 credits)

    Registration: 25 July 2023 – 20 August 2023

  • Spring 2024, 100%, Campus

    Start date: 15 January 2024

    End date: 15 February 2024

    Application deadline: 16 October 2023

    Application code: UU-85004 Application

    Language of instruction: English

    Location: Uppsala

    Selection: Higher education credits (maximum 285 credits)

    Registration: Please contact the department.

Entry requirements: 150 credits of which 120 credits in biomedicine, pharmaceutical science, natural science and/or technology. Prior studies should include 10 credits in chemistry and 7,5 credits in pharmacology. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

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

Study counsellor

Email: pharmmaster@uu.se

Telephone: +46 18 471 44 36