Drug Discovery Based on Natural Products, 7.5 credits
Academic year 2023/2024
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Autumn 2023, 100%, Distance learning
Start date: 28 August 2023
End date: 27 September 2023
Application deadline: 17 April 2023
Application code: UU-37203 Application
Language of instruction: English
Location: Flexible
Selection: Higher education credits in science and engineering (maximum 240 credits)
Number of mandatory meetings on campus: 0
Number of voluntary meetings on campus: 0
Registration: 21 August 2023 – 28 August 2023
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Spring 2024, 100%, Distance learning
Start date: 15 January 2024
End date: 15 February 2024
Application deadline: 16 October 2023
Application code: UU-87203 Application
Language of instruction: English
Location: Flexible
Selection: Higher education credits in science and engineering (maximum 240 credits)
Number of mandatory meetings on campus: 0
Number of voluntary meetings on campus: 0
Registration: Please contact the department.
Entry requirements: 150 credits, including 60 credits in chemistry or biology and advanced courses (at level G2F/C or above) in pharmaceutical sciences worth at least 22.5 credits or Pharmacognosy B (15 credits). Alternatively, from the Master of Science Programme in Pharmacy: 150 credits in the programme including a course in pharmacognosy; or from the Master's Programme in Chemical Engineering: 150 credits in the programme including courses in analytical chemistry (10 credits), pharmacology (7.5 credits) and medicinal chemistry (7.5 credits); or admission to the Master's Programme in Drug Discovery and Development.
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 gives increased knowledge about the use of natural products in modern pharmaceutical research. The course covers modern methods for discovering new biologically active substances in nature, and how this knowledge may be used to develop new drugs or pharmacological tools.
Outline for distance course: The course includes web lectures, video recorded presentation and literature assignments.
More information
Contact
Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences
Biomedicinskt centrum BMC, Husargatan 3
Box 591, 751 24 UPPSALA