Drug Discovery Based on Natural Products, 7.5 credits

Academic year 2023/2024

  • 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

  • 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