Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry

Programme structure

Year 1

The topics covered include

the periodic table and main group chemistry

transition metal chemistry

organic chemistry

chemical kinetics

theoretical chemistry

chemical energy changes

aqueous equilibria and pH

macromolecules.

Year 2

Your second year builds on the first-year course and involves the following topics:

molecular thermodynamics

organic stereochemistry

quantum mechanics, chemical bonding and symmetry

organometallic chemistry

main group chemistry

enols and enolates

spectroscopy

kinetics

aromatic chemistry

coordination chemistry

organic synthesis

biophysical chemistry

applied organic chemistry.

Years 3, 4 and 5

If you progress to Honours (years three and four), you will choose courses from a list of topics which includes anticancer compounds, antibiotics, analgesics and antivirals. In the final year you will undertake a project involving research in chemistry with medicinal or pharmacological applications, for example, making selected compounds and testing them for specific biological activity.

You can take Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry as an MSci degree which includes an additional placement year. Placements are usually in the UK, but can also be taken overseas. They happen between third year and the final year of the degree.