Pharmacology

Do you want to learn how drugs work in the body, how they are discovered, developed for human use, and how they can sometimes have unwanted effects?

This course will equip you with the key pharmaceutical industry skills to address global challenges like antibiotic resistance. You'll gain knowledge to develop new treatments for diseases such as diabetes, COVID-19, Alzheimer’s, epilepsy, and cardiovascular conditions.

At Leeds, we prepare you for the workplace, ensuring you have the knowledge, skills, and attributes for a successful career. You'll complete a capstone research project, showcasing your expertise to potential employers and integrating everything you've learned during your degree.

This 3-year BSc can also be converted into an integrated Masters (MBiol) with an optional additional year of specialist training, subject to suitable academic performance and availability. You would study advanced research topics and undertake your own extended research project within one of the major research laboratories in the School of Biomedical Sciences or an appropriate period of work-based practice.

Course highlights

• Designed to give a broad scientific foundation and key graduate skills for those interested in pharmacology.

• Benefit from our pharmaceutical industry partnerships through guest lectures from international companies such as Labcorp and AstraZeneca.

• Develop experimental skills in specialised laboratories – these train you to identify and find answers to key biomedical and pharmacological questions

• The opportunity to undertake an independent capstone research project under the supervision of a field-leading academic, helping you to develop key skills to make you stand out in the graduate job market.

• Our year in industry programme allows you to gain experience working with organisations, developing new skills for your CV.

• Experience life and learning in a different country through our study abroad programme, where you'll gain fresh perspectives and develop skills valued by employers.