Invent better, safer drugs in order to fight and cure diseases from COVID-19 to MRSA and cancer.
Why Chemistry with Drug Discovery at Strathclyde?
• Ranked 1st in the UK for Chemistry, with the maximum score of 100/100 (Guardian University Guide, 2026)
• Accredited by the Royal Society of Chemistry as fully meeting the educational requirement to become a Chartered Chemist.
• Benefit from 12-month paid industrial placement.
• Gain extensive practical laboratory experience.
• Options to study or undertake placement year abroad.
• Our relationships with GSK and AstraZeneca enhance your career prospects.
Your Career
This course maximises your opportunity of employment in the medicinal chemistry and pharmaceutical industries. Your skills will also be in demand in other areas.
Recent graduate job roles include:
• Drug discovery
• Chemistry research scientist
• Regulatory affairs executive
• Scientific communication specialist
• Drug sale manager
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:
The following entry points are available for this course:
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It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.
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For further information on tuition fees, additional costs and funding for this programme, please view the "Fees and funding" section on the programme website.
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