The Drug Delivery MSc at Aston University provides a comprehensive understanding of the entire drug development process, from concept through to market launch. You will gain the specialist knowledge and practical experience needed to succeed in both academic and industrial settings, preparing you for an exciting and rewarding career in the pharmaceutics and drug delivery sector.
You will gain expertise in the latest advancements in drug delivery and targeting, strategies for overcoming drug and biological barriers, as well as learn biopharmaceutical, pharmacokinetic, and physicochemical principles crucial for designing drug dosage systems.
Additionally, you'll delve into the biology of specific drug targets, molecular modeling for rational drug design, and relevant laboratory techniques. Furthermore, you'll gain insights into regulatory procedures and laboratory processes essential for analyzing pharmaceutical drug delivery products, enabling you to conduct independent work of publishable standard.
Drug delivery explores the design and development of dosage forms such as tablets, injections, and transdermal patches, with the goal of ensuring medicines reach the body safely, effectively, and at the right time and concentration to benefit patients.
You'll graduate with the specialist skills, practical experience, and professional knowledge needed to build a rewarding career in drug delivery, pharmaceutics, or the wider pharmaceutical sciences.
We welcome applications from candidates interested in our course who have the skills and capability to excel. All candidates are considered on an individual basis based on their qualifications, experience, references and motivation.
All applicants require:
Lower second class honours degree (2:2) or higher (or international equivalent) from a recognised university in pharmacy, pharmaceutical science, biochemistry, chemistry, chemical engineering, and materials science.