Overview
If you love performing experiments in high-tech labs and want to study alongside researchers who are doing important work to understand how diseases such as Covid-19 spread and evolve, this BSc (Hons) Pharmacology degree is for you.
Pharmacology is the study of drugs and how they affect living systems. Using specialist facilities, you'll deepen your chemistry and biology knowledge as you study how drugs – such as painkillers, antibiotics and even caffeine – alter the body.
You'll set yourself for a fulfilling career working in an industry that improves the lives of millions of people. You could work in areas such as new drug development, medical writing, regulatory affairs and pharmaceutical marketing.
Course Highlights
- Explore the latest techniques and methods for diagnosing and treating diseases
- Investigate how cells communicate with each other and why people's bodies respond differently to the same drugs
- Look at how new medicines are developed, tested and launched
- Enhance your CV on a laboratory-based work experience module and on a sandwich year in industry (subject to successful applications)
- Have the opportunity to do summer research placement at one of our partner universities overseas
Careers and opportunities
From the medicines in your bathroom cabinet to the drug combinations used to treat cancer, the work of pharmacologists plays a crucial role in society. So there's always demand for pharmacology graduates.
With your degree in pharmacology, you could start a career in any part of the pharmaceutical industry, including:
- drug development and testing
- medical writing
- marketing and sales
- regulatory affairs
You could specialise in a particular area of pharmacology, such as:
- cardiovascular pharmacology
- psychopharmacology
- neuropharmacology
- animal pharmacology
Roles you could do include:
- clinical trial assistant/administrator
- pharmacovigilance officer
- research and development scientist/technician
- secondary school teacher (with additional training)
- regulatory executive
- operations scientist
- research associate
You can also continue your studies at postgraduate level on a PhD, MRes or MSc programme.
Previous graduates have gone on to work for organisations including:
- Bayer
- Barts Health NHS Trust
- Hammersmith Medicines Research
- PharmaTargeting – a research house
- Reckitt – health, hygiene and nutrition products
- Molecular Dimensions – a supplier of specialist lab equipment
Ongoing careers support
Get experience while you study, with support to find part-time jobs, volunteering opportunities, and work experience.
Towards the end of your degree and for up to five years after graduation, you’ll receive one-to-one support from our Graduate Recruitment Consultancy to help you find your perfect role.
