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A major component of the MSc programme is the research project. Students in the MSc Drug Discovery and Development programme are expected to pursue a scientific research project that could be laboratory-based or achieved through computer modelling/database interrogation. Students will have a choice of projects and every attempt will be made to accommodate their preferences to work in specific drug discovery areas (for example: chemical synthesis, biochemistry and drug targets, pharmaceutical analysis of drug properties, pharmacology, natural product etc).

Projects can be carried out in laboratories at the School of Pharmacy, with other academics within UCL, in industry with our industrial partners, in other universities and institutions in the UK or possible even abroad. Assessment of the project by dissertation and oral presentation is carried out by academics in the teaching team. Students in the MSc Drug Discovery and Pharma Management programme are expected to pursue a research project that could be an investigation of management aspects of the pharma industry, or could be the development of a business case for bringing science or a product to market, or could be a comparison of regulatory requirements or business development between different countries, or could be an investigation/audit of processes within a small or medium sized pharma or biotech company.

Students are encouraged to develop their own ideas and strategies in discussion with their supervisors and wherever possible the project will be linked to an existing pharma or biotech company. Assessment of the project by dissertation and oral presentation is carried out by academics in the teaching team.