Pharmaceutical Chemistry Degree Courses in the UK - Bachelors & Masters

Program University Student satis­faction Unem­ployed Drop­out Tuition (UK) Tuition (Inter­national) UCAS Tariff City
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry BSc (Hons) Loughborough University of Technology 96% 0% 0% £9250 £27250 159 Loughborough On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Chemistry with a Year in Industry/Research BSc (Hons) University of Reading 80% 5% 5% £9250 £24500 115 Reading On campus Full-time
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (with placement year) MChem (Hons) Loughborough University of Technology 90% 10% 2% £9250 £27250 151 Loughborough On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Sciences (Extended) BSc (Hons) University of Greenwich 86% 3% 5% £9250 £16150 £17000 111 London On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Chemistry MSc University of Huddersfield 88% 10% 10% £9250 £17600 135 Huddersfield On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Sciences BSc (Hons) Queen's University of Belfast 74% 0% 15% £9250 £25300 160 Belfast On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Science BSc (Hons) Teesside University 90% 0% 15% £9250 £15000 103 Middlesbrough On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Science (Including Foundation Year) BSc (Hons) University of South Wales - 0% 25% £9000 £12600 123 Pontypridd On campus Full-time
Pharmacology and Drug Discovery BSc (Hons) University of East Anglia 70% 0% 15% £9250 £26100 119 Norwich On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Chemistry with Foundation BSc (Hons) University of Reading 80% 5% 5% £9250 £24500 115 Reading On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Sciences BSc (Hons) The University of Nottingham - 2% 1% £9250 £28600 157 Nottingham On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Chemistry BSc (Hons) University of Reading 80% 5% 5% £9250 £24500 123 Reading On campus Full-time
Biopharmaceutical Science BSc (Hons) University of Sunderland 57% 0% 5% £9250 £16000 95 Sunderland On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Science MSc London Metropolitan University 91% 0% 0% £9250 £17600 78 London On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Science (with Foundation Year) BSc (Hons) Teesside University 90% 0% 15% £9250 £15000 103 Middlesbrough On campus Full-time
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (with placement year) BSc (Hons) Loughborough University of Technology 96% 0% 0% £9250 £27250 159 Loughborough On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Sciences BSc (Hons) University of Greenwich 86% 3% 5% £9250 £16150 £17000 112 London On campus Full-time
Pharmacology and Drug Discovery MSc University of East Anglia 82% 0% 20% £9250 £26100 135 Norwich On campus Full-time
Chemistry with Drug Discovery MChem University of Strathclyde 92% 0% 5% £9250 £25250 236 Glasgow On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Sciences (Sandwich) BSc Queen's University of Belfast 74% 0% 5% £9250 £25300 163 Belfast On campus Full-time
Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery BSc (Hons) University of Dundee 90% 10% 0% £9250 £23650 180 Dundee On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Chemistry BSc (Hons) University of Huddersfield 88% 20% 10% £9250 £17600 135 Huddersfield On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Sciences (with a Year in Industry) MSc The University of Nottingham 100% 2% 5% £9250 £28600 171 Nottingham On campus Full-time
Biopharmaceutical Science with Integrated Foundation Year BSc (Hons) University of Sunderland 43% 0% 25% £9250 £16000 103 Sunderland On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Science BSc (Hons) University of South Wales - 0% 25% £9000 £12600 123 Pontypridd On campus Full-time
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry MChem (Hons) Loughborough University of Technology 90% 10% 2% £9250 £27250 151 Loughborough On campus Full-time
Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery (with a year in industry) BSc (Hons) University of Dundee 90% 10% 0% £9250 £24800 180 Dundee On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Science BSc (Hons) Anglia Ruskin University 73% 0% 10% £9250 - 106 Cambridge On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Science BSc (Hons) Kingston University 62% 1% 10% £9250 - 84 Kingston upon Thames On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Sciences (Foundation) BSc (Hons) Kingston University 78% 10% 5% £9250 - 86 Kingston upon Thames On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Chemistry with a Year Abroad BSc (Hons) Queen Mary University of London 90% 10% 11% £9250 - 139 London On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Science with Business Management MSc University of Lincoln 92% 0% 4% £9250 - 118 Lincoln On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Chemistry with a Year in Industry/Research BSc (Hons) Queen Mary University of London 90% 10% 11% £9250 - 156 London On campus Full-time
Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery MSc University of Birmingham 87% 4% 5% £9250 - 155 Birmingham On campus Full-time
Chemistry for Drug Discovery and Development MChem (Hons) University of Lincoln 92% 0% 8% £9250 - 129 Lincoln On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Science with Business Management with Science Foundation Year MSc University of Lincoln - 0% 4% £9250 - 118 Lincoln On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Science BSc (Hons) University of East London - 10% 15% £9250 £14160 121 London On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Chemistry BSc (Hons) Queen Mary University of London 82% 0% 10% £9250 - 149 London On campus Full-time
Chemistry with Drug Discovery and Development with Science Foundation Year BSc (Hons) University of Lincoln 92% 0% 8% £9250 - 129 Lincoln On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Science (4-year FT) MPharmSci Kingston University 62% 1% 6% £9250 - 98 Kingston upon Thames On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Science with Regulatory Affairs BSc (Hons) Kingston University 62% 0% 6% £9250 - 98 Kingston upon Thames On campus Full-time
Pharmacology and Drug Discovery with Foundation Year BSc (Hons) University of East Anglia 82% 0% 15% £9250 - 88 Norwich On campus Full-time
Chemistry with Drug Discovery and Development with Science Foundation Year MChem (Hons) University of Lincoln 94% 0% 0% £9250 - 131 Lincoln On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Chemistry with a Year Abroad Msci (Hons) Queen Mary University of London 90% 10% 11% £9250 - 139 London On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Science with Regulatory Affairs (with Sandwich Year) BSc (Hons) Kingston University 69% 0% 0% £9250 - 88 Kingston upon Thames On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Science with Professional Placement BSc (Hons) Kingston University 62% 1% 6% £9250 - 98 Kingston upon Thames On campus Full-time
Applied Pharmaceutical Science MSc University of Lincoln 92% 0% 4% £9250 - 118 Lincoln On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Chemistry Msci (Hons) Queen Mary University of London 90% 10% 11% £9250 - 139 London On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Science with Science Foundation Year BSc (Hons) University of Lincoln 94% 10% 10% £9250 - 96 Lincoln On campus Full-time
Chemistry for Drug Discovery and Development BSc (Hons) University of Lincoln 92% 0% 10% £9250 - 127 Lincoln On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Science BSc (Hons) University of Lincoln 91% 10% 5% £9250 - 124 Lincoln On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Science BSc (Hons) University of Wolverhampton 80% 0% 0% - - 135 Wolverhampton On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Science with a Foundation Year BSc (Hons) University of Salford 71% 0% 20% - - 116 Salford On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Science BSc (Hons) University of Salford 71% 0% 5% - - 124 Salford On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Chemistry BSc (Hons) Middlesex University - - 30% £9250 £15100 100 London On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Science with Foundation Year BSc (Hons) University of Wolverhampton 80% 0% 7% - - 93 Wolverhampton On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Science BSc (Hons) University of Keele - 2% 5% - - 134 Newcastle under Lyme On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Science with Foundation Year BSc (Hons) University of Keele - 2% 5% - - 134 Newcastle under Lyme On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Science [with Foundation Year] BSc (Hons) Anglia Ruskin University - - 10% £9250 - 82 Cambridge On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Chemistry with Foundation Year BSc (Hons) Middlesex University - - - £9250 £15100 - London On campus Full-time
Drug Discovery and Development MSc University of Sunderland - - - £7500 £15000 - Sunderland On campus Full-time
Drug Discovery and Development MSc University of Aberdeen - - - £12200 £27000 - Aberdeen On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Chemistry (Top-up) BSc (Hons) University of Huddersfield - - - £9250 £17600 - Huddersfield On campus Full-time
Cancer Drug Discovery MRes University of Bradford - - - £9230 £23028 - Bradford On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Science (including foundation year) BSc (Hons) London Metropolitan University - - - £9250 £16000 - London On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Sciences MSc University of Greenwich - - - £11000 £17450 - London On campus Full-time
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences MSc (Res) University of Huddersfield - - - £2420 £8500 - Huddersfield On campus Part-time
Pharmaceutical Science MSc Kingston University - - - £9620 £15400 - Kingston upon Thames On campus Full-time
Natural Product Drug Discovery MSc University of East Anglia - - - £13400 £27300 - Norwich On campus Full-time
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences PhD University of Huddersfield - - - £2420 £8500 - Huddersfield On campus Part-time
Pharmaceutical Science (with Foundation Year) BSc (Hons) University of East London - - - £9250 £14160 - London On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Sciences MRes University of Brighton - - - £7704 £15300 - Brighton On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Science with Management Studies MSc Kingston University - - - £9860 £15800 - Kingston upon Thames On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Sciences for the Overseas Pharmacist Assessment Programme (OSPAP) PgDip University of Sunderland - - - £7500 £15000 - Sunderland On campus Full-time
Drug Discovery and Business Strategy MSc University of Huddersfield - - - £7900 £17000 - Huddersfield On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Science BSc (Hons) London Metropolitan University - - - £2310 £4400 - London On campus Part-time
Pharmaceutical Science and Drug Delivery Systems MSc London Metropolitan University - - - £9300 £16500 - London On campus Full-time
Pharmacology and Drug Development MSc Hull York Medical School - - - £5885 £13600 - Heslington On campus Part-time
Pharmaceutical Science BSc (Hons) University of Hertfordshire - - - £9250 - - Hatfield On campus Full-time
Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences FD Leeds City College - - - £8745 - - Leeds On campus Full-time
Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences with Foundation Year FD Leeds City College - - - £6600 - - Leeds On campus Full-time
Clinical Drug Development PgDip Queen Mary University of London - - - - - - London On campus Full-time
Industrial Pharmaceutics MSc Queen's University of Belfast - - - - - - Belfast On campus Full-time
Drug Discovery MSc (PG) University of Bath - - - - - - Bath On campus Full-time
Drug Discovery and Translational Biology PgDip The University of Edinburgh - - - - - - Edinburgh On campus Full-time
Pharmacology and Drug Discovery MSc Coventry University - - - - - - Coventry On campus Full-time
Drug Discovery and Development MSc University of Central Lancashire - - - - - - Preston On campus Full-time
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences MPhil The University of Manchester - - - - - - Manchester On campus Full-time
Drug Discovery and Development PgCert University of Birmingham - - - - - - Birmingham On campus Full-time
Pharmaceutical Chemistry MSc University of South Wales - - - - - - Pontypridd On campus Full-time
Model Based Drug Development MSc The University of Manchester - - - - - - Manchester On campus Full-time
Drug Discovery and Toxicology with Advanced Research MSc University of Hertfordshire - - - - - - Hatfield On campus Full-time
Drug Discovery and Development MSc University of Leeds - - - - - - Leeds On campus Full-time
Drug Discovery and Toxicology MSc University of Hertfordshire - - - - - - Hatfield On campus Full-time
Drug Discovery and Toxicology with Placement Year MSc University of Hertfordshire - - - - - - Hatfield On campus Full-time
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Student Reviews

Overall student satisfaction
84 /100
12112 total respondents

Primarily based on data from undergraduate degree students.

The NSS is commissioned by the Office for Students

Salary

Primarily based on salary data of undergraduate students

Salary of all UK Graduates of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

  15 months after graduation 3 years after graduation 5 years after graduation
Median salary £26087 £25084 £30411
25-75 percentile range £23037 - £30143 £20483 - £31674 £24333 - £37866

Salary of all UK Graduates of all subjects

  15 months after graduation 3 years after graduation 5 years after graduation
Median salary £26433 £25873 £30857
25-75 percentile range £23502 - £30261 £21208 - £31189 £25295 - £38661

Jobs & Career Perspectives

Career perspectives for Pharmaceutical Chemistry

15 months after graduation, graduates of this subject were asked about their current circumstances of employment, what they do, and whether their activities and perspectives are directly related to their studies.

Current jobs

Among graduates of Pharmaceutical Chemistry who indicated that they are working, the percentage below represents the number who “agree” or “strongly agree” with the statements about their job.

Typical employers for graduates of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

  • Biological Laboratories
  • Biotech Firms
  • Government Agencies
  • Universities
  • Research Institutes

Specialisations within Pharmaceutical Chemistry

  • Medicinal Chemistry
  • Pharmacology
  • Toxicology

Jobs of graduates of Pharmaceutical Chemistry (15 months after graduation)

Example below based on all graduates of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at Northumbria University

40% Process, plant and machine operatives
30% Administrative occupations
10% Business and public service associate professionals
10% Managers, directors and senior officials
10% Sales occupations
10% Caring personal services

Grading & Study Time

Grading Distribution

Students of Pharmaceutical Chemistry in the UK received the following grades.

Entry Requirements / Admissions

UCAS Tariff of Accepted Students for Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Get advice on which foundation courses are best for you to still study Pharmaceutical Chemistry, if you do not meet the minimum requirements in terms of UCAS score, A levels, or English language requirements.

FAQ

Pharmaceutical Chemistry is the study of drug function.

The median salary of graduates of Pharmaceutical Chemistry was £26087 15 months after graduation, £25084 3 years after graduation and £30411 5 years after graduation.

  • The following degrees are offered for Pharmaceutical Chemistry studies:
  • Bachelor of Science (Honours) - BSc (Hons)
  • Master of Chemistry (Honours) - MChem (Hons)
  • Master of Science - MSc
  • Master of Chemistry - MChem
  • Bachelor of Science - BSc
  • Master of Pharmaceutical Sciences - MPharmSci
  • Master of Science (Honours) - Msci (Hons)
  • Master of Research - MRes
  • Master of Science (Postgraduate) - MSc (PG)
  • Master of Science (Research) - MSc (Res)
  • Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
  • Postgraduate Diploma - PgDip
  • Foundation Degree - FD
  • Master of Philosophy - MPhil
  • Postgraduate Certificate - PgCert