The specialisation in Medical chemistry aims at employment in the pharmaceutical industry or other pharmaceutically-oriented companies where focus lies on the development of new medicines. In the programme, you supplement you basic education with a range of chemistry courses like spectroscopy and molecular modelling, as well as a variety of elective courses in for instance organic chemistry which provide experience in medical chemistry and development of new pharmaceuticals. You also take some health science classes in pharmacology and physiology. This part of the degree is based at the Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy (FKF).
To finish your degree, you must complete a thesis within your specialty of medical chemistry or biopharmacology, where you will typically be assigned to a research team at the Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy or the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. The thesis can also be completed in collaboration with external partners, for instance in the industry. The thesis project takes one year and is finished with an academic paper and an oral defence.
You can apply to this master’s programme if you have a bachelor degree in Pharmacy as well as with a bachelor in Medical chemistry, Chemistry with an elective in Pharmaceutical biology or the like.
Research in the Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy
The department does research in a broad range of subjects from Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy to related disciplines like Biophysics and Nano-bioscience. Theory, computer calculations and experiments are brought into play to create new results and techniques to benefit both science and technique.
The Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy has four core research fields:
- Materials, environment and energy
- Theory, calculation and simulation
- Synthesis and pharmaceutical science
- Living technology and biophysics
The department is among the best in the world in research of modified DNA as well as research in the physcis of biomembranes which help us deliver medicine aimed at infected cells in the body. The Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy also hold several of Europe’s key assets in work with chemical and physical methods of emulating fundamental processes of life.
A complete study environment
As a student at University of Southern Denmark, you become part of a study environment we call Living Science. Your day will be characterised by great academic value and you can look forward to meeting your fellow students as well as researchers from a wide variety of fields. But a university programme is much more than courses, classes and lectures. Good friends, a solid network and a living study environment are all part of creating a connection between the academic and social spheres.