MA/MS in Pharmaceutical Chemistry

General Description: Objective(s) of a study programme: To prepare qualified and creative specialists of materials technology with deep knowledge in chemistry, technology, pharmacy and biology and with research skills, needed to design, produce and analyze pharmaceuticals, to formulate and solve problems of pharmaceutical chemistry on an independent and academic level in research institutes and industry companies. Learning outcomes: Pharmaceutical Chemistry combines the study of drug discovery and development, pharmacology, biology, analytical techniques, and drug chemistry. The chemical design process and evaluation of potential future medications will be a prime focus of the studies. Students will be able to apply knowledge gained from materials courses, hands-on lab experiences and faculty research to the pharmaceutical industry. Activities of teaching and learning: lectures, seminars, practical tasks, assigned reading, oral presentation, collaborating information sharing, simulation, self-assesment, reflection on learning. Methods of assessment of learning achievements: Cumulative grade in the 10-point system: individual and group independent assignments, presentation of projects, testing, reports, answers to written questions, presentations of individual / group tasks, colloquiums, technological practice, research projects, self-assessment, final thesis. Framework: Study subjects (modules), practical training: Selected Topics in Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry; Synthetic Drugs Design; Validation processes and their application for Life Science research and industry; Biomolecular mass spectrometry; Phramcodynamics ir Pharmacokinetics; Pharmnaceutical Biotechnology; Technological Practice in Pharmaceutical Company; Research Project I; Research Project II; Master Thesis. Specialisations: No Optional courses: Cell Biology; (Q)SAR Methods in Computer-Aided Drug Design; Herbal Medicinical Substances and Their Extraction Technologies; Bioceramic Compounds Materials and Their Technologies; Bionanomaterials in Pharmacy and Their Technologies; Heterocycles in Pharmaceutical Chemistry; Management in a Modern Pharmaceutical Company; Diagnostics and Therapy in Nanomedicine (Theranostics); Molecular Biology; Polymers in Pharmaceutical Technology; Biochemical analysis in Pharmacy; Medical Inorganic Chemistry; Vibrational spectroscopic analysis of pharmaceuticals; Chromatographic Techniques in Pharmaceutical Analysis. Distinctive features of a study programme: This program is designed for graduates in chemistry, biochemistry or closely related disciplines such as biophysics, chemical technology and bioengineering who wish to contribute to drug development in the pharmaceutical industry. The study areas include research methods, pharmacokinetics and drug metabolism, drug design and drug synthesis, spectroscopy and structural analysis, and a research training projects. Some courses will cover the key techniques in analytical chemistry used to support the pharmaceutical sciences. The pharmaceutical chemistry program is more involved in pharmaceutical industry and research aspects than the customer service and patient care responsibilities of a traditional pharmacist. The studies will provide professional skills to work in industry companies that develop, produce, investigate, and/or supply pharmaceutical products or in research institutes or to continue their studies in doctoral programs. Access to professional activity or further study: Access to professional activity: The graduate pharmaceutical chemists could work in private (biotechnology or pharmaceutical companies) and in public sectors (universities, research institutes, hospital laboratories) as well as in integrated study, science and business centers. Access to further study: Studies in doctoral programs of Technological, Biomedical and Physical sciences.