This masters programme is designed to help you build up a substantial profile of experimental skills by training you in a range of advanced research techniques. You’ll delve into the principles of drug design, drug discovery and the relationship between the molecular structure of drugs and their biological activity. We focus on physical learning, and throughout this programme you’ll get hands-on use of instrumentation for nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, chromatographic and vacuum systems, the manipulation of air-sensitive materials, and training in state-of-the-art scientific computing and modelling. The main component of the programme is the Chemical Research Project, in which you will carry out an original piece of experimental or computational research on projects agreed with your academic supervisor. Projects are in the areas of organic, inorganic, physical, computational, materials, medicinal, pharmaceutical or analytical chemistry; or a combination of these areas. For laboratory-based research projects you will spend around 30 hours per week working alongside PhD students, technical and postdoctoral staff and have many opportunities to learn skills through interaction with other researchers.