Master of Drug Discovery and Development - MDDD

Victoria University of Wellington

Gain the skills required to generate therapeutics for improving human or animal health with this intensive one-year taught programme, unique in New Zealand. Your studies will combine the biological sciences with chemistry, giving you the skills to target, design, synthesise, create, and assess new drugs. Learn how to identify drug targets and develop these into new therapeutics. Develop skills to protect intellectual property, assess the financial viability of drugs, and consider the path to pre-clinical and clinical trial processes.Tailor your studies to your strengths, interests, and career goals. You'll learn a mix of academic and practical skills that are closely aligned with the needs of industry.The Master of Drug Discovery and Development is best suited to capable students with a background in chemistry or relevant science-subjects such as biochemistry, biomedical science, pharmacy, or pharmacology.

Wellington Faculty of Science