Our PhD/MPhil Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences programme enables you to undertake a research project that will improve understanding of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Our areas of research within pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences include: development of novel nucleic acid-based diagnostics and therapeutics modelling and simulation of pharmacokinetics, drug-drug interactions and pharmacodynamics in healthy virtual populations modelling and simulation of pharmacokinetics, drug-drug interactions and pharmacodynamics in patient populations analysis of inter-individual variability in drug metabolizing enzyme activity optimal design of early phase clinical trials with new therapies and drug combinations applications of systems biology approach to prediction of drug absorption, distribution and Elimination extrapolation of in vitro data to predict in vivo pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics applications of PKPD in drug development and therapeutics, particularly endocrinology, drug abuse, and paediatric pharmacology.
Which department am I in?
Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
Study options
Full Time
(3 Years)
Tuition fees
£27,000.00 (29,41,817)
per year
International, including EU, students (per annum): Standard £27,000, Low £29,500, Medium £35,000, High £41,500; to discover a project you’re passionate about and check you meet eligibility criteria.
This is a provisional fee yet to be approved
Start date
September 2027
Venue
Main Campus
Oxford Road,
Manchester,
Greater Manchester,
M13 9PL, Northern England, United Kingdom
Entry requirements
For international students
We require applicants to hold, or be about to obtain, an Upper Second class Honours degree (or overseas equivalent) in a related subject area for entry to a PhD programme. A Lower Second class Honours degree may be considered if applicants also hold a Master's degree with a Merit classification
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.