What is special about Drug Discovery at Strathclyde?
With any type of degree training, it is most important that the staff who teach you are directly involved in advancing the subject area through their own research. This guarantees that you will be brought up to date on the latest developments and acquire investigative expertise not available elsewhere. In turn, employers will recognise your advanced skills and give you preference when they are recruiting. The Departments of Pure and Applied Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences at Strathclyde have actually discovered significant new drugs that are marketed around the world. They also have a continuing dialogue with the industrial sector. Under the auspices of the Strathclyde Institute for Drug Research, our science departments are able to collaborate and launch new drug ideas for industrial support and development. For their part, the major pharmaceutical companies (e.g. Astra-Zeneca, Glaxo Smith Kline, Organon) advise on our degree contents, award prizes and bursaries to our best perf
