MChem (Hons) Medicinal Chemistry with Study Abroad Integrated Master's degree at the University of Leeds

Introduction to modern chemistry with focus on electronic structure, chemical and structural properties of matter, chemical kinetics and thermodynamics, organic structures and mechanisms, and transition metal-ligand complexes.

Explore current chemical research in areas like sustainability and ethical issues surrounding science. Develop skills in identifying and reading scientific literature, presenting science in different formats, coding and self-reflection.

Develop practical skills conducting experiments in teaching labs. Learn how to use equipment, build experience in presenting scientific reports, data analysis and appropriate IT.

Explore structural, physical and inorganic chemistry including spectroscopy and electronic energy levels, IR and structure determination, periodicity and main-group chemistry, states of matter and phase behaviour, and chromatography.

Build foundation of knowledge in organic chemistry covering mechanistic basis and application of key organic reactions including nucleophilic and electrophilic substitution and addition reactions, eliminations, oxidation and reduction and functional group interconversions.

Explore physical and inorganic chemistry including analysis and understanding of kinetics and thermodynamics of chemical reactions, molecular energy levels and their origin, and transition metal chemistry for materials.

Mathematical knowledge and skills for scientists. Taken by science students who do not have grade B or above in A level mathematics to raise mathematical competence to that base level.

Build upon organic and inorganic chemistry with focus on structure and reactivity of organo-main group molecules and organo-transition metal complexes, and their application as reagents and/or catalysts in synthetic organic chemistry.

Examine how shapes of organic molecules impact their physical properties and reactivity. Introduce new classes of reactions such as pericyclic reactions and enols/enolates. Cover heterocyclic chemistry principles which play a role in biological systems like DNA, enzymes and coenzymes.

Chemical introduction to pharmacology covering enzymes, receptors and ion channels as key drug targets and different modes of binding and/or inhibition by small molecules. Include basic biochemistry, pharmacokinetics, and concepts on recognition features in drug molecules such as pharmacophores and intermolecular bonding interactions.

Explore chemical kinetics and thermodynamics building on concepts of energy storage, states of matter and chemical change. Concerned with measurement and understanding of rates and energetics of chemical reactions illustrated using societally important applications.

Develop skills to undertake selection of experiments in synthetic and physical chemistry laboratories, build transferrable skills including data analysis and coding, develop understanding of intellectual property, enterprise, sustainability and ethical issues.

Develop skills to interpret NMR and mass spectra to determine structures of small molecules. Provide theoretical basis for quantitative and qualitative analytical chemistry, in particular analysis by chromatographic methods such as GC and HPLC.

Gain deeper understanding of specialised areas within chemistry including polymer chemistry, molecular symmetry and spectroscopy and solution equilibria.

Build upon concepts of enterprise, develop team-working skills while learning how to exploit chemistry research. Construct a project plan for commercialisation of chemistry research idea and present to panel of experts.

Develop core skills to efficiently handle large datasets. Using examples from across chemistry, learn to extract data using simple programming in Python and reach meaningful conclusions. Acquire key skills with online tools and weekly seminars exploring real examples.

Understand and critically assess significant ethical challenges facing contemporary scientists. Develop reasoned position on an issue in ethics of contemporary science and how ethics influences everyday operation of science. Build transferable skills in critical reading and communication.