Pharmacology, iBSc (Hons)

The Pharmacology Intercalated BSc offers students already on medical degree courses the opportunity to achieve an additional specialist degree in just one year. The course will provide you with essential exposure to the development of drugs and their application in clinical practice. Through studying molecular, cellular and whole system techniques, you will gain an insight into the drug discovery process, and an appreciation of where new drugs are likely to come from. The Pharmacology Department at King’s includes world-renowned experts in a number of research fields including Parkinson’s disease, asthma, inflammation and cardiovascular pharmacology. This iBSc Pharmacology course will develop your understanding of how new drugs are discovered, how they work and how they affect our bodies. In one year, this course will deepen your knowledge of pharmacological science, as well as develop your practical laboratory skills and research experience in this important area of medicine. The Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics has world-renowned researchers with expertise in studies of cancer, diabetes, kidney disease, cardiovascular, respiratory, and neurological diseases, as well as inflammation pharmacology. This course is particularly suitable if your interests encompass the efficacy, toxicity and mechanisms of medication, or drug discovery. Our course offers a wide range of options and you are strongly encouraged to undertake an experimental project. We offer a variety of projects, principally in the fields of inflammation, cardiovascular pharmacology, neuropharmacology and receptor pharmacology. ‘Project Design in Pharmacology’ is a non-laboratory-based project in which you develop a proposal for the development of a novel medicine.

King’s students must have passed Stage 1 and Stage 2. External students must have first time passes for years 1 and 2 and all SSCs. BDS students are required to pass year 2 at the first attempt and year 3 or 4 if applicable. Veterinary students are required to pass year 2 at the first attempt and year 3 if applicable.