Overview

About the programme

The Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences programme at The University of Manchester provides key transferable skills and equips our postgraduate researchers with the tools to progress beyond their research degree into influential positions within academia, industry and consultancy.

The emphasis is on enhancing skills critical to developing early-stage researchers and professionals, whether they relate to effective communication, disseminating research findings and project management skills.

Programme Structure

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;

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-28 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-15 00:00:00
Starting 2027-01-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-15 00:00:00
Starting 2027-04-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

90

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Manchester, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Pharmacy View 36 other PhDs in Pharmacy in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

90

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Other requirements

General requirements

We require applicants to hold, or be about to obtain, an Upper Second class Honours degree, or the equivalent qualification gained outside the UK, 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.

Tuition Fees

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Applies to you

Non-residents

27000 GBP / year

≈ 27000 GBP / year

Living costs

Manchester

United Kingdom

645 - 1197 GBP / month

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