College of Pharmaceutical Sciences

The College of Pharmaceutical Sciences is an international BSc programme in drug development, taught fully in English. The curriculum focuses on developing innovative drugs: from the search for new targets in diseases, the development of advanced ways of administering medicines, to the testing of new drugs in patients. To develop a new drug many disciplines come together, such as biomedical- and pharmaceutical sciences, chemistry and biology.

As a drug designer you need more than theoretical knowledge. You must be skilled in the lab, be able to define a research question and set-up a plan to answer it. You must be able to collaborate with a variety of people and present your results. This is why every course contains a group project where you work with fellow students on real-life biomedical problems that interest you. This way you learn to apply the theory of pharmaceutical science to creatively solve these problems. Moreover, by working in a project group you will develop skills in 'problem-shooting' and a professional attitude in cooperation and communication.