Synthesis and Medicinal Chemistry - Study line
Contact
Mads Hartvig Clausen Professor Department of Chemistry Phone: +45 45252131 mhc@kemi.dtu.dk
Synthesis and Medicinal Chemistry
It is of paramount importance to have drugs that are efficient, selective and without serious side effects. The MSc Eng programme in Synthesis and Medicinal Chemistry offers competences in medicinal chemistry and organic synthesis, and offers the opportunity to work in drug design and development.
The programme will teach you about the process of producing a pharmaceutical from the initial idea to the final drug used in the treatment of disease.
Designing and executing a short and efficient synthetic route to a desired chemical substance is vital to a drug- development programme. This requires an in-depth knowledge of theoretical and practical organic chemistry, which is a major part of the MSc Eng programme. You also gain experience in the important field of molecular modelling.
You will have the opportunity to use your knowledge in research and development projects relevant to drug-development and production. Some projects will be carried out in close collaboration with industrial partners from pharmaceutical companies.
To complete the speicialization in Synthesis and Medicinal Chemistrythe student must fulfil the following requirements:
- Have passed Polytechnical foundation courses adding up to at least 10 ECTS
- Have passed Programme specific courses adding up to at least 50 ECTS
- Have performed a Master Thesis of at least 30 ECTS within Synthesis and Medicinal Chemistry
- Have passed a sufficient number of Elective courses to bring the total number of ECTS of the entire study to 120 ECTS
Mandatory course
All mandatory courses under the polytechnic foundation and programme specific courses in the curriculum must be completed, in addition, the following must be fulfilled:
The following courses are mandatory to fullfill the requirements of the specialization:
| 26416 | Laboratory Course in Organic Synthesis | 5 | point | January |
| 26444 | Organic Chemistry 4 | 10 | point | Spring F4 (Tues 13-17, Fri 8-12) |
| 26446 | Advanced Medicinal Chemistry | 5 | point | Spring F2A (Mon 13-17) |
Choose at least 5 points among the following courses:
| 22210 | Immune System in Health and Disease | 5 | point | Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17) |
| 26245 | Applied computational chemistry | 5 | point | June |
| 26426 | Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry | 5 | point | Spring F2B (Thurs 8-12) |
| 26438 | NMR Spectroscopy | 5 | point | Autumn E4B (Fri 8-12) |
| 26455 | Physical Organic Chemistry and Reaction Mechanisms | 5 | point | June |
| 27430 | Eukaryotic cell biology | 5 | point | Spring F3A (Tues 8-12) |
Elective Courses
The following courses are proposals for the specialization:
| 02450 | Introduction to Machine Learning and Data Mining | 5 | point | Spring F4A (Tues 13-17), Autumn E4A (Tues 13-17) |
| 22235 | Drug delivery | 5 | point | Spring F5B (Wed 13-17) |
| 22237 | Preclinical drug development | 5 | point | Autumn E5A (Wed 8-12) |
| 26436 | Pharmaceutical Drug Development | 10 | point | Autumn E1 (Mon 8-12, Thurs 13-17) |
| 27423 | Metabolomics and proteomics | 5 | point | Autumn E3A (Tues 8-12) |
| 28316 | Laboratory Course in Colloid and Surface Chemistry | 5 | point | January |
| 63853 | Sustainable Business in the pharmaceutical industry on emerging markets and developing countries - Access to health care | 5 | point | Autumn E4A (Tues 13-17) |
Autumn start - proposed study plan
Electives
Electives
Electives
Electives
Electives
Innovation in Engineering (Polytechnical... Innovation in Engineering (Polytechnical Foundation)
Master's thesis
Spring start - proposed study plan
Master's thesis
Specializations are merely recommended ways of choosing the courses in the curriculum. Applicants are not admitted to a specialization but to the programme and it is possible to choose among all the courses in the curriculum following the directions given. However, if a specialization has been fulfilled the title of the specialization may be added to the diploma.
Synthesis and Medicinal Chemistry
It is of paramount importance to have drugs that are efficient, selective and without serious side effects. The MSc Eng programme in Synthesis and Medicinal Chemistry offers competences in medicinal chemistry and organic synthesis, and offers the opportunity to work in drug design and development.
The programme will teach you about the process of producing a pharmaceutical from the initial idea to the final drug used in the treatment of disease.
Designing and executing a short and efficient synthetic route to a desired chemical substance is vital to a drug- development programme. This requires an in-depth knowledge of theoretical and practical organic chemistry, which is a major part of the MSc Eng programme. You also gain experience in the important field of molecular modelling.
You will have the opportunity to use your knowledge in research and development projects relevant to drug-development and production. Some projects will be carried out in close collaboration with industrial partners from pharmaceutical companies.
To complete the speicialization in Synthesis and Medicinal Chemistrythe student must fulfil the following requirements:
- Have passed Polytechnical foundation courses adding up to at least 10 ECTS
- Have passed Programme specific courses adding up to at least 50 ECTS
- Have performed a Master Thesis of at least 30 ECTS within Synthesis and Medicinal Chemistry
- Have passed a sufficient number of Elective courses to bring the total number of ECTS of the entire study to 120 ECTS
Mandatory course
All mandatory courses under the polytechnic foundation and programme specific courses in the curriculum must be completed, in addition, the following must be fulfilled:
The following courses are mandatory to fullfill the requirements of the specialization:
| 26416 | Laboratory Course in Organic Synthesis | 5 | point | January |
| 26444 | Organic Chemistry 4 | 10 | point | Spring F4 (Tues 13-17, Fri 8-12) |
| 26446 | Advanced Medicinal Chemistry | 5 | point | Spring F2A (Mon 13-17) |
Choose at least 5 points among the following courses:
| 22210 | Immune System in Health and Disease | 5 | point | Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17) |
| 26245 | Applied computational chemistry | 5 | point | June |
| 26426 | Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry | 5 | point | Spring F2B (Thurs 8-12) |
| 26438 | NMR Spectroscopy | 5 | point | Autumn E4B (Fri 8-12) |
| 26455 | Physical Organic Chemistry and Reaction Mechanisms | 5 | point | June |
| 27430 | Eukaryotic cell biology | 5 | point | Spring F3A (Tues 8-12) |
Elective Courses
The following courses are proposals for the specialization:
| 02450 | Introduction to Machine Learning and Data Mining | 5 | point | Spring F4A (Tues 13-17), Autumn E4A (Tues 13-17) |
| 22235 | Drug delivery | 5 | point | Spring F5B (Wed 13-17) |
| 22237 | Preclinical drug development | 5 | point | Autumn E5A (Wed 8-12) |
| 26436 | Pharmaceutical Drug Development | 10 | point | Autumn E1 (Mon 8-12, Thurs 13-17) |
| 27423 | Metabolomics and proteomics | 5 | point | Autumn E3A (Tues 8-12) |
| 28316 | Laboratory Course in Colloid and Surface Chemistry | 5 | point | January |
| 63853 | Sustainable Business in the pharmaceutical industry on emerging markets and developing countries - Access to health care | 5 | point | Autumn E4A (Tues 13-17) |
Autumn start - proposed study plan
Electives
Electives
Electives
Electives
Electives
Innovation in Engineering (Polytechnical... Innovation in Engineering (Polytechnical Foundation)
Master's thesis
Spring start - proposed study plan
Master's thesis
Specializations are merely recommended ways of choosing the courses in the curriculum. Applicants are not admitted to a specialization but to the programme and it is possible to choose among all the courses in the curriculum following the directions given. However, if a specialization has been fulfilled the title of the specialization may be added to the diploma.