Master's Programme in Pharmaceutical Modelling

Hi,

Congratulations on your admission to the Master’s Programme in Pharmaceutical Modelling at Uppsala University! I wish you a warm welcome!

Here is some information about a few practical things in preparation for the start of the autumn semester on 28 August 2023.

Information on how to activate your student account can be found in the menu. as well as and information about how to register for courses at https://www.uu.se/en/students/new-students/registration/.Links to an external site.

The registration will be open in Ladok from 25 July to 20 August 2023. You need the student account for registering yourself on the programme's first course. It is very important that registration is done before the start of each course. Otherwise you will not be able to start the course. I will also send out a reminder about this in early August.

During your first year you will follow one course at a time. Your programme's master schedule shows start and end dates for all mandatory courses. The schedule for the individual courses will be finalized during the summer, and you will find their schedules at Time-Edit. Links to an external site. Please make sure to activate your student account well before the semester starts. You can find the first course on the programme by either clicking on the course card directly in Studium when you log in, or by following this link: https://uppsala.instructure.com/courses/80163/assignments/syllabus.

If you have any questions related to the programme or your studies, you can contact the study counsellor.

Again, a warm welcome and I look forward to seeing you on 28 August.

Sincerely,
Per Larsson, programme coordinator

To keep your place, you need to register in Ladok

Please note that:

• you must have an active student account at Uppsala University. in order to register, and this may take some time to arrange
• when you register for the first course, Drug Discovery and Development 7.5 credits, you also get registered for the master's programme
• without registration, you will lose your place in the programme.

After the registration, you are able to find more information about your first course here in Studium.

Conditionally admitted

If you are conditionally admitted, and are unable to register, you need to contact the study counsellor. If you have the necessary entrance requirements, you will get help with the registration. If you are late contacting the study councellor, you will lose your place in the programme.

If you are on the reserve list

If there is a vacancy, reserves will be contacted via antagning.se (or universityadmissions.se) and e-mail, if necessary also by phone. We will use the information you have entered on antagning.se (or universityadmissions.se). Reserve placed students are expected to monitor their e-mail and telephone during the reserve admission process. Also remember to monitor your spam folder in case the e-mail ends up there.

Called reserves have a maximum of 24 hours to respond to the offer, and the time becomes shorter the closer the start of the semester is. If you do not respond to the reserv admission within the deadline, you will lose your place on the programme.

Accepted reserves will be registered manually in connection with course and programme start.

Semester 1

Semester 1

• Drug Discovery and Development, 7.5 credits
• Biopharmaceutics, 7.5 credits
• Introduction to Programming in Python and R for Biosciences, 7.5 credits
• Preclinical and Clinical Data Analysis in Predictive Drug Discovery/Development, 7.5 credits

Semester 2

• Pharmaceutical Bioinformatics with Sequence Analysis, 7.5 credits
• Computational Medicinal Chemistry, 7.5 credits
• Advanced Molecular Modelling Applied to Drug Discovery, 7.5 credits
• Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics, 7.5 credits

Semester 3

• Molecular Physical Pharmacy, 7.5 credits
• Models for Biological Systems, 7.5 credits
• Elective courses, 15 credits

Semester 4

• Degree Project/Thesis, 30 credits

All Swedish bachelor and master degrees includes an independent project (thesis). The Faculty of Pharmacy call these courses Degree Projects. The Master's Programme In Drug Discovery and Development offers two courses:

• 3FK044 Degree Project in Drug Discovery and Development, 45 credits, start in semester 3, end in semester 4
• 3FK045 Degree Project in Drug Discovery and Development 30 credits, in semester 4.

Your project may be done at Uppsala University or external and it may also be done abroad.

Before application

Information is held every semester about a month before the application deadline, at this occassion you have the oppertunity to ask the faculty lecturers and researchers about degree project courses and the department's ongoing research. Dates for the informations are found in the Pharmaceutical Academic Year Master Schedule, and information about place and time are published on a modul here at Studium.

Information about available projects are published in the faculty's project portal, where you can read about the content and purpose of individual projects. Please notice that you need to check the courses entrance requirements to make sure that you are able to meet them when the course starts.

If you plan to look for an project on your own; read more in the pharmaceutical faculty's guidelines for information regarding requirements for the supervisor and the design of the project. If you find your own supervisor, you must present a project plan to the course coordinator for approval. In that case, the specific project can be locked to you in the project portal.

Semester 1 and 2

The first course in the programme, Drug Discovery and Development, has the same requirements as the programme. The other courses in year 1 may have different requirements, though. You can find information about the entry requirements in the course's syllabuses.

If you have any questions regarding the requirements, you are welcome to contact the program's study counsellor.

Semester 3

Since you can choose freely among Uppsala University's freestanding courses, you need to check the entrance requirements in the courses that interest you. Please note that some courses need to be studied in a specific order.

Requirements to start 3FK044 Degree Project in Drug Discovery and Development 45 credits:

• at least 60 credits within the programme is required and passed
• participation in the other courses within the programme
• specific requirements are determined by the examiner with regard to the project focus.

Semester 4

Requirements to start 3FF221 Degree Project in Drug Discovery and Development 30 credits:

1 a) at least 60 credits within the programme is required and passed, of which at least 30 credits from level 2, or

1 b) at least 45 credits within the main subject (Drug Discovery and Development)

2) passed the course Drug Discovery and Development 7.5 credits

3) passed courses in Pharmacokinetics, Pharmaceutics and Medicinal Chemistry must be presented.

4) specific requirements are determined by the examiner with regard to the project's focus.

The same requirements as for 3FK044 will be used if they benefit a student.

Semester 3

For semester semester 3 you have two options:

• elective courses 15 credits and start of the degree project of 45 credits, or
• elective courses 30 credits.
  

Elective courses

Please note that you need to log on with your Uppsala University student account.

• The application is open 15 March to 15 April for autumn semester 2024.
• Application at universityadmissions.se, but you will find more courses in English
  • see "How to apply for courses using universityadmissions.se for autumn semester 2024"Download "How to apply for courses using universityadmissions.se for autumn semester 2024"

Degree Project 45 credits, autumn semester

You need to read the information about the programme's degree projects courses before you apply.

If 3FK044 Degree Project in Drug Discovery and Development 45 credits is your first option, you:

• need to apply via the The faculty's Project Portal. It is open for application from 1 to 15 April. For autumn 2024, the project portal is open until 17 April! Contact Martin Grydén, martin.gryden@medfarm.uu.se in case you need technical support.

• ought to apply to elective courses as a back up plan.

Please note the entry requirements

"at least 60 credits within the programme is required and passed. Participation in the other courses within the programme is required. Specific requirements are determined by the examiner with regard to the project's focus."

Semester 4

During semester 4 you either continue your degree project of 45 credits or follow the degree project course of 30 credits. In case you do not know if you will be able to start the 45 credits course in autumn semester, you can apply for the 30 credits course as a backup plan.

Degree Project in Drug Discovery and Development 30 credits

• oral information to listen to before application for application to spring 2023
• application open 1 to 15 October.

Autumn 2024

Monday, September 2, 2024 – Sunday, January 19, 2025 The semester comprises 89 working days.

Period A - 20 January – 20 February (23 days)
Period B - 21 February – 24 March (22 days)
Period C - 25 March – 28 April (22 days)
Period D - 29 April – 8 June (23 days)

Non-teaching days: December 23 – January 6.

Semester 1

Semester 2

Semester 3

Semester 4

Christina Ceder is the Faculty Study Adviser focusing on general degrees (bachelor, master one year and master two years), handling elective courses, as well as being the exchange coordinator and can as such be reached via: pharmmaster@uu.se

018-471 44 36

Book an appointment at https://www.timecenter.se/medfarmuu/ for study/career counselling.

Komplett information om programmet:
https://www.uu.se/utbildning/program/masterprogram-lakemedelsmodellering