PhD (School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences)

What you will study

We aim to train multidisciplinary researchers capable of working as independent investigators and/or academics across the public and private sectors. Each individual team member is encouraged to expand their horizons overarching various aspects of pharmaceutical sciences and pharmacy practice.

The Faculty of Life Sciences is the largest in the University with an active PGR community. The University strategy is implemented at the Faculty level within an institutional PGR Framework and is in line with QAA/RCUK recommendations. Each PGR student is a member of Bradford School of Pharmacy affiliated with one of our research groups. PGR students are allocated to the supervisory team comprising the principal investigator of the project and the second supervisor.

Students are required to undertake training in scientific writing, producing a critical appraisal of research in their field within their first 6 months, and additionally have access to Masters (level 7) modules to enhance skills relevant to their project such as separation techniques (HPLC), spectroscopic methods (FTIR, RAMAN), structural crystallography and others.

Throughout the course of study, students are responsible for developing a Personal Development Folder which incorporates monitoring and progression requirements as well as generic and specific training records.

Students have several opportunities to present their work to their peers within the faculty at regular research seminar series and at a dedicated Symposium aligned with the Faculty Research Open Day.

Career Support

The University is committed to helping students develop and enhance employability and this is an integral part of many programs. Specialist support is available throughout the course from the Career and Employability Services, including help to find part-time work while studying, placements, vacation work, and graduate vacancies. Students are encouraged to access this support at an early stage and utilize their extensive resources.

Designed specifically for doctoral researchers, there are extensive training and development opportunities included in our unique and flexible Postgraduate Research Framework. This bespoke offering tailored for research students, provides training opportunities to support your future employability and your development as an independent researcher.

Career Prospects

Many of our graduates find employment as post-doctoral research and development scientists, analytical scientists in the chemical, pharmaceutical, and nutraceutical industries, research managers, academics, and clinical researchers in the NHS and other managed care organizations, in the UK, the EU, and overseas.