Synthesis and Medicinal Chemistry - Specialization
Coordinator of specialization
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 specialization 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 small-molecule 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 small-molecule drug development programme. This requires an in-depth knowledge of theoretical and practical organic chemistry, which is a major part of the specialization. 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 discovery and development. Some projects will be carried out in close collaboration with industrial partners from biotech or pharmaceutical companies.
To complete the specialization, the 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 courses
In addition to the mandatory polytechnic foundation and programme specific courses listed under curriculum, the courses below must be completed to fulfil the requirements for the specialization.
Mandatory programme specific courses for the specialization:
| 26416 | Advanced 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 ECTS among the following programme specific courses:
| 22210 | Immune System in Health and Disease | 5 | point | Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17) |
| 26241 | Applied Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics | 5 | point | Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17) |
| 26438 | NMR Spectroscopy | 5 | point | Autumn E4B (Fri 8-12) |
| 26455 | Organic Reaction Mechanisms and Supramolecular Chemistry | 5 | point | Autumn E2B (Thurs 8-12) |
| 27430 | Eukaryotic cell biology | 5 | point | Spring F3A (Tues 8-12) |
Elective courses
The following courses are proposals for the specialization:
| 02452 | Machine Learning | 5 | point | 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) |
| 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
Quantitative methods to assess... Quantitative methods to assess sustainability (Polytechnical Foundation)
Elective
Elective
Elective
Elective
Elective
Innovation in Engineering (Polytechnical... Innovation in Engineering (Polytechnical Foundation)
Master's thesis
Spring start - proposed study plan
Quantitative methods to assess... Quantitative methods to assess sustainability (Polytechnical Foundation)
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.