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MSc Biotech and Pharmaceutical Management

MSc Biotech and Pharmaceutical Management

Different course options

Full time | UCL East Campus | 1 year | SEP

Study mode

Full time

Duration

1 year

Start date

SEP

Key information
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Qualification type

MSc - Master of Science

Subject areas

Pharmacy

Course Summary

Embrace one of the fastest paced sectors in health through this cutting edge Master’s programme that focuses on the business and management of biotechnology and pharmaceutical ventures. This leading-edge programme brings business together with biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. It has been crafted by academics and industry experts at the world’s first business school dedicated to health. Taught from a global top 10 university, the Biotech and Pharmaceutical Management MSc offers a unique opportunity to learn from the best in the sector and secure your future employability.With an ever-growing need for the development of new drugs in response to emerging global medical issues, applying a business mindset to this area of health is increasingly vital. The Biotech and Pharmaceutical Management MSc equips students with managerial tools that are needed to bring biotechnology and pharmaceutical innovations to the highly regulated markets. Moreover, this programme teaches students an advanced level of the interactions between business and science in this field. Bringing together the expertise of both the UCL Global Business School for Health (UCL GBSH) and UCL’s other cross-disciplinary centres including the UCL Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, participants on the programme gain crucial insights from multiple perspectives. With content bound together by the pharmacoeconomics discipline, the programme also includes important information on regulations and market access. Bringing this action learning environment to life, students have the opportunity to take an idea for a drug or biotech product from the trials stage to business case.

Modules

This is a group project to develop an idea for a new drug or biotech product from the analysis and trials stage to a business plan. The project brings together learning and key aspects of business and management that you acquire throughout the programme, including strategy, project management, financing, marketing and leadership. Group work involves conceptualising, undertaking proof-of-concept, developing a business proposal, preparing an outline business case and subsequently a detailed business case on an approved project.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£20,500

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£36,500

Entry requirements

An upper second-class UK Bachelor's degree in a health, science, business or economics related subject or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard. Graduates without the relevant degree classification but with extensive relevant work experience are welcome to apply and will be considered on an individual basis.

University information

University College London (UCL) is consistently ranked among the top ten universities in the world, conducting leading research across a wide range of subject areas. Throughout its long and prestigious history, it has inspired and educated countless minds and produced over 30 Nobel prize recipients. With one campus located in the heart of Bloomsbury and a second campus in vibrant east London, the university is home to over 50,000 students...more