Degree benefits

• Pharmacology at UCL offers you an outstanding academic environment. We are internationally renowned in the discipline and are recognised for numerous major discoveries.
• It is our aim to combine excellence in research with high-quality pharmacology teaching. We have particular expertise in areas such as neuropharmacology and immunopharmacology.
• In your final year, you will have the opportunity to join a world-leading research team to carry out your own experimental research project.
• We offer state-of-the-art modern facilities, and are located adjacent to the Medical Research Council's Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, allowing for collaborative final-year projects.

Careers

• This programme not only provides detailed knowledge of the subject, but also trains you in planning, executing and analysing scientific projects and in quantitative and analytical skills, equipping you with a versatility that will be attractive to many employers.
• As with any science degree, our graduates move into many types of employment including financial and managerial professions, scientific publishing, journalism, law and health administration, for example, the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA). Unlike many degrees, however, there is a related industry involving drug safety, drug research, drug sales and patent law.
• If you are interested in laboratory research, you could progress to a postgraduate research degree (PhD) leading to opportunities in the pharmaceutical industry, governing research institutes, hospital laboratories, forensic science or university-based research.