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chemical and pharmaceutical science.

  • 25-04-2013 12:22am
    #1
    lulcat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10 ✭


    Hi all.
    Ah, thinking of doing this course as a level eight undergraduate. Looking for peoples with thoughts/experience of it.
    Have the impression it may be more of a stepping degree, to go on to something more.
    If not are you solely resigned to lab work as a career?

    Thanks!


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  • #2
    Woodward
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 219 ✭✭Woodward


    I did a pharm chem degree and am currently doing a PhD. The job prospects for someone with an undergrad degree arent bad but they arent any way intellectually stimulating. You will probably spend 10 years running the same experiment over and over in a QC lab before you have a chance of promotion without some sort of postgrad degree. There are other job oppurtunities outside the lab which have better long term prospects if you arent mad about lab work


  • #3
    lulcat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10 ✭lulcat


    Woodward wrote: »
    I did a pharm chem degree and am currently doing a PhD. The job prospects for someone with an undergrad degree arent bad but they arent any way intellectually stimulating. You will probably spend 10 years running the same experiment over and over in a QC lab before you have a chance of promotion without some sort of postgrad degree. There are other job oppurtunities outside the lab which have better long term prospects if you arent mad about lab work

    Hi again, since you took your education as far as PhD, could you maybe elaborate on what options you may have had at masters level for example.
    Could you have branched to a level of undergraduate pharmacy, medicinal chemistry or even as far as petroleum based chemistry.

    I assume it's all very interchangeable with many aspects of chemistry after the undergraduate?


  • #4
    Woodward
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 219 ✭✭Woodward


    lulcat wrote: »
    Hi again, since you took your education as far as PhD, could you maybe elaborate on what options you may have had at masters level for example.
    Could you have branched to a level of undergraduate pharmacy, medicinal chemistry or even as far as petroleum based chemistry.

    I assume it's all very interchangeable with many aspects of chemistry after the undergraduate?

    You can take your undergrad degree to pretty much any natural science based area if you are determined enough. You cover all the material general science students do except you do it in the context of pharmaceutical chemistry. You could get into any chem masters you wanted with it provided you are willing to study up a bit if it is a very specialised course


  • #5
    MrSteve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭MrSteve


    Hi all

    I have signed up to a course being run by DIT called PharmaMOOC, which is a free 3 week online course designed as an introduction to the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector. Could be worth a look for anyone considering taking a full course in this industry.
    They have staff from DIT's school of pharmaceuticals involved and looks to be well structured so it should be an interesting course. Starts on Monday 13th May


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