this course provides advanced training in modern organic, computational and medicinal chemistry. this covers different approaches to drug design and development, from identification of the biological target, in silico molecular structure optimisation, to the synthesis and biological evaluation of lead compounds. you'll study and experience the way modern small molecule medicine is developing. during your research project, you'll gain hands-on experience of working within a medicinal chemistry team investigating unexplored targets. newcastle university is a great place to study and practice medicinal chemistry. our strengths include the following specialist topics: computational based drug design modern approaches to chemotherapy the development of new drug discovery techniques