Pharmacology with Foundation Year BSc (Hons)

Keele University

Our Foundation Year provides an excellent alternative route to Keele, providing a unique opportunity to better prepare for your chosen degree, and with guaranteed entry onto your undergraduate course once you successfully complete your Foundation Year. This extra year of study can improve your academic skills, expand your subject knowledge, give you a better understanding of higher education and, perhaps most importantly of all, build your confidence. On the Keele Foundation Year, you'll study on campus, joining our undergraduate community from the outset, with access to all the facilities and support that you'd get as an undergraduate student at Keele.

For International Students, Foundation Years are delivered through our dedicated on-campus provider, Keele University International College. Applications for International Foundation Years are also handled by KUIC; please do not apply via UCAS as the University will not be able to process your application and you may still be charged the UCAS application fee. To find out more and to apply for an International Foundation Year, visit https://kuic.keele.ac.uk/

With a focus on molecular pharmacology and drug discovery, our BSc offers a strong grounding in the core biological areas that underpin effective study in the field. You will gain a solid understanding of biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, cell biology, physiology and anatomy and their application to the development and pharmacology of acquired and inherited disease. To strengthen your understanding in these core areas and to provide context to your learning, you will explore:The mode of action of drugs used in the treatment of a wide range of conditionsSelective toxicityModern drug discoveryEmerging technologies in drug developmentThe drug development pipelineThe wider societal impact of pharmacologyDuring years two and three of your studies, you will have the flexibility to choose from optional modules that are aligned to your career goals or interests. In your third year, you will put the skills you have developed into practice by completing an experimental research project, which can either be completed at Keele or whilst on placement in a real research or industrial environment. To enhance your communication skills, you will present your research findings at our final year conference, where you will benefit from enhanced networking and employer engagement opportunities.

Keele University was established in 1949 by the former Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University. Founded to meet the needs of a changing world, Keele has always had a pioneering vision to be a different kind of university.We excel in both teaching and research, with some of the most satisfied students in England, and research that is changing lives for the better at a regional, national and global level.Our beautiful 600-acre campus is one of the biggest in Britain – but all the most important services and facilities are on your doorstep, with accommodation, teaching spaces, facilities including a medical centre, sports centre and pharmacy, and a range of shops, eateries and entertainment venues – including the Students’ Union – clustered around the centre.