Interested in studying pharmacy or pharmacology? Take a look at the world’s top ten universities for this subject, according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject.
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University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, United States
Chapel Hill, United States
University of Oxford
Oxford’s Department of Pharmacology offers taught and research-based master’s programmes, and four-year DPhil courses. Major research areas include molecular pharmacology, cardiac pharmacology, neuropharmacology, cell signalling, and pharmacogenetics.
Monash University
Monash University has emerged as one of Australia’s top destinations for life sciences subjects. Its Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences offers a wide selection of undergraduate and postgraduate courses – including combinations such as pharmacy and commerce, or pharmaceutical science with chemical engineering.
Key research areas include drug candidate optimisation, drug delivery systems, medicinal chemistry and medicine use and safety.
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Harvard University
Harvard is well known for its leadership in life sciences. While the university doesn’t have a pharmacy department, pharmacology features in many of the courses offered at Harvard Medical School. Key areas of research include systems pharmacology, molecular pharmacology, and translational pharmacology.
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