Career opportunities
An MSc in the pharmaceutical sciences will give you an educational ballast that will supplement other experts in the field. Your educational profile will be much in demand thanks to your BSc in a technical, natural science or health science field combined with a pharmaceuticals-oriented MSc that focuses on medicines and the development of drugs and related products.
The University of Copenhagen is located in the midst of one of the world’s leading biotech areas – Medicon Valley – home to almost 300 ‘life science’ companies. The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences is known for its extensive cooperation with industry. One of these cooperative endeavours is the Faculty’s own Drug Research Academy (DRA), where a number of Danish biotech and pharmaceutical companies co-finance PhD scholarships. DRA covers all key research areas in drug development from research, development and production to clinical testing.
This close concentration of biotech and pharmaceutical companies in the region coupled with the Faculty’s cooperation with industry provides good opportunities for students to build contacts to future employers already while they are studying. The location presents optimal opportunities to find student jobs related to the field and to initiate thesis projects at one of the many companies in the area.
Bridge-builders in complicated processes
The development of new drugs and medicinal products is a long and complicated process that starts with the glimmer of a new idea and ends with the effective marketing of a finished product.
In the pharmaceutical industry project-oriented teamwork in a combination of fields is typical. Someone with an MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences is ideal for this type of team effort and has the skills to build bridges between people with various specialist backgrounds. Pharmaceutical companies as well as biotech companies have shown great interest in hiring graduates with the skills provided by the Faculty’s MSc programme.
The pharmaceutical industry considers people with MSc degree in the pharmaceutical sciences to be a highly relevant supplement to pharmacists. Pharmaceuticals companies as well as biotech companies have shown great interest in hiring graduates with the skills provided by the Faculty’s programme.
Please note that the Master of Science degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences does not qualify graduates to practice as pharmacists at community or hospital pharmacies in Denmark and other EU countries.
Copenhagen Master of Excellence
As of January 1, 2011 The MSc programme in Pharmaceutical Sciences will be a Copenhagen Master of Excellence programme (COME). COME covers a select group of two-year master's programmes designed to challenge students at the highest international academic level.
