The M.Sc. in Pharmaceutical Medicine is taught using a combination of recorded online lectures and live virtual classes featuring full duplex audio. In addition, the Business & Pharmaceutical Ethics module (delivered in collaboration with faculty from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) must be taken as a one-week on-site course in Dublin (October), and the Leadership & Authority module must be taken as a one-week on-site course at Harvard University in the US (June). Each online module typically runs for 16 calendar weeks and is structured as follows:

• 1 induction week
• 12 lesson weeks
• 2 reading weeks 
• 1 exam week

During each online lesson week, the average workload per module is estimated as:

• Online lessons: 3 hours
• Live synchronous tutorials: 1 hour
• Private study: 3 hours

Note that typically two modules are run concurrently.

For a provisional calendar of key events, click here.