Basic HTML Version
Engineering, Mathematics and Science
167
In the Senior Sophister (fourth) year, you will cover the
medicinal chemistry of the cardiovascular and central nervous
systems, combinational chemistry and drug delivery, as well
as computational medicinal chemistry and modern analytical
methods. Case studies in medicinal chemistry (focusing on
specific diseases or drug types), will also feature on your
programme.
Practical work in the final year will consist of a
research project
.
This may be carried out either in Trinity College under the
supervision of a member of staff, in a chemistry department
at an overseas university, or in a commercial laboratory.
Study abroad
To date, arrangements have been made for students to carry
out their final-year research projects, from October to December,
in Regensburg, Madrid, Liverpool, Copenhagen, Montpellier and
Bologna universities.
Assessment
You will be assessed by a combination of continuous
assessment and end-of-year examinations.
Career opportunities
As with graduates in other types of chemistry, the skills acquired
during this course will make you highly attractive to employers
in a wide variety of areas. In addition to the pharmaceutical
industry itself, business, finance, administration and teaching
are all possibilities open to you as a graduate of medicinal
chemistry. Former graduates of this course are working in
companies such as Wyeth, Abbot, GlaxoSmithKline, Servier
and Deloitte & Touche.
Medicinal chemistry would also serve as an excellent primary
degree for a graduate course in medicine.
Further information
www.tcd.ie/Chemistry/undergraduate/medicinal-chemistry
Tel: +353 1 896 3411
Nanoscience, physics and
chemistry of advanced
materials
COURSE CODE:
PLACES 2011:
POINTS 2010:
DEGREE AWARDED:
TR076
10
410
B.A.
Special Entry Requirements:
Leaving Certificate
OA2 or HC3 Mathematics
HC3
In two of physics,
chemistry,
biology, physics/
chemistry, applied
mathematics and
mathematics
GCSE
Grade A
Mathematics
or
Advanced GCE
Grade C
Mathematics
(A-Level)
Advanced GCE
Grade C
In two of physics,
(A-Level)
chemistry, biology,
mathematics,
or applied
mathematics
Combinations not permitted:
Physics/chemistry with physics or chemistry
Applied mathematics with mathematics
See also:
TR035: Theoretical physics, page 169
TR071: Science, page 139
TR074: Chemistry with molecular modelling, page 160
TR075: Medicinal chemistry, page 166
What is Nanoscience and
Advanced materials?
The ability to create new technologies or devices would not
be possible without the use of advanced materials. Energy is
an important issue for any new device, and making devices
smaller approaching the nano-scale can reduce the energy cost,
while increasing speed. These nanostructures or nanodevices
can behave in surprising ways which are not like miniaturised
versions of the macroscopic devices. Ultimately this behaviour
is explicable by quantum mechanics but new methods of
fabricating or interacting with such nanostructures is what
nanoscience is all about, ideally to the benefit of technology and
to people. Nanoscience incorporates applications in photonics,
medical diagnostics, ultra-fast electronics and many other areas
which in addition use advanced materials. Advanced materials
include superconductors, polymers, lasers and optoelectronics