College of Pharmaceutical

Sciences

Irma Meijerman

College of Pharmaceutical Sciences

• Honours programme• Selection of students• Pharmaceutical Research

(‘Drug Discovery and Development’)• Accent on the central nervous system and

immune system• Maximum of 50 students/year (first year 25

students)

College of Pharmaceutical Sciences

• 10 week period courses• Every period around 200 student

hours project work, 200 student hours flanking education (lectures, skills labs, laboratory work, …..)

• Research oriented: the research cycle must be a part of every course

• After 5-6 weeks an individual assessment of theoretical knowledge

• After 10 weeks final assessment of the project work

Project

Supportive / general education

Time

Course weeks

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

From Drug to Molecule

= obligatory

= profile (eg. Medicinal chemistry, pharmacology, immunology, neuroscience, drug targeting)

CPS-307 Research project

Neuro-immuno pharmacology

Introduction internships: A ‘day’ at the lab in the different research-groups

(coupled to MDI-students, students CPS-307, PhDs)

Analytical methods/ molecular and cellular techniques, research skills in general

Drug DiscoveryDrug Development

= profile - Major