Advanced Medicinal Chemistry

Education facts

Code: KEM760

This course is subdivided into 4 modules; 1) Computer-based design (conformational analysis, docking, drug likeness, scaffold hopping, homology modelling); 2 and 3) Synthesis (scaffold-based synthesis, diverse oriented synthesis, retrosynthetic synthesis; 4) biological evaluation (cell-free assays, whole cell assays, animal assays). Each module includes lectures, tutorials, journal clubs and project work.

Entry requirements

90 credits in chemistry, including KEM815, Advanced Organic Chemistry (15 credits) and KEM825, Organic Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry (10 credits) or equal qualifications. Applicants must prove their knowledge of English: English 6/English B from Swedish Upper Secondary School or the equivalent level of an internationally recognized test, for example TOEFL, IELTS.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Advanced Medicinal Chemistry

  University of Gothenburg

  Start date: 27 March 2025

  End date: 8 June 2025

  Pace of study: 100 %