Immunology and Pharmacology

Enhance your undergraduate degree with a year's placement in an industrial, commercial or research environment. there is a rapidly increasing number of immune system molecules now used to treat, or used as targets in the treatment of, a wide range of disease. immunology is the study of how the body defends itself against pathogenic microorganisms and cancer but is also fundamental to debilitating autoimmune diseases, asthma and allergies. pharmacology is concerned with the discovery, characterisation and toxicology of drugs that are used either as medicines or as experimental tools for advancing our understanding of the body in health and disease. it also addresses drug toxicity and the processes by which drugs are absorbed, metabolised and excreted. we look at how the immune system can be exploited for novel therapies including vaccines. students will gain a broad, in depth, understanding of both subjects at the molecular, cellular and systems levels. our research-led approach, which covers the latest advances provides graduates with the skills and knowledge for a wide range of careers in immunology and pharmacology and more generally in medical science. in your fourth year you will undertake a year's industrial placement and graduate after five years with an msci (an undergraduate masters degree) instead of a bsc. placements vary considerably but, in general terms, you will have the opportunity to do a placement in an industrial, commercial or research environment where you will be able to develop a breadth of practical experience to complement your degree programme and enhance your employability.

An industrial placement allows students to experience workplace culture and makes them more effective employees following graduation; placements vary considerably but in general terms, students are placed in an industrial, commercial or research environment where they obtain a breadth of practical experience to complement their degree programme; students are employed by their host company and can expect to work a normal 40 hour week, possibly on a number of projects, over a full calendar year; tutorial assistance from a member of the university academic staff is available via email and / or telephone throughout the year course details

• Type: Mandatory

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The immunology and pharmacology degree offers good prospects for research careers in academia, industry, the scientific civil service and hospitals. it can be used as an entry qualification for certain postgraduate courses, including msc clinical pharmacology, toxicology, endocrinology, nutrition or it. alternatively, it may lead onto careers such as marketing, publishing or teaching. our degree programmes are built to enhance your employability and three flagship options give our degrees a distinctively different flavour from many others. all our degrees offer: a 10-week full time research project in the final year which will provide you with valuable experience of working in a medical science research environment an industrial placement year and graduation with an undergraduate msci highly relevant and sought after experience in bio-business aimed at giving you an understanding of the commercialisation of scientific ideas and an opportunity to learn about the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries

Work while you study

You can also work on a UK student visa, from 10 to 20 hours per week during the academic year, 40 hours per week or full-time during vacations.

Partnerships

Most universities in Scotland have partnerships with different companies and organisations to ensure their students get enough professional training as students. In addition to increasing their students' chances to get hired by one of the universities. University of Aberdeen has partnerships with the following companies: