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Medicinal Chemistry

Medicinal Chemistry and pharmaceutical chemistry are disciplines at the intersection of chemistry, especially synthetic organic chemistry, and pharmacology and various other biological specialties, where they are involved with design, chemical synthesis and development for market of pharmaceutical agents, or bio-active molecules (drugs).

Medicinal Chemistry is an interdisciplinary science that combines basic sciences such as chemistry, physics, and biology, with the science of healing. Graduates of this field will be capable of the following through studying biochemical processes associated with enzymes, cell signaling mechanisms, receptors and ligands:

1. Design pharmaceutical molecules

2. Define and purify the molecular structures of chemical compositions.

3. Determine the relationship between chemical structures of compositions and their biological activity.

4. Extract natural compositions out of medicinal plants.

5. Analyze medicinal compositions by utilizing modern methods and technologies of machinery.


Basic Information:
Program Type: Degree Based
Level Of study: Ph.D.
School / Faculty: School of Pharmacy
Department: Department of Medicinal Chemistry
Major (Name Of Program): Medicinal Chemistry
This program contact information:
Telephone: 00987132122884
Fax: 00987132356996
Mobile: 00987132356996
Email Address: admission_gsia@sums.ac.ir
Address: 6th Floor, Central building of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Zand St., Shiraz, Iran
Contact Person Name: Office of International Affairs
Program Detail:
Language Requirements:
  • Language requirements: Evidence of English Proficiency on the TOEFL or IELTS tests. The minimum score for TOEFL PBT, TOEFL iBT and IELTS is 533, 72 and 5.5 respectively.
  • Applicants from Persian (Farsi) Speaking countries (They shall both speak and write in Persian) who have applied for graduate Degree-based programs may be exempted, based on the decision of the department, from submitting any certificates regarding their English Language Proficiency. Nevertheless, they are required to hand in their English language certificate which meets SUMS’ minimal language proficiency requirements, within one year from commencing their studies at SUMS.
Admission Requirements:
  • M.Sc. and B.Sc. or equivalent certificates for the applicants of Ph.D. degree.
Length of Training:
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