150 credits of which 120 credits in biomedicine, pharmaceutical science, natural science and/or technology. Prior studies should include 10 credits in general chemistry and organic chemistry. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.
The course gives an introduction to methods and strategies that are used in medicinal chemistry research with a focus on computer-based drug design. The course includes components such as conformational analysis, pharmacophore modelling, structure-based design, multivariate analysis and 3D-QSAR.