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MSc Molecular Drug Discovery and Development

About the program

MSc Molecular Drug Discovery and Development

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Vision

Providing specialists with expertise and technical competence in molecular drug discovery, development and analysis in accordance with international standards.


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Mission

Producing high scientific and research competencies in the field of drug discovery to keep pace with the labor market in line with the Kingdom's Vision 2030.

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Goals

1. The graduate should have the necessary knowledge and skills to conduct research at a high level to discover effective drug compounds against diseases.
2. The ability to perform and interpret laboratory analyzes on drugs in their various forms using spectral and chromatographic analysis techniques.
3. The ability to work within a research team with the least amount of direction and the greatest amount of creativity, innovation and self-movement.
4. Familiarity with the pathological and therapeutic problems that affect Saudi society in particular, Gulf, Arab, Islamic, and international society in general.



Department courses

(A)Compulsory courses- credit hours (14 h)

Course code and number Course title Credit hours
PC 801 Contemporary Drug Design and Development 3
PC 802 Drug-Target Interaction 1
PC 803 Pharmaceutical Separation Science 1
PC 804 Organic Synthesis of Medicinal Compounds 3
PC 805 Biochemical Principles of Drug Action 3
PC 894 Research Methodologies 2
PC 895 Research Seminar 1

(B)Selective courses- credit hours (17 h)

Course code and number Course title Credit hours
PC 806 Heterocycles in Medicinal Chemistry 2
PC 807 Stereochemistry in Drug Action 3
PC 808 Combinatorial Science in Drug Discovery 2
PC 809 Drug and Disease Related Biomarkers 3
PC 810 Computer-Aided Drug Design 3
PC 811 Structure Elucidation of Pharmaceutical Compounds 2
PC 812 Pharmacokinetics and Toxophores in Drug Discovery 2
PC 813 Advanced Pharmaceutical Separation Science 4
PC 814 Biological Screening (Given by the Dept of Pharmacology and Toxicology) 2
PC 815 Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacogenetics (Given by the Dept of Pharmacology and Toxicology) 2
PH 820 Drug delivery systems (Given by the Department of Pharmaceutics) 2
NP 820 Structural elucidation of natural products (Given by the Department of Natural Products) 3
***8*** Chemistry of natural products (Given by the Department of Natural Products) 3

(C)Thesis- credit hours (8 h)

Course code and number Course title Credit hours
PC 899 Thesis 8
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