Postgraduate research

We have a strong research culture in the Reading School of Pharmacy with research programmes in each of the constituent disciplines of Pharmacy (Pharmacology, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutics, and Pharmacy Practice). Details of ongoing work can be found by looking at the individual staff pages.

There is a strong training programme for PhD students in the School with a programme of lectures and seminars designed to provide training in transferable skills and other skills required for research. Each discipline has its own lab meetings where research is discussed and PhD students make presentations. There is also a full programme of seminars with external speakers. We hold a Research Day once a year where all of our PhD students present either a talk or a poster.

Currently we have 37 PhD students in the School studying in the different disciplines of Pharmacy. Each Year we recruit a number of PhD students to positions funded by Research Councils, charities and by the University. These positions are advertised on our web site, on www.jobs.ac.uk and in scientific journal such as Nature. We are pleased to receive enquiries from interested students independently of these advertisements. Enquiries should be addressed to the research office.