Medicinal Chemistry

A prescription for career success.

Want to create the life-saving drugs of tomorrow? Earn a chemistry degree with a difference.

As well as covering all the basics of physical, analytical, and organic chemistry, you’ll also take specialized courses like biobased chemistry and pharmaceutical drug design.

Meanwhile, you’ll hone essential research and laboratory skills through your choice of 20+ chemistry lab courses and an independent research project in fourth year.

As a Medicinal Chemistry graduate, you’ll be equipped to design, create, and evaluate potential medications, setting the stage for a career with real impact. You'll also qualify for membership in the Canadian Society of Chemistry and the Chemical Institute of Canada.

Labs, such as our Analytical Chemistry Lab, will introduce you to advanced equipment and computer-assisted techniques. Your professors will bring real-world examples of chemistry to the classroom through their research and collaboration with industry.

About the Medicinal Chemistry program

Medicinal Chemistry admissions requirements 

• Apply to Physical Sciences and select Medicinal Chemistry as your major in first year.

Careers in Medicinal Chemistry

Medicinal Chemistry graduates often pursue careers in pharmacology, drug discovery and design, industrial research and development, and experimental research. Many graduates also pursue specialized master's and PhD studies.

First-year Medicinal Chemistry courses

Customize your degree

You can also add additional areas of interest and expertise by including a minor/minors as part of your degree.

Gain relevant work experience through co-op

By alternating school terms and paid co-op work terms throughout your degree, you can explore new career areas and types of employers as your career interests evolve.

Learn more about Medicinal Chemistry

• Email our Science Recruitment Team, who can answer any questions about Medicinal Chemistry
• Visit the Medicinal Chemistry website