Doctoral Programme in Drug Research

The aim of the Doctoral Programme in Drug Research (DPDR) is to educate experts that have a wide view of drugs and toxicology. DPDR is a multidisciplinary doctoral programme and research in DPDR covers the life cycle of medicines and toxicology.
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Research groups in DPDR study diverse areas in drug research, such as drug design and synthesis, bioactivity screening, pharmaceutical microbiology, drug formulation, nanomedicine, industrial manufacturing, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, analytics, drug interactions, pharmacogenetics, pharmacology and clinical pharmacology, clinic al drug research, pharmacoepidemiology, clinical pharmacy, pharmacoeconomics, toxicology and clinical toxicology and veterinary drug research.

 

In international comparisons, research in the University of Helsinki ranks among the leading European universities and the top 100 in the world.
Key Research Areas

The aim of DPDR is to educate experts that have a wide view of drugs and toxicology. DPDR is a multidisciplinary doctoral programme and research in DPDR covers the life cycle of medicines and toxicology.

Research groups in DPDR study diverse areas in drug research, such as: 

  • drug design and synthesis
  • bioactivity screening
  • pharmaceutical microbiology
  • drug formulation
  • nanomedicine
  • industrial manufacturing
  • pharmacokinetics
  • pharmacodynamics
  • analytics
  • drug interactions
  • pharmacogenetics
  • pharmacology and clinical pharmacology
  • clinical drug research
  • pharmacoepidemiology
  • clinical pharmacy
  • pharmacoeconomics
  • toxicology and clinical toxicology
  • veterinary drug research.
Events & Activities

Will be published in the spring 2026.

Courses & studying

A doctoral degree in the programme comprises of a doctoral thesis and 30 credits of additional studies, including 10 credits of transferable skills training and 20 credits of scientific content studies. The studies are divided into discipline-specific studies (20 credits), aimed to support your research project, and transferable skills training (10 credits).

Studies are completed flexibly on courses and through means other than traditional coursework: conference presentations, scientific and popular articles etc.

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Courses in research ethics and transferable skills are offered throughout the academic year by the Doctoral School.

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