SLVKA0342U Research Project in Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery

Volume 2025/2026
Education

MSc Programme in Pharmaceutical Sciences (English programme) study track II - compulsory

MSc Programme in Pharmaceutical Sciences (English programme) study track I and III - restricted elective

Content

Problem-oriented and case-based teaching.

Students work in groups of 2 to 4 on a theoretical research project dealing with selected aspects in pharmaceutics and drug delivery. Advisers provide students with a project topic and the students are then expected to write up a project report including problem statement, purpose, state-of-the-art, research plan, and perspectives. The project is concluded by a project report and subsequent individual oral examination. All students must contribute equally to the group work.
Mid-way through the course, a discussion class will be held where each project group present their project and its current status. All students will be expected to provide feedback to the presenting group. The advisers will participate and provide the students with feedback to prepare for the final individual oral exam.

Learning Outcome

At the end of the course, students are expected to be able to:

Skills

  • independently seek original literature on a topic within pharmaceutics and/or drug delivery and suggest a research plan aiming to solve a specific challenge  
  • present and discuss the project orally and in a project report including problem statement, purpose, state-of-the-art, research plan, and perspectives

Original research articles and review articles selected by students.

If you are applying for the course as a credit transfer student, you must have passed Pharmaceutics and Drug Development or have acquired similar competencies in another course. Documentation for corresponding competencies in the form of a course description and an exam result must be attached to your application.
Course teaching is based on the assumption that students have taken the course entitled Pharmaceutics and Drug Development, and have acquired knowledge corresponding to the content of the subjects Pharmacology, Organic Chemistry and Physical Chemistry.
3 lectures, 8 hours of discussion classes, 4 hours of supervision, 397 hours of project work.
  • Category
  • Hours
  • Lectures
  • 3
  • Class Instruction
  • 8
  • Project work
  • 397
  • Guidance
  • 4
  • Total
  • 412
Continuous feedback during the course of the semester
Credit
15 ECTS
Type of assessment
Oral examination
Type of assessment details
The student is assessed on the basis of an individual oral examination. The examination is based on the group report.

Examination design:
At the end of the course students draw up a project report and turn it in to the adviser and external examiner. During the oral examination each student is examined individually. The individual oral examination consists of a 10-minute oral presentation of the project report. The presentation is followed by a 10-minute discussion of the contents of the report. Students in the same group cannot participate in their fellow students individual oral exam.
Aid
All aids allowed
Marking scale
7-point grading scale
Censorship form
External censorship
Criteria for exam assesment

To achieve the grade 12 the student must be able to:

Knowledge

  • understand important concepts and methods within a topic in pharmaceutics and/or drug delivery

 

Skills

  • able to critically identify, discuss, and generalize knowledge within a topic in pharmaceutics and/or drug delivery

  • present and discuss the group project orally and in a project report including problem statement, purpose, state-of-the-art, research plan, and perspectives 

Competences

  • take responsibility for a project idea and present a project plan