Course catalogue

All courses are compulsory

• Continuum mechanics – 3 ECTS
• Introduction to Pharmaceutical Materials Science – 6 ECTS
• Drug product development and pharmaceutical technology – 3 ECTS
• AI and advanced computational methods in physics – 3 ECTS
• Atomic scale modelling I - Classical methods – 3 ECTS
• States of Matter and Materials Science Primers – 3 ECTS
• Tutored trainings – 3 ECTS
• Course from the Graduate Program –  3 ECTS
• Foreign language (French or English) – 3 ECTS

Total: 30 ECTS

Compulsory courses:

• Molecular and soft condensed matter – 4 ECTS
• Materials science of drugs – 4 ECTS
• Large facilities: synchrotron and neutron sources – 5 ECTS
• Stochastic methods for optimization and simulation – 4 ECTS
• Biopham Short Internship – 5 ECTS

Optional courses (pick 2 out of 3 ): 

• Complexity in biological systems – 4 ECTS
• Biophysical and materials science characterisation – 4 ECTS
• Machine learning with neural networks – 4 ECTS

Total: 30 ECTS

All courses are compulsory

• Advanced thermodynamics and phase transformations – 3 ECTS
• Molecular mobility and amorphous state of matter – 3 ECTS
• Drug product development and pharmaceutical technology II – 3 ECTS
• Thermal analysis of pharmaceuticals – 3 ECTS
• Structural and dynamical characterization of pharmaceuticals – 3 ECTS
• Structural properties of matter: electron microscopy and diffraction – 3 ECTS
• Advanced Spectroscopy of Molecular Systems: From Gas Phase to Condensed Matter – 3 ECTS
• Atomic scale modeling II - Quantum methods – 3 ECTS
• Joint advanced winter course – 3 ECTS
• Foreign language (French or English) – 3 ECTS

Total: 30 ECTS

Compulsory courses:

• Disordered and off-equilibrium systems  – 6 ECTS
• Biofluids and materials interactions – 3 ECTS
• English for scientific writing and communication – 3 ECTS

1 course to be chosen out of 3 :

• Polymer science and engineering – 6 ECTS
• Transport phenomena in materials – 6 ECTS      
• Mechanical Behaviour of Materials – 6 ECTS      

1 course to be chosen out of 2* :

• Quantum physics of matter – 6 ECTS
• Solid state physics – 6 ECTS        

1 course to be chosen out of 2** :

• Computational materials science – 6 ECTS          
• Bioinformatics – 6 ECTS

Total: 30 ECTS

(*) The course “Quantum Physics of Matter” addresses students with limited prior knowledge of quantum mechanics, whereas “Solid State Physics” is intended for students possessing a strong background in the field.

(**) The course "Computational materials science" is recommended for students with strong interest into scientific computation.
The course "Bioinformatics is recommended with weak background in computing.

Compulsory courses:

• Molecular and soft condensed matter – 4 ECTS
• Materials science of drugs – 4 ECTS
• Large facilities: synchrotron and neutron sources – 5 ECTS
• Biophysical and materials science characterisation – 4 ECTS
• Biopham Short Internship – 5 ECTS

Optional courses (pick 2 out of 3 ): 

• Complexity in biological systems – 4 ECTS
• Stochastic methods for optimization and simulation – 4 ECTS
• Machine learning with neural networks – 4 ECTS

Total: 30 ECTS

Compulsory courses:

• Biomaterials for Pharmaceutical Applications – 6 ECTS
• Nanomedicine and Regenerative Medicine – 6 ECTS
• Joint advanced winter course – 3 ECTS

6 ECTS to be chosen out of 18 ECTS:

• Surface physics – 3 ECTS
• Manufacturing of polymers and nanocomposites for biomedical application – 3 ECTS
• Solid state NMR spectroscopy in pharmaceutical and biomaterial science – 6 ECTS
• Introduction to optical spectroscopy – 6 ECTS

1 course to be chosen out of 3*: 

• Multi-scale modelling in materials design – 6 ECTS
• In Silico Models for drug-design techniques – 6 ECTS
• Bioinformatics and System Biology – 6 ECTS

1 course to be chosen out of 2**: 

• European Responsible Research and Innovation – 3 ECTS
• Health Entrepreneurship Programme – 3 ECTS

Total: 30 ECTS

(*) The course "Multi-scale modelling in materials design" is recommended for students who took the course "Computational Materials Science" at Term 1. The course  "In Silico Models for drug-design techniques" is recommended for developers of in silico models for biomedical applications. The course "Bioinformatics and System Biology" is recommended for users of Machilne Learning (ML) software.
(**) The course "European Responsible Research and Innovation" is recommended for students interested in research in public sector while the course "Health Entrepreneurship Programme" is recommended for students interested in research in private sector. 

Compulsory courses:

• Disordered and off-equilibrium systems  – 6 ECTS
• Biofluids and materials interactions – 3 ECTS
• English for scientific writing and communication – 3 ECTS

1 course to be chosen out of 3 :

• Polymer science and engineering – 6 ECTS
• Transport phenomena in materials – 6 ECTS      
• Mechanical Behaviour of Materials – 6 ECTS      

1 course to be chosen out of 2* :

• Quantum physics of matter – 6 ECTS
• Solid state physics – 6 ECTS        

1 course to be chosen out of 2** :

• Computational materials science – 6 ECTS          
• Bioinformatics – 6 ECTS

Total: 30 ECTS

(*) The course “Quantum Physics of Matter” addresses students with limited prior knowledge of quantum mechanics, whereas “Solid State Physics” is intended for students possessing a strong background in the field.

(**) The course "Computational materials science" is recommended for students with strong interest into scientific computation.
The course "Bioinformatics is recommended with weak background in computing.

All courses are compulsory

• Soft matter physics – 3 ECTS
• Molecular biophysics with elements of computer modelling – 5 ECTS
• Pharmacology and drug discovery – 4 ECTS
• Scattering techniques for structural investigation – 3 ECTS
• Specialized laboratory - Microscopy of soft matter – 4 ECTS
• Stochastic dynamics of systems in molecular biology – 3 ECTS
• Hot-melt extrusion: from theory to application in drug formulation – 3 ECTS
• Short Internship – 5 ECTS

Total: 30 ECTS

All courses are compulsory

• Animal models in contemporary pharmacy – 3 ECTS
• Polymers and biopolymers for pharmaceutical applications – 3 ECTS
• Specialized laboratory – 4 ECTS
• Dielectric spectroscopy in the study of dynamics of biological systems – 3 ECTS
• Application of vibrational spectroscopy in therapeutic substance studies – 4 ECTS
• Machine learning and data-driven techniques with applications in bioscience – 4 ECTS
• General academic module (Humanities) – 3 ECTS
• General Academic module (Social Sciences) – 3 ECTS
• Joint advanced winter course – 3 ECTS

Total: 30 ECTS