• Target level of study

    BAC +5

  • ECTS

    120 credits

  • Duration

    2 years

  • Training structure

    Faculty of Pharmacy

  • Language(s) of instruction

    French

Presentation

The Master of Science in Pharmaceuticals and Health Products offers a comprehensive training program, with a Master 1 focusing on Health Sciences and six specialized Master 2 courses. Drawing on the expertise of the University of Montpellier's Faculty of Pharmacy and leading local research structures, this program benefits from an exclusive partnership in France with ANSM, as well as international collaborations with the Universities of Montreal and Shanghai Medicine & Health Sciences.

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Training benefits

The Master's degree in Pharmaceutical and Health Product Sciences is supported by renowned research organizations such as IBMM, ICGM, IRCM and CBS, all active in pharmaceutical development in Montpellier and the Occitanie region. It also benefits from the support of speakers from national and international industrial, academic and regulatory circles. This program also offers a work-study program, to facilitate professional integration.

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Objectives

The aim of the Master's degree in Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Product Science is to train managers in drug and healthcare product development, particularly in the fields of regulatory affairs, quality and safety.

The Master's degree also prepares students for further study at doctoral level, particularly in the fields of structural biology, drug design, aging and aging, for the development of new drug intervention strategies or dermocosmetics.

 

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Know-how and skills

  • Master the integration of international frameworks and procedures in the design and implementation of healthcare projects.
  • Explore and design study protocols, research and analyze drug and health product literature, and design a literature watch.
  • Apply a quality approach to the technical and organizational aspects of pharmaceutical development.
  • Carry out applied research and prepare technical and regulatory files.
  • Assess and participate in the appraisal of technical and regulatory files.
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Organization

Knowledge control

Open on a sandwich basis

Contract type

Apprenticeship contract, Professionalization contract

Work-study programs are only available in Master 2.

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Master 2 is open to sandwich courses

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Internships, tutored projects

Internship abroad

Possible

  • In Master 1, supervised research work to familiarize students with the specific features of the course followed. Preferably a 2-month internship (minimum one month, long internship of 4/5 months possible depending on the course), starting in April. The minimum one-month Master 1 internship provides an introduction to research and development in the field of health products.
  • Master 2 :
    • Tutored project related to the professional environment.
    • A minimum 5-month internship enables you to integrate into the professional world on the basis of solid theoretical and methodological knowledge.
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Program

The program is divided into two years: a first year of Master 1 and a second year of Master 2, comprising six specialization courses. Master 1 offers a core curriculum and specific teaching units, enabling students to acquire fundamental knowledge of drugs and healthcare products. The specific teaching units prepare students for future specialization in Master 2.

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Select a program

International Regulatory Environment for Healthcare Companies and Products

Specialized training in international regulatory affairs.

 

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  • Core UEs

    15 credits
    • English

      3 credits
    • Quality and technical/regulatory aspects: Technico réglem

      3.5 credits
      • Quality section

      • Technical and regulatory aspects

    • R&D and Drug Registration

      5.5 credits
    • Statistics and scientific watch

      3 credits
  • Registration and Health Product Economics

    5 credits
  • Analytical techniques for drug quality control

    5 credits
  • Toxicological investigation

    5 credits
  • Fundamentals of health product engineering

    5 credits
  • CHOICE 2 UEs

    15 credits
    • Choice of 2 or 3 from 7

      • Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and biopharmacy

        5 credits
      • Advanced analysis techniques for Medi development.

        5 credits
      • Introduction to aging and anti-aging

        5 credits
      • Corporate knowledge and patent valuation

        5 credits
      • Drug design: Introduction to drug design

        5 credits
      • Microscopies and spectroscopies for biology

      • Industrial development of aging models

        5 credits
  • Long course

    15 credits
  • Internship

    10 credits
  • TER Regulatory Environment track

    5 credits
  • Specific courses

    • Market access and industrial valorization

      5 credits
    • European Union and national drug registration

      5 credits
    • International drug registration

    • Specific regulations

      5 credits
  • Core syllabus

    • News and recent advances in drug science

      4 credits
    • Comnunication - Application of English

      3 credits
    • Project and risk management

  • Tutored project Intern° regulatory environment course

    10 credits
  • International Regulatory Environment Internship

    20 credits

Health Product Analysis: Quality Assurance and Quality Control

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  • Core UEs

    15 credits
    • English

      3 credits
    • Quality and technical/regulatory aspects: Technico réglem

      3.5 credits
      • Quality section

      • Technical and regulatory aspects

    • R&D and Drug Registration

      5.5 credits
    • Statistics and scientific watch

      3 credits
  • Registration and Health Product Economics

    5 credits
  • Analytical techniques for drug quality control

    5 credits
  • Choice 1

    • Your choice: 1 of 2

      • Molecular pharmacology and therapeutics

        5 credits
      • Toxicological investigation

        5 credits
  • Fundamentals of health product engineering

    5 credits
  • Advanced analysis techniques for Medi development.

    5 credits
  • Choice 2

    • Your choice: 1 of 2

      • Drug design: Introduction to drug design

        5 credits
      • Corporate knowledge and patent valuation

        5 credits
  • Long course

    15 credits
  • Internship

    10 credits
  • TER Health product analysis pathway

    5 credits
  • Specific courses

    • Analytical & Microbiological Development

      6 credits
    • Management & Quality Assurance

      5 credits
    • Performance Evaluation of Analytical Methods

      3 credits
    • Instrumentation & Qualification

      3 credits
    • Statistical tools for quality

      3 credits
  • Core syllabus

    • News and recent advances in drug science

      4 credits
    • Comnunication - Application of English

      3 credits
    • Project and risk management

  • Health product analysis internship

    20 credits
  • Tutored project Health product analysis pathway

    10 credits

Health Product Development: Quality and Safety

Training in health product safety assessment: pharmacology, toxicology, pharmacokinetics, from raw materials to finished products.

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  • Core UEs

    15 credits
    • English

      3 credits
    • Quality and technical/regulatory aspects: Technico réglem

      3.5 credits
      • Quality section

      • Technical and regulatory aspects

    • R&D and Drug Registration

      5.5 credits
    • Statistics and scientific watch

      3 credits
  • Toxicological investigation

    5 credits
  • Molecular pharmacology and therapeutics

    5 credits
  • Analytical techniques for drug quality control

    5 credits
  • Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and biopharmacy

    5 credits
  • Advanced analysis techniques for Medi development.

    5 credits
  • Drug design: Introduction to drug design

    5 credits
  • Long course

    15 credits
  • Internship

    10 credits
  • TER Health product development pathway

    5 credits
  • Specific courses

    • Development of high-risk pharmaceutical forms

      4.5 credits
    • Toxicology: specific and cross-sectional study methods

      4 credits
    • Safety pharmacology

      4 credits
    • Prediction of pharmacokinetic properties

      3 credits
    • Raw materials and macromolecules for new therapies

      4.5 credits
  • Core syllabus

    • News and recent advances in drug science

      4 credits
    • Comnunication - Application of English

      3 credits
    • Project and risk management

  • Tutored project Health product development pathway

    10 credits
  • Health product development internship

    20 credits

Structural Biology and Rational Design of Bioactive Molecules

The program, based at the Centre de Biologie Structurale de Montpellier (Montpellier structural biology center), will enable you to master the approaches used for the structural analysis of biomolecules and their complexes, and for the in vitro analysis of interactions between biomolecules and their ligands.

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  • Core UEs

    15 credits
    • English

      3 credits
    • Quality and technical/regulatory aspects: Technico réglem

      3.5 credits
      • Quality section

      • Technical and regulatory aspects

    • R&D and Drug Registration

      5.5 credits
    • Statistics and scientific watch

      3 credits
  • Structural Biology

    5 credits
  • Théra and Pharmaco Chemistry

    5 credits
    • Molecular Pharmacochemistry section

      2 credits
    • Therapeutic Chemistry - TC peptide synthesis

      3 credits
      • Therapeutic chemistry

        • Therapeutic chemistry Written/CC

        • Therapeutic Chemistry Written

      • Peptide synthesis

  • Choice 1

    • Choice: 1 of 3

      • Toxicological investigation

        5 credits
      • Molecular pharmacology and therapeutics

        5 credits
      • Analytical techniques for drug quality control

        5 credits
  • Microscopies and spectroscopies for biology

  • Drug design: Introduction to drug design

    5 credits
  • Choice 2

    • Your choice: 1 of 2

      • Advanced analysis techniques for Medi development.

        5 credits
      • Corporate knowledge and patent valuation

        5 credits
  • Long course

    15 credits
  • Internship

    10 credits
  • TER Structural Biology pathway

    5 credits
  • Core syllabus

    • News and recent advances in drug science

      4 credits
    • Comnunication - Application of English

      3 credits
    • Project and risk management

  • Specific courses

    • Drug design: case studies

      2 credits
    • Biological NMR: structure, interactions, molecule screening

      6 credits
    • Biocrystallography: protein structure and screening

      4.5 credits
    • Preparative and analytical biochemistry

      5 credits
    • Structural bioinformatics

      2.5 credits
  • Tutored project in structural biology

    10 credits
  • Structural Biology Internship

    20 credits

Aging and Anti-Aging Strategies

The Aging and Anti-Aging Strategies pathway combines the concepts and technologies of aging, senescence and ageing with R&D applications in the healthcare and dermocosmetics sectors.

 

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  • Core UEs

    15 credits
    • English

      3 credits
    • Quality and technical/regulatory aspects: Technico réglem

      3.5 credits
      • Quality section

      • Technical and regulatory aspects

    • R&D and Drug Registration

      5.5 credits
    • Statistics and scientific watch

      3 credits
  • Toxicological investigation

    5 credits
  • Registration and Health Product Economics

    5 credits
  • Analytical techniques for drug quality control

    5 credits
  • Fundamentals of health product engineering

    5 credits
  • Introduction to aging and anti-aging

    5 credits
  • Industrial development of aging models

    5 credits
  • Long course

    15 credits
  • Internship

    10 credits
  • TER Aging and anti-aging start-up course

    5 credits
  • Core syllabus

    • News and recent advances in drug science

      4 credits
    • Comnunication - Application of English

      3 credits
    • Project and risk management

  • Specific courses

    • Dermocosmetic approach

      3 credits
    • Marketing & Cosmetics Regulations

      3 credits
    • Cellular and molecular applications in Aging

      3.5 credits
    • Anti-aging strategies: Pharmacological approaches

      3.5 credits
    • Aging: Cellular and molecular bases of senescence

      3.5 credits
    • Observation and screening models in pharmaceutical R&D

      3.5 credits
  • Tutored project: aging and anti-aging strategies

    10 credits
  • Aging and anti-aging strategies course

    20 credits

Innovation in Health Chemistry and Therapeutic Targeting

With close links to internationally recognized research institutes (IBMM, IRCM, IRMB, etc.), this program provides the skills and knowledge needed for a career at the Chemistry-Biology-Health interface. The program will provide cutting-edge expertise in chemistry applied to the development of innovative therapies.

 

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  • Core UEs

    15 credits
    • English

      3 credits
    • Quality and technical/regulatory aspects: Technico réglem

      3.5 credits
      • Quality section

      • Technical and regulatory aspects

    • R&D and Drug Registration

      5.5 credits
    • Statistics and scientific watch

      3 credits
  • Théra and Pharmaco Chemistry

    5 credits
    • Molecular Pharmacochemistry section

      2 credits
    • Therapeutic Chemistry - TC peptide synthesis

      3 credits
      • Therapeutic chemistry

        • Therapeutic chemistry Written/CC

        • Therapeutic Chemistry Written

      • Peptide synthesis

  • Toxicological investigation

    5 credits
  • Choice 1

    • Your choice: 1 of 2

      • Structural Biology

        5 credits
      • Analytical techniques for drug quality control

        5 credits
  • Drug design: Introduction to drug design

    5 credits
  • Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and biopharmacy

    5 credits
  • CHOICE 2 UEs

    15 credits
    • Choice of 2 or 3 from 7

      • Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and biopharmacy

        5 credits
      • Advanced analysis techniques for Medi development.

        5 credits
      • Introduction to aging and anti-aging

        5 credits
      • Corporate knowledge and patent valuation

        5 credits
      • Drug design: Introduction to drug design

        5 credits
      • Microscopies and spectroscopies for biology

      • Industrial development of aging models

        5 credits
  • Long course

    15 credits
  • Internship

    10 credits
  • TER Innovation in Health Chemistry pathway

    5 credits
  • Specific courses

    • Drug design: case studies

      2 credits
    • Targeted therapies

      2 credits
    • Modeling molecule-target therapeutic interactions 1

      2 credits
    • Immunotargeting

      2 credits
    • Modeling molecule-target therapeutic interactions 2

      2 credits
    • Therapeutic peptides § Peptidomimetics

    • Chemobiology (67% ENSCM)

      2 credits
    • Structure-based drug design

      2 credits
    • Nanotechnologies for health (UE PHARMACIE)

      2 credits
    • Tissue engineering and cell therapy

      2 credits
  • Core syllabus

    • News and recent advances in drug science

      4 credits
    • Comnunication - Application of English

      3 credits
    • Project and risk management

  • Innovation in health chemistry internship

    20 credits
  • Tutored project Innovation in health chemistry

    10 credits

International regulations for digital medical devices

The International Regulation of Digital Medical Devices (RIDMN) program focuses on the regulatory framework for digital medical devices throughout their life cycle. Combining theory, practice and interaction with industry experts, this program trains specialists capable of responding to the growing need for innovation and regulation in a rapidly expanding sector.

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  • Core UEs

    15 credits
    • English

      3 credits
    • Quality and technical/regulatory aspects: Technico réglem

      3.5 credits
      • Quality section

      • Technical and regulatory aspects

    • R&D and Drug Registration

      5.5 credits
    • Statistics and scientific watch

      3 credits
  • Registration and Health Product Economics

    5 credits
  • Analytical techniques for drug quality control

    5 credits
  • Toxicological investigation

    5 credits
  • Fundamentals of health product engineering

    5 credits
  • Choice 2

    • Your choice: 1 of 4

      • Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and biopharmacy

        5 credits
      • Advanced analysis techniques for Medi development.

        5 credits
      • Drug design: Introduction to drug design

        5 credits
      • Corporate knowledge and patent valuation

        5 credits
  • Internship

    10 credits
  • TER Regulatory Environment track

    5 credits

Admission

Admission requirements

Master 1 is open to students with a scientific L3 degree who have a solid grounding in life sciences, biology or chemistry (including physical-chemical sciences), a curriculum consistent with the chosen course and a suitable career plan.

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How to register

Master 1

Master 2

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Target audience

For M1: L3 or BUT in Life Sciences, Biology or Chemistry for students graduating from an EU country. M1, M2, pharmacy for non-EU students.

For M2: holders of a Master 1 in drug sciences or health products, DFASP2 or DFASM3 students, pharmacy or medical interns.

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And then

Further studies

As the Master's degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences is backed by the full range of research structures involved in the field of health products, it is possible to continue one's training within the highly specialized framework of a high-level University Doctorate, or to obtain another Master's degree to acquire dual skills.

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Bridges and reorientation

At the end of Master 1, you can transfer to a Master 2 in the same field of study, in Biology, Health and Health Engineering.

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Professional integration

All professions in the field of drugs and health products, depending on the specific training requirements of the 6 courses. Graduates of the Pharmaceutical Science Master's program work in the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries, biological and medical engineering companies, hospitals, clinics and national health agencies (ANSM, ANSES, etc.).

  • Regulatory affairs managers.
  • Compliance officers.
  • Application engineers, Design and research engineers.
  • Assistants and managers in applied research.
  • Research and development project managers.
  • Design and R&D assistants, product managers.
  • Medical information officers.
  • Public research scientist.
  • Engineers and technical managers, etc.
  • Assistant, quality assurance or quality control manager
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