Ireland
--:--IST
Latest
Astellas Expands Its 330 Million Euro Tralee Biopharma Facility with a Second Aseptic Filling Line to Double Drug-Product Capacity Xeolas Pharmaceuticals Opens 158,000 Sq Ft State-of-the-Art Baldoyle Facility to Scale Specialty Medicine Manufacturing Priya Life Science Partners with Fleming for the 9th Annual Corporate Compliance & Transparency in Life Sciences Summit in Zurich Ireland Has the Capital and the Lessons: Digital Project Management Is How They Become Delivery Dunbar Pharma Brings First Plant-Derived Dronabinol API to UK Market Through IPS Pharma Leveraging Priya Life Science as a Data Tracker: The Ultimate Use Case & Career Guide Astellas Expands Its 330 Million Euro Tralee Biopharma Facility with a Second Aseptic Filling Line to Double Drug-Product Capacity Xeolas Pharmaceuticals Opens 158,000 Sq Ft State-of-the-Art Baldoyle Facility to Scale Specialty Medicine Manufacturing Priya Life Science Partners with Fleming for the 9th Annual Corporate Compliance & Transparency in Life Sciences Summit in Zurich Ireland Has the Capital and the Lessons: Digital Project Management Is How They Become Delivery Dunbar Pharma Brings First Plant-Derived Dronabinol API to UK Market Through IPS Pharma Leveraging Priya Life Science as a Data Tracker: The Ultimate Use Case & Career Guide
STEM & Life Science Courses › BS in Pharmaceutics and Drug Formulation
Drug Development & Discovery

BS in Pharmaceutics and Drug Formulation

South East Technological University Bachelor's Full-time

Career prospects

Progress to MSc and PhD courses at SETU Carlow, or at third-level institutions and research centres.

Entry requirements

Minimum:
Subjects:
• H5
• O6/H7
Total: 2 subjects or 4 subjects
Language: English or Irish O6/H7 Mathematics O6/H7

Where this leads
Drug Development & Discovery

Designing and developing new medicines — formulation, medicinal chemistry, drug delivery and preformulation.

€55,000 – €70,000 (Formulations Scientist); €45,000–€60,000 (QC Chemist); R&D Engineer ladder €30,000 (graduate) → €130,000 (senior manager)
Source: Life Science Recruitment 2026; Morgan McKinley Ireland 2026
See full career intelligence for Drug Development & Discovery →

Course facts

LevelBachelor's
Duration4 years
Deadline21 August 2026
LocationWaterford
View SETU →
Originally listed at the provider's own course page ↗