Whether you want to get ahead in your career faster, or improve your knowledge, a Monash postgraduate degree can give you a distinct advantage. Monash's Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is internationally renowned as a key research centre. It is home to the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, the largest and most experienced group of pharmaceutical scientists in Australia. The faculty's research students have access to dedicated research buildings, modern laboratories, an extensive library and first-rate research equipment. The faculty offers research programs in the areas of Drug candidate optimisation Drug discovery biology Drug discovery, disposition and dynamics Medicinal chemistry Medicine use and safety Research students are supervised by leading international experts in the field, and the research conducted is highly regarded within Australia and e faculty has established a strong reputation with industry, both nationally and internationally, and acts as a resource for industry and research institutes involved in the pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences. Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that graduates will be able to: produce a thesis that displays competence in understanding and carrying out research in the field of pharmaceutical science (but with less emphasis on comprehensive knowledge and originality as required in a PhD) devise a research topic to investigate a particular pharmaceutical science research area identify key research questions that are not too general and ambitious select and review relevant theory and literature design a study and choose appropriate methods to investigate the specific research questions select appropriate modes of analysis consider ethical issues involved in research implement, critically appraise or apply research in a particular field prepare a comprehensive written report that is professionally presented and contains all the required components of a master's thesis, including a bibliography.