Component
Faculté de santé
Presentation
Master Nanomedicines and pharmaceutical R&D
To become a stakeholder in the development of tomorrow’s medicines, the Nanomedicines and Pharmaceutical R&D master’s degree offers a scientific and methodological approach to pharmaceutical development and innovation for complex experimental drug products.
The skills acquired by the students are taught by a cross-disciplinary team including professors and researchers from the Faculty of Health (Pharmacy School) and Engineering School of the University of Angers, as well as researchers and professionals from the pharmaceutical industry.
Objectives
Train managers and researchers in the pharmaceutical industry to develop complex experimental drug products, such as nanomedicines, in a translational research environment.
Skills
International training programme
All classes are in English
Cross-disciplinary team
Distinguished faculty and experts drawn from academia and the pharmaceutical industry
Case studies and role-playing
Scientific and career-oriented project assignment
Personalised support
Organisation
Knowledge check
This program is built around a skills-based approach: it encourages students to draw on and combine their knowledge, expertise, and interpersonal skills to effectively deal with real-life, complex, and interdisciplinary situations. This translates into greater student involvement through projects, case studies, simulations, and reflective assignments that require them to make connections between different areas of study.
This approach contextualizes learning, empowers students to take control of their own learning journey, and develops their reflexivity so that they become autonomous in analyzing their actions.
Program
SEMESTER 3 (30 ECTS)
Skill bloc 1: Design and Characterization of a complex drug product - 11 ECTS
- Quality by Design approach and Design of experiments
- Drug product design
- Characterization strategy
Skill bloc 2: Biological interactions of a complex drug product - 8 ECTS
- Non clinical methodology and models
- Kinetics and efficacy
- Safety
Skill bloc 3: Management of an innovative scientific project - 11 ECTS
- Project management
- Design and creativity and Intellectual property
- Conferences on specific nanomedicine applications
SEMESTER 4 (30 ECTS)
- Choice of a block from skill bloc 1 skill bloc 2 - 15 ECTS
- Skill bloc 3: Management of an innovative scientific project (traineeship) - 11 ECTS
Admission
Access conditions
You lived in France or in a non-CEF country :
On file and interview: application e-candidat - Application from February to May, 2026
International students:
You live in a "Etudes en France" country (Campus France): Campus France application from October 1st to December 15, 2025
You live in a country outside CEF or you live in France and already have a valid long stay Visa : e-candidat application Application from February to May, 2026
Target
- Students who hold a one-year Master’s degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemistry, Physics or Biology
- Students who have successfully completed their 5th year Pharmacy studies
- Students who hold an engineering degree (chemistry or physics/biology interface)
- Healthcare professionals (medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, veterinary medicine)
Fees
Informations candidature et tarifsAnd after
Further studies
This Master’s degree may lead to a PhD (3-year research programme) within a company through a CIFRE (Convention Industrielle de Formation par la Recherche) or in an academic environment. It can also provide direct access to R&D jobs in health product companies.
• Fields
Pharmaceutical industry, biotechnology, dermocosmetics,
health products
• Jobs
R&D formulation project managers
Science and technology monitoring managers
Research and technology transfer managers
Professors and Researchers