This course aims to introduce the principles of instrumental analysis and its applications in pharmaceutical sciences. Emphasis is laid on the interpretation of the analytical data to extract useful information about the qualitative and quantitative properties of various pharmaceutical samples. The students will be taught to select optimal methods and appropriate procedures with regard to the nature of the analysed object and to realise the scope and limitations of instrumental methods. Satisfactory completion of this course will afford students a working knowledge of analytical instrumentation typically employed in pharmaceutical and biochemical research laboratories.