Pharmacy

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Degree programme
Single cycle Master’s degree (5 years)
Course title (Classe)
LM-13 – Farmacia e Farmacia Industriale
Admissions

Local regulated - More info on this link

 

Departments

DSF - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Student Services Office

Novara, Largo Donegani 2/3

Teaching locations

Novara, Largo Donegani 2/3

Course Director

Prof. Giovanni Battista Giovenzana

Course overview

This 5-year theoretical and practical training course is designed to supply the necessary skills and knowledge for a career as a pharmacist or in other related environments in the vast chain of production and distribution of pharmaceutical drugs and health products. The first part of the programme covers fundamental topics, while the second year introduces lab-based practical work. The course continues with relevant and related subjects, culminating in the fifth year with preparation of the thesis and a compulsory professional internship to be carried out in a pharmacy for a period of no less than 6 months/900 hours.

 

Key features

  • Interdisciplinary and profession-based course with numerous lab-based activities
  • Modern, up-to-date classrooms, laboratories and equipment
  • Opportunity to study abroad (with Erasmus and Free-Mover programmes)
  • Experimental study (original research) or compilation (article-based) thesis, prepared on-campus or in-company
  • High graduate employment rate
  • Possibility to enrol on further educational programmes (Specialisation Master and Doctorate).

Erasmus partner institutions

  • Belgium: Hainaut-Condorcet (Mons), Gent
  • Finland: Helsinki
  • France: Angers, Orléans
  • Germany: “Christian-Albrecht” (Kiel)
  • Malta: Malta (Msida)
  • Poland: Wroclaw
  • Portugal: Porto
  • Spain: “Rovira i Virgili” (Tarragona), Elche, San Jorge (Saragozza), Seville, Oviedo, Granada.

Career and employment options

  • Pharmacist (in general pharmacies, over-the-counter pharmacies, intermediary distribution), subject to passing the relevant State Exam.
  • Various roles in the industrial pharmaceutical business (Research and Development, production, analysis/quality control, formulation, regulatory matters, distribution and detailing/medical rep activities)
  • Roles linked to health and healthcare products (medical devices, healthcare items, diagnostic tools/equipment, dietary products and supplements, herbal and cosmetic products)
  • Technician in analytical and quality control laboratories
  • Chemist, subject to passing the relevant State Exam (Section A).

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