Degree in Pharmacy
The main objective of the 5-year course in Pharmacology is to train young professionals with a basic theoretical and practical knowledge in order to become a registered pharmacist, an expert in pharmaceutical products (medical and surgical products, cosmetics, dietary products, herbal products, diagnostic products etc) within the industrial sector.Upon graduation and after the attainment of state licensure, our graduate may be eligible to for any of the following employment opportunities:
- drug preparation
- drug production and quality control
- lab drug control
- storage, preservation and distribution of drugs for wholesale trade
- preparation, control, storage, and distribution of drugs for drug stores
- preparation, control, storage, and distribution of drugs for hospital use
- information campaign and suggestions for the drug sector
Such activities constitute the minimum requirement according to 85/432/CEE; the course of studies may also consider other professional activities to be carried out within the EC in the field of medicines so as to allow equal employment opportunities.
Given the multidisciplinary scientific and technological traineurship (in Chemistry, Biology, Pharmaceutics, Pharmacology, Legislative and Deontology) the registred pharmacist is in the position to achieve the objectives posed by the National Healthcare System in terms of adapting to the new changes in society.
In accordance with the course of studies of other European countries, this degree may also provide adequate scientific training for the industry by creating a professional, whose theoretical and practical expertise in Biology and Pharmaceutics, will allow him to follow the entire, complex multidisciplinary aspects of production and control sequences, following the norms codified in the pharmacopoeia.
Graduates will acquire:
- methodology for scientific investigation in the field
- basic, multidisciplinary knowledge in understanding the drug, its structure and activity related to their interactions with bio molecules at the cellular and systemic level as well as its preparation and control;
- chemical and biological background integrated with economic, national and communitarian legislation regulating the various activities in this sector which is part of this profession as to guarantee safety, quality and efficacy of medical products in accordance with WHO (World Health Organization) and other national and European directives;
- useful information in order to work in the national health service and to be able to interact with other health care professionals; sound knowledge of scientific investigation methodology.
- mastery in using at least one European language other than Italian, in the written and oral form with pertaining lexicology.
The curricula of the course include: Mathematics, Informatics, Physics, Basic analythic chemistry useful in evaluating the control of medicines; animal cell and plant structures (medicinal plant biology and physiology, plant biotechnologies to produce drugs, vaccines etc.), animal organs and apparatuses; morphology of the human body in relation to the anatomic and medical terminology; physiology of human life (relational and vegetative); general biochemistry, applied biochemistry and molecular biology in order to understand molecules, metabolic mechanisms and molecular mechanisms of biological phenomena related to drug action and production and analyses of new medicines which simulate biomolecules or antagonize their action; pharmaceutical chemistry, main classes of drugs, physiochemical properties, mechanism of action and structure-activity relation; raw materials used in formulations of therapeutic preparations; basic and modern notions of pharmaceutical technology; useful legislative and ethical rules in favour of various aspects of the profession; pharmacology, pharmacotherappy and toxicology, so as to acquire a thorough knowledge of drugs, intake, metabolism, action and toxicology; chemical analyses of drugs, also in complex matrixes; preparation of various pharmaceutical forms and their quality control; basic microbiology for the understanding of infectuous diseases, their therapy and sampling of microbiological control; etiopathogenesis principles and labeling of human diseases, using medical terminology; diagnostic products and other products aimed at preserving health and their quality control; medicinal plants and their active pharmacological principles.
The curricula of the course differ in their objective so as to provide an in-depth training in some particular aspects; they are in conformity with the EU recognition of the academic degrees or titles; they include lab activities in some specific sectors; may plan training activities to be carried out in public or private institutes or abroad through international agreements or agreements established between the universities. Graduates must have mastery in using at least one European language other than Italian.
According to EU directives, single-cycle degree courses must last 5 years, including a training period of at least six months in a Pharmacy open to the public or in a hospital, under the supervision, for at least 30 credits. As to the definition of curricula, they are in conformity with direttive 85/432/CEE and according to law (n. 270/2004; art. 6:3 and art. 10:2).
The curricula of the course differ in their objective so as to provide an in-depth training in some particular aspects; they are in conformity with the EU recognition of the academic degrees or titles; they include lab activities in some specific sectors; may plan training activities to be carried out in public or private institutes or abroad through international agreements or agreements established between the universities. Graduates must have mastery in using at least one European language other than Italian.
According to EU directives, single-cycle degree courses must last 5 years, including a training period of at least six months in a Pharmacy open to the public or in a hospital, under the supervision, for at least 30 credits. As to the definition of curricula, they are in conformity with direttive 85/432/CEE and according to law (n. 270/2004; art. 6:3 and art. 10:2).