Teaching

The aim of the Single Cycle Master's Degree in Pharmacy is to enable the Master's Degree graduates (LM-13 class Pharmacy and Industrial Pharmacy) to work as pharmacists and as experts in pharmaceuticals and health products.

The degree course in Pharmacy is articulated into 5 years and 300 CFU, and includes a preparatory two-year course and a specialised three-year course.

The nature and breadth of the educational activities provided in the learning pathway give the Pharmacy graduate a good command of the scientific method of investigation and the ability to independently develop, finalise and apply original ideas or procedures in research contexts as well as at various levels of the health sector.

The courses in the two-year course are geared towards learning the basics that are indispensable for tackling the disciplines envisaged in the three-year specialised course, such as biological, chemical, physiological, physio-pathological and medical disciplines. The courses are developed in accordance with European Union Directives. The training includes a six-month evaluative practical internship in a pharmacy open to the public or a hospital pharmacy under the supervision of a professional tutor and an academic tutor, as provided for in 651/2022.

The aim of the Master's Degree Course in Pharmacy is to train health professionals able to inform and educate on the use of drugs, phytotherapeutic and nutraceuticals and health products (medical devices, medical-surgical aids, cosmetics, food supplements, dietary and herbal products, diagnostic products).

In addition to the essential preparation for the profession of pharmacist, the candidates will attain an advanced scientific background in the health field aimed at training a professional figure as an expert in pharmaceuticals and their use for therapeutic purposes who is able to constitute a fundamental link between patient, doctor and public health structure (pharmaceutical care), collaborating in the monitoring of drugs on the territory,  in terms of pharmaco-economics, pharmaco-epidemiology as well as tolerability and efficacy, to the implementation of therapy in both territorial and hospital settings, providing the patient and the doctor himself with those indications that are essential for the appropriate use of drugs. 
Furthermore, the graduates will be able to access to the School of Specialization in Hospital Pharmacy, Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cosmetic Science and Technology, Clinical Pathology, Biochemistry and Clinical Chemistry and others, to Masters and PhD degrees in the biological, pharmacological or chemical-pharmaceutical fields.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
 

• Pharmacist in approved pharmacies
  Pharmacies open to the public (private and public).

• Pharmacist in commercial establishments
  Commercial establishments selling medicines without prescription

• Pharmacist employed by the National Health Service
  Managing pharmacist in the pharmaceutical offices and services of the ASLs, managing pharmacist, director or collaborator, in hospital pharmacies and pharmaceutical services of the ASLs
   
• Pharmacist in intermediate distribution
  Intermediate distributors (wholesalers and stockists).

• Pharmacist in control laboratories
  Public and private laboratories for analysis and advice to industry.
   
• Pharmacist in science dissemination
  Scientific journals, popular newspapers, media such as radio, television and the Web.
   
• Pharmacist working in the industry
  Chemical, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, food, medical devices and medical-surgical devices industry, industry consulting companies.