Universidad CEU - Cardenal Herrera
Degree in PharmacyValencia, Spain
DURATION
5 Years
LANGUAGES
English, Spanish
PACE
Full time
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TUITION FEES
EUR 14,080 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
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Key Summary
About: The Degree in Pharmacy covers essential topics related to pharmaceuticals, patient care, and medication management. This program prepares students for a professional career as pharmacists, focusing on drug therapies, health sciences, and the ethical aspects of pharmacy practices.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can pursue careers as licensed pharmacists, working in community pharmacies, hospitals, or clinics. They may also find roles in pharmaceutical research, regulatory affairs, or healthcare administration. Other opportunities include consultancy and education in pharmacy-related fields.
Introduction
Embarking on a Degree in Pharmacy at CEU UCH means selecting a university that stands out in both the 'what' and the 'how.' Our program offers a unique blend of experience and innovation. It emphasizes true international exposure while maintaining strong local roots. In essence, we provide everything you need to become whatever you aspire to be.
What makes us different?
The experience and career
It has been more than 50 years since Pharmaceutical Studies were introduced at CEU UCH. We have spent several decades training committed professionals in the field of pharmacy.
The position of care
Training which is specially orientated towards care management at all levels (pharmacy office, hospitals, etc.). This characteristic which differentiates us is based on two factors:
- The curriculum is developed with a noticeable orientation toward the patient in its structure and in subject development.
- The Pharmaceutical Practice Classroom is a pioneering space in Spain that simulates a pharmacy and where students interact with real patients and acquire skills in medication management. And all this from the first year.
A training bonus connected with employability
We offer you the possibility of taking the CEU UCH Degree in Pharmacy Management and Pharmaceutical Marketing in parallel to your degree for free, which complements your training in one of the main areas of employability. You will thus increase your skills in strategic or financial management, stock management, or in marketing planning tools, applied in a pharmacy environment.
- Official Title: Degree in Pharmacy
- Duration / ECTS: 5 years / 300 ECTS
- Places / Campus: 25 / Alfalfa
- Teaching Languages: English (40%) and Spanish (60%)
Admissions
Curriculum
1 Year
- Applied Mathematics and Statistics
- Chemistry
- Biology
- Structure and function of the human body I
- Introduction to Pharmacy
- Science History
- Biochemistry
- Physics
- Structure and function of the human body II
2 Year
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Physiopathology I
- Analytical Techniques
- Parasitology
- Microbiology I
- Organic Chemistry I
- Physical Chemistry
- Laboratory Quality Systems
- Microbiology II
- Nutrition
3 Year
- Organic Chemistry II
- Biological and Laboratory Diagnostic Analysis I
- Biopharmacology and Pharmacokinetics I
- Immunology
- Pharmacology
- Physiopathology II
- Biological and Laboratory Diagnostic Analysis II
- Biopharmacology and Pharmacokinetics II
- Church Social Doctrine
- Pharmaceutical Botany
- Pharmaceutical Technology I
4 Year
- Pharmaceutical Chemistry I
- Pharmaceutical Technology II
- Pharmacognosy
- Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy I
- Public Health
- Communication Skills
- Pharmaceutical Chemistry II
- Pharmaceutical Technology III
- Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy II
- Phytotherapy
- Toxicology
5 Year
- Final Year Project
- Management and Planning
- Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
- Pharmaceutical History, Legislation, and Deontology
- Pharmacy Care
- Sanitary and Cosmetic Products
- optional
- Clinical Practical
Elective Courses
- Hospital Pharmacy
- Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics
- Scientific Methodology
- University, Cultural, and Sports Activities
Program Outcome
Competencies
General Competencies
- Develop communication and information skills, spoken as well as written, in order to treat patients and those who visit your place of work. Promote skills needed in the workplace when collaborating with other health professionals.
- Recognize your own limits and the need to maintain and renew your professional skills, with a particular emphasis on studying new knowledge based on scientific evidence independently.
Specific Competencies
- Identify, design, obtain, analyze, control, and produce drugs and medicines, as well as other products and raw materials needed for human or veterinary health use.
- Evaluate the therapeutic and toxic effects of substances used in the pharmacy.
- Know how to apply scientific methodology and acquire the skills needed to be able to manage legislation, information sources, bibliographies, protocol development, and other aspects needed to design and critically evaluate preclinical and clinical tests.
- Design, prepare, supply, and dispense medicines and other health products.
- Give treatment advice in pharmacotherapy and diet therapy, in the nutritional field, and in establishments where these services are required.
- Promote the sensible use of medicines and health products, acquire an understanding of clinical management and the healthcare economy, and the efficient use of health resources.
- Identify, evaluate, and assess problems relating to drugs and medicines, through participating in pharmacy vigilance activities.
- Carry out clinical and social pharmacy activities, following the cycle of assistance in the pharmacy.
- Participate in activities promoting good health, and illness prevention, in an individual, family, and community environment, and with a comprehensive and multidisciplinary vision of the health-illness process. Design, apply, and evaluate reactions, methodologies, and technical critical analyses, understanding the fundamental basics of clinical analysis and the characteristics and the features and contents of laboratory diagnosis reports.
- Evaluate the toxic effects of substances and design and apply tests and then analyze them.
- Develop health-hygiene analytical skills, including those relating to food and environmental factors.
- Understand the ethical principles according to the laws, regulations, and administrative provisions governing the practice and understand the ethical implications of health in a changing social context.
Career Opportunities
The Royal Decree of 8 November 1837/2008 establishes the basic training needed to access the professional practice of pharmacy and Article 61 includes activities related to the profession of a pharmacist.
Pharmacy Graduates will have opportunities to work in the following fields:
- Clinical Analysis:
- Public sector: Administration Laboratories, Hospitals, Local Councils and Universities.
- Private sector: Laboratories, Clinics, Hospitals and Pharmacies
- Public sector: Administration Laboratories, Hospitals, Local Councils and Universities.
- Private sector: Laboratories, Clinics, Hospitals and Pharmacies
- Community Pharmacy:
- Pharmacy Manager
- Pharmacy Assistant Manager
- Deputy, Associate, Manager
- Pharmacy Manager
- Pharmacy Assistant Manager
- Deputy, Associate, Manager
- Schools and General Council of Schools
- Administration assistants
- Lab technicians
- Medical Information Centres
- Pharmacy Care Assistants
- Administration assistants
- Lab technicians
- Medical Information Centres
- Pharmacy Care Assistants
- Optics and Audiometry:
- Private sector: employed or self-employed
- Private sector: employed or self-employed
- Pharmaceutical Factories:
- Private sector: employed or self-employed
- Private sector: employed or self-employed
- Dermatology:
- Laboratories
- Pharmacies
- Laboratories
- Pharmacies
- Pharmacy press:
- Directors and writers
- Directors and writers
- Hospital pharmacy:
- Public sector: Hospitals and Primary Care centres
- Private sector: Hospitals, clinics and industrial pharmacy
- Public sector: Hospitals and Primary Care centres
- Private sector: Hospitals, clinics and industrial pharmacy
- Toxicology:
- Public sector: Minister of Justice of Health and Consumption
- Local Councils
- Private Sector: laboratories
- Public sector: Minister of Justice of Health and Consumption
- Local Councils
- Private Sector: laboratories
- Industry:
- Directors and Technicians
- Director and Technicians of regulation
- Director and Technicians of quality control
- Directors and Technicians of production
- Research and Development specialists
- Registration Technicians
- Financial Planning Directors
- Marketing (market analysis, product manager, sales representative or medicine technical reports)
- Directors and Technicians
- Director and Technicians of regulation
- Director and Technicians of quality control
- Directors and Technicians of production
- Research and Development specialists
- Registration Technicians
- Financial Planning Directors
- Marketing (market analysis, product manager, sales representative or medicine technical reports)
- Environment:
- Laboratories
- Administration
- Businesses (ecotoxicology)
- Laboratories
- Administration
- Businesses (ecotoxicology)