Master in Pharmacy
Siena, Italy
Master degree
DURATION
5 years
LANGUAGES
Italian
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
Characteristics and Objectives
The Single-Cycle Master’s Degree Program in Pharmacy spans five years and aims to train graduates with adequate theoretical and practical knowledge necessary for practising as Pharmacists and for working in the healthcare sector as experts in medicines and health products (medical-surgical devices, cosmetics, dietary products, herbal products, diagnostic products, and medical devices).
In particular, during the course of study, students acquire specific knowledge aimed at shaping the professional figure of the Pharmacist, who, working in the pharmaceutical sector of the National Health Service, must interact with other healthcare professions. Furthermore, the program provides training for new professional roles, such as the Community Pharmacist and the Territorial Pharmacist. The Community Pharmacist is responsible for providing integrated home care, while the Territorial Pharmacist deals with drug information, pharmacovigilance, monitoring, and drug management.
The program is structured over five years and is organised in such a way as to allow students to follow a learning path that starts with basic disciplines and gradually leads to specialised disciplines aimed at developing professional skills suited to current labour market needs. The Teaching Regulations for the European framework-compliant Single-Cycle Master’s Degree in Pharmacy (LM-13) were updated starting from the academic year 2023–2024, making the Pharmacy degree a qualifying degree.
Several scholarship options are available, please visit the university website for information.
The curriculum combines theoretical courses with practical laboratory activities and is enriched by related or supplementary activities that allow students to acquire soft skills useful for the profession and to further explore topics of interest in the field of medicines and health products. Students may also gain additional knowledge through the independent selection of training activities offered by the DBCF’s study programs or by the University as a whole.
The learning path concludes with a Practical Evaluation Internship (TPV) and the preparation of a thesis, which may be experimental or bibliographic. The program also offers opportunities to gain international experience abroad through study activities, experimental thesis work, and/or part of the TPV.
The Master’s Degree in Pharmacy allows graduates to work in public and private pharmacies in Italy and in European Union countries, in laboratories for the control and analysis of medicines and health products, in the wholesale distribution of medicines for human and veterinary use, and in institutional bodies responsible for the management and regulation of pharmaceuticals (ISS, Ministry of Health, EMA, AIFA).
The Master’s Degree in Pharmacy also enables graduates to work in the pharmaceutical industry (research, development, production, quality control, marketing, and medical-scientific information), as well as in the food industry and the cosmetics industry.
Pharmacy graduates possess the necessary skills to work as scientific information professionals.
In addition to in-presence teaching, which continues to be the preferred method also in the next Academic Year, every single lesson will be simultaneously live-streamed and/or video recorded and uploaded on our digital platform for subsequent viewing. This mode is essential for students who are temporarily unable to be on premises.