Study location	Italy, Padua
Type	Single-cycle degree, full-time
Nominal duration	5 years (300 ECTS)
Study language	Italian
Awards	(Master of Science in Pharmacy)
Course code	ME2748/000ZZ/2023

Tuition fee	€2,739 per year For further information please visit: www.unipd.it/en/tuition-fees
Application fee	€30 one-time This fee is non-refundable.
Deposit	€205 one-time In order to accept your place at the University of Padua, the payment of the admission fee is required. This fee is non-refundable.

Entry qualification

Secondary Studies diploma (or equivalent) TOLC-F. Please check the TOLC webpage Call for admissions - For non-EU students residing outside Italy please check the relevant Call for admission - For EU students or equated or non-EU students residing in Italy, please check the relevant Call for admission (TBD) Please verify country-based specific entry title requirements at the following link. The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English / Italian. You can often get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. You must take the original entry qualification documents with you when you finally go to the university. If you are admitted to the degree programme, you will have to submit other documents including original and translated/legalised copies of your previous qualifications, etc. No legalised documents are required at application stage.

Other requirements	Specific requirements for Non-EU applicants: Italian – B2 Level (CEFR) or equivalent: please check out this link for the full list of accepted certificates, minimum scores and exemptions Available places for non-European candidates residing outside Italy: 5 (1 for Chinese students joining the Marco Polo Project)

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Overview

The educational program is designed to provide scientific basis and specific theoretical, practical and regulatory know-how on drugs and medicines required to the Pharmacist, a professional figure with unique competences and role in the healthcare field.
The Pharmacist is the “Expert of medicinal products”, who combines the knowledge of medicinal science with the pharmacy practice and management. The Pharmacist distributes medicines and informs about their correct use in order to yield therapeutic effectiveness, and avoid drawbacks due to their misuse or abuse. Furthermore, the Pharmacist informs about the appropriate use of other wellbeing products (cosmetics, dietary, nutritional and herbal products, medical devices, etc.).
In details, students in the first and second year will learn basic scientific disciplines (mathematics, physics, inorganic and organic chemistry, biochemistry, anatomy, physiology, microbiology). The third and fourth year will cover specific core subjects, such as medicinal chemistry, drug analysis, pathology, pharmacology, toxicology and pharmacovigilance, pharmaceutical technology and legislation). In the final year, students will be trained with specialized topics (medical devices, cosmetic and dietary products, phytocompounds, economy and marketing, clinical biochemistry, etc.); they will be trained with a mandatory six-month internship period in community or hospital pharmacy, and they will prepare the final work for dissertation that can be an experimental work in a research laboratory or a bibliographic and data elaboration work.
Therefore, the acquired competencies allow a wide variety of employment opportunities.

Career opportunities

Graduates in Pharmacy are mainly qualified to practice as Pharmacists in private and public pharmacy in Italy and in the European Union (after obtaining the required professional qualification), in hospital pharmacy and regional pharmaceutical service (after obtaining specific postgraduate qualification).
Pharmacists can also work in other health-related sectors (with or without the specific professional qualification), such as pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food industries, drug control laboratories, drug regulatory agencies, drug information.