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MSc Pharmacy

MSc Pharmacy (120 ECTS):

The program is modeled on qualification objectives. The program refers to academic competencies, the ability to obtain adequate employment to meet the needs of the labor market, the ability to obtain adequate employment by combining the theoretical with the practical aspect and the development of students’ personalities in specialization fields.

The individual components of the program are combined to best achieve the specified qualification objectives and provide adequate forms of teaching and learning.

The disciplines within the curriculum are organized in a logical flow and complement the precise definition and determination of general and specific competencies, as well as the compliance with the study programs and curricula submitted to ZEAL.

The course curricula offered in the BSc Pharmacy study program offers a satisfactory level according to the profile and field of the program. Course titles are similar to the international programs of this discipline.

One academic year corresponds to 60 ECTS credits. An academic year has 1500 teaching hours, including self-directed teaching hours. An ECTS corresponds to 25 hours of student workload, including self-directed learning. The program is designed in accordance with the Bologna Process, the second cycle of higher professional education, level 7 according to the NQF / EQF. The program is in line with Directive 2013/55 / EC and Directive 2005/36 / EC, of the European Union (EU), on the Recognition of Professional Qualifications. As such the program is comparable to the programs of European Union countries.

The disciplines within the curriculum are organized in a logical flow and complement the precise definition and determination of general and specific competencies, as well as the compliance with the study programs and curricula submitted to ZEAL.

The program is structured in a series of courses with different credits, some compulsory while others optional.

In general, the program consists of:

  • pharmaceutical courses (PhC – Pharmaceutical Courses);
  • elective courses (EC – Elective Courses).

Pharmaceutical courses are all compulsory courses.

10% of the courses are elective courses.

The study program is full-time, lasting 2 academic years, each with two semesters, a total of 4 semesters. Each semester has a normal duration of 15 weeks. In each semester are treated the courses which are evaluated with credits according to the European system (ECTS). The number of courses in each academic semester is 4 courses, while in the fourth semester there are 2 courses and master thesis. After completing the individual courses, the student passes the final comprehensive exam

At the end of the program a Bachelor of Pharmacy Science diploma is issued.

Learning Outcomes for the MSc Pharmacy program:

The learning outcomes for the MSc program in Pharmacy are:

  • Enhancing the student’s academic knowledge and skills, to increase the theoretical and methodological qualifications of students graduated in a Pharmacy bachelor program on the basis of higher research in the field.
  • Provision of the student with a considerable degree of academic knowledge through the application of basic and advanced academic elements from pharmaceutical disciplines and methods
  • Qualification of students for continuing their studies at the doctoral level.
  • Raising knowledge to the highest level in the major academic disciplines of drug discovery, development, production and application.
  • Understanding the main multidisciplinary processes and the relationships between the main stages of drug development based on the knowledge of individual academic disciplines.
  • Expanding knowledge in the field of pharmacology and physiology, medical chemistry, formulation and production of pharmaceutical products and related disciplines.
  • Understanding the mechanisms of acting of drugs in patients and how complex biosystems affect drugs in the broadest sense.
  • Understanding and identifying scientific problems in the fields of discovery, development, production and application of drugs in society.
  • Gaining knowledge on national and international regulatory requirements as well as quality standards set for the drug development process as a whole.
  • Mastering the main scientific experimental methods related to academic disciplines: quantitative data analysis, complex mathematical calculations, scientific reporting including evaluation and discussion of experimental or collected data, a critical approach to the literature in this field, quality assurance and knowledge of general and scientific and ethical requirements on these methods in terms of drug development.
  • Ability to propose and find solutions to multidimensional problems in the fields of discovery, development, production and application of drugs.
  • Ability to present, communicate and discuss interdisciplinary knowledge and drug-related problems with colleagues, other specialists and non-specialists.
  • Using the high quality laboratories where they develop and advance essential practical skills. Laboratories include analytical laboratories, manufacturing laboratories in the pharmaceutical industry, laboratories for microbiological, chemical and pharmacological research.

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