Student profile
Type of Degree
Students must be interested in science, and in experimental sciences related to pharmacy in particular. They should combine commitment, attention and concentration, aptitude for analysis and synthesis, logical reasoning, thoroughness and attention to detail, sensitivity to social problems and care for other people.
Official University Bachelor’s Degree valid in the entire European Higher Education Area.
WORLD HERITAGE
This Degree complies with European Higher Education Area requirements
Career opportunities Pharmacy graduates work in a wide variety of professions. Some work in the more conventional field of either community or hospital pharmacy (storage and conservation, advice, and dispensing ), but others work in the industrial pharmaceutical sector, in the areas of research, production, quality control, sales and marketing. Others work in industries like cosmetic or food companies, which have tradition to employ pharmacy graduates. Or they work in biomedicine laboratories, in hospitals or in other independent institutions. Graduates also work in public health and hygiene campaigns, in specialised laboratories and public bodies to supervise the hygiene of supplies or consumer goods. In overall terms, Pharmacists have today a broad professional profile and do their jobs in a variety of sectors contributing to the health of the society they work for. The University of Alcalá’s Faculty of Pharmacy has the advantage of its attractive location, not only because of the infrastructures on campus where it is situated, or the new bioscience park, but also because it is located in an emerging industrial area, the Henares Corridor, which contains numerous businesses in the pharmaceutical sector, among others. The University of Alcalá regularly reaches cooperation agreements with businesses in the area, in order to strengthen the relationships between these companies and its graduates in Pharmacy.
Pharmacy
Overall credit distribution SUBJECT TYPE
FACULTY OF PHARMACY
CAMPUS UNIVERSITARIO Ctra. Madrid-Barcelona, km 33,600 28871 Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) www.uah.es/farmacia
INFORMATION CENTRE www.uah.es ciu@uah.es
ECTS
Basic Training (B)
60
Obligatory (Ob)
174
Optional Subjects (Opt)
30
Supervised Practical Training (Ob)
30
Bachelor's Degree Final Project (Ob)
6
TOTAL CREDITS
Course contents Our faculty is implementing the Bologna process, and professionals obtaining the Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy have general knowledge that they will be able to apply in the pharmaceutical sector, as well as in all aspects of the health sciences field, including teaching and research, all of which have official approval for the entire European Union, providing maximum professional mobility.
Bachelor’s Degree in:
300
STUDY PLAN FIRST YEAR
First semester
Biology Principles of Physics and Biophysics Inorganic and Organic General Chemistry Statistics
SECOND YEAR
First semester
Analytical Techniques (Chemical and Instrumental Analysis) (Both semesters) Microbiology, Parasitology and Virology (Both semesters) Organic Chemistry Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II THIRD YEAR
First semester
Pharmaceutical Chemistry (Both semesters) Biopharmacy and Pharmacokinetics Galenic Pharmacy I Physiopathology Immunology, Genomics and Pharmacogenomics FOURTH YEAR
First semester
Biological Diagnosis Methods in the Biochemistry, Microbiology, Parasitology and Hematology Laboratory (Both semesters) Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy II (Both semesters) Toxicology Pharmaceutical Formulation Dermopharmacy and Health Products FIFTH YEAR*
First semester
Supervised Practical Training
Type
ECTS
B B B B
9 6 9 6
Total ECTS
30
Type
ECTS
Ob
6
Ob
6
B B Total ECTS
9 9 30
Type
ECTS
Ob Ob Ob Ob Ob Total ECTS
6 6 6 6 6 30
Type
ECTS
Ob
6
Ob
6
Ob Ob Ob Total ECTS
6 6 6 30
Type
ECTS
Ob
30
Total ECTS
30
Second semester Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I Physicochemistry Inorganic Chemistry History of Pharmacy and Scientific Methodology Cross-Disciplinary Skills Second semester Analytical Techniques (Chemical and Instrumental Analysis) (Both semesters) Microbiology, Parasitology and Virology (Both semesters) Human Physiology Pharmaceutical Botany and Pharmacognosy Second semester Pharmaceutical Chemistry (Both semesters) Galenic Pharmacy II Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy I Nutrition and Bromatology
Second semester Biological Diagnosis Methods in the Biochemistry, Microbiology, Parasitology and Hematology Laboratory (Both semesters) Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy II (Both semesters) Public Health Management, Legislation and Deontology Integrated Practical Pharmacy Second semester Optional 1 Optional 2 Optional 3 Optional 4 Bachelor's Degree Final Project
Type
ECTS
B B Ob Ob Opt Total ECTS
6 6 6 6 6 30
Type
ECTS
Ob
6
Ob
6
Ob Ob Total ECTS
9 9 30
Type
ECTS
Ob Ob Ob Ob
6 6 9 9
Total ECTS
30
Type
ECTS
Ob
6
Ob
6
Ob Ob Ob Total ECTS
6 6 6 30
Type
ECTS
Opt Opt Opt Opt Ob Total ECTS
6 6 6 6 6 30
TOTAL ECTS CREDITS: 300 * In the fifth year students can complete optional subjects, supervised practical training and the Bachelor’s Degree Final Project in any of the two semesters. B: Basic Training; Ob: Obligatory; Opt: Optional