Introduction

The training we offer is interdisciplinary, designed to produce pharmacists who are experts in medicines, versatile, innovators, and committed healthcare professionals serving patients and society.

The pharmacy profession is constantly evolving, particularly due to scientific, technological, and societal advances that influence the skills required to perform the various roles of a pharmacist.

The pharmaceutical sciences program trains pharmacists to fully fulfill their role as practitioners of the art of healing, in collaboration with other healthcare professionals. It aims to give them the ability to integrate basic sciences (chemistry, physics, biology) to design and understand the activity of drugs, evaluate their efficacy and safety, as well as prepare and dispense them and provide advice on their use, in accordance with pharmaceutical regulations and ethics. It prepares future graduates for the current demands of the profession and the major challenges facing society. At the end of the first cycle, you will:

• will have received solid scientific training clearly focused on pharmaceutical sciences;
• will have developed technical skills enabling you to apply theoretical concepts to specific pharmaceutical issues, to understand experimental approaches or technical procedures specific to pharmaceutical activities in research, development, quality assurance, or basic compounding;
• have the opportunity to familiarize yourself with one of the professional aspects of the pharmacy profession through an internship.

Your profile

An interest in chemistry and biology, an attraction to experimental work, a taste for innovation, good communication skills, a desire to contribute to human health, and a dose of enthusiasm combined with scientific rigor are the desired qualities.

But the main factor in your success is you! You will need to persevere, work hard throughout the year, and not be discouraged by setbacks, with a view to surpassing yourself. Finally, you will need to manage your work and leisure time according to your learning abilities.

Your future job

While half of graduates choose to work in retail pharmacy (as a pharmacy owner, manager, assistant, or traveling pharmacist), a growing number of graduates are moving into professions in the industry (research, production, clinical studies, regulatory affairs, pharmacometrics), in hospitals (hospital and clinical pharmacists, radiopharmacists, biological pharmacists) and in the public sector (quality control, healthcare, research, and teaching).

These studies lead to a professional qualification subject to specific rules.

Your programme

The bachelor's degree offers you:
•    training structured around four areas: “physics-chemistry,” “biology-pharmacology,” “physiopathology-medicine-patient,” and “society-communication”; 
•    courses in fundamental disciplines (biology, physics, chemistry, etc.) applied to pharmaceutical sciences from the first year of the bachelor's degree
•    rigorous mastery of an experimental protocol: from information management to the production, interpretation, and presentation of results;
•    the opportunity to complete an internship in one of the sectors open to pharmacists (pharmacy, hospital, industry, research or clinical biology laboratory, among others).
•    a strong practical component (practical work and role-playing exercises, problem-based learning, personalized work in small groups, oral presentations).

Once you have obtained your bachelor's degree, you will continue your training with a Master's degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences.