Degree in Pharmacy

300 credits - Faculty of Science

Title
Official
Implementation year of this curriculum version
2024-25

Credit Summary

Core Training Mandatory Elective Subjects External Practicum Final Degree Project Total
  78   168   24   24   6 300

Subject list by year and semester

Subjects

First Year

First Semester

General Chemistry*
Physics Applied to Pharmacy*
Mathematics and Statistics*
Biology*
Legislation and Professional Ethics

Second Semester

Inorganic Chemistry*
Biochemistry I*
Pharmaceutical Botany
Parasitology
Microbiology*

Second Year

First Semester

Physical Chemistry*
Organic Chemistry*
Applied Analytical Chemistry*
Biochemistry II*
Physiology I*

Second Semester

Extended Organic Chemistry
Physiology II*
Immunology
Bromatology
Microbiological and Parasitological Analysis

Third Year

First Semester

Pharmaceutical Chemistry I
Applied Statistics
Biopharmacy and Pharmacokinetics
Physiology III
Nutrition

Second Semester

Structural Analysis and Determination of Drugs and Pharmaceutical Products
Pharmaceutical Chemistry II
Pharmaceutical Technology I
Pharmacology I
Pathophysiology

Fourth Year

First Semester

Pharmaceutical Chemistry Laboratory
Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy
Pharmaceutical Technology II
Pharmacology II
Haematology and Clinical Biochemistry

Second Semester

Pharmaceutical Technology III
Pharmacology III
Toxicology
Electives

Fifth Year

First Semester

Pharmaceutical Care and Hospital Pharmacy
Public Health
Pharmaceutical Information and Management
Electives

Second Semester

External Academic Placements in Pharmacy
Final Degree Project in Pharmacy

* Core training

  Skills

Core Skills

  • CB1. Acquiring knowledge and understanding in a field of study based on the foundations of general secondary education together with the support of advanced textbooks and aspects of the latest advances in the field.
  • CB2. Being able to apply knowledge acquired as a student to a job or vocation in a professional manner, and producing and defending arguments and solving problems in a field of study.
  • CB3. Having the ability to collect and interpret relevant data (generally within a field of study) in order to issue opinions which include reflection on relevant social, scientific or ethical issues.
  • CB4. Being able to convey information, ideas, problems and solutions to specialised or non-specialised audiences.
  • CB5. Developing the necessary skills to undertake further studies to a high degree of independence.

General Skills

  • CG1. Identifying, designing, obtaining, analysing, controlling and producing drugs and medications, as well as other useful products and raw materials for human or veterinary health uses.
  • CG2. Assessing the therapeutic and toxic effects of substances with pharmacological activity.
  • CG3. Knowing how to apply the scientific method and acquiring skills in handling legislation, data sources, bibliography, protocol design and other aspects deemed necessary for designing and critically assessing pre-clinical and clinical trials.
  • CG4. Designing, preparing, supplying and dispensing medications and other health products.
  • CG5. Providing advice in pharmacotherapy and diet therapy, as well as in the area of nutrition and food at centres where graduates provide their services.
  • CG6. Promoting a responsible use of medications and health products, as well as acquiring core knowledge in clinical management, health economics and the efficient use of health resources.
  • CG7. Identifying, acknowledging and assessing problems linked to drugs and medications, as well as participating in drug safety activities.
  • CG8. Undertaking clinical and social pharmacy activities in line with pharmaceutical care practice.
  • CG9 Taking part in health promotion and disease prevention activities at individual-, family- and community-level, providing a comprehensive and multi-faceted overview of the health-disease process.
  • CG10 Designing, using and assessing reagents, methods and clinical analytical techniques based on the core foundations of clinical analyses, and the nature and content of lab/diagnostic reports.
  • CG11. Assessing the toxicological effects of drugs, and designing and running the relevant trials and analyses.
  • CG12. Conducting health and hygiene analyses, particularly with regard to food and the environment.
  • CG13. Developing verbal and written communication and information skills to treat patients and users at centres where graduates work. Promoting the ability to work and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, as well as other health professionals.
  • CG14. Being aware of ethical principles and rules of conduct in professional practice, in accordance with relevant legal, regulatory and public provisions, and understanding the ethical implications of health in an ever-changing society.
  • CG15. Being aware of one's own limitations and the need to continually refresh professional skills, with a particular emphasis on independent learning to acquire new knowledge based on scientific evidence.
  • CG16. The ability to understand, read and write in English to an intermediate level.

Cross-Cutting Skills

  • CT1. Understanding any professional activity needs to be done in respect of fundamental rights, promoting gender equality, the principle of universal access and design for all individuals, and in protection of the environment, as well as in accordance with the values inherent to a culture of peace and democracy. 

Specific Skills

  • CE1. Identifying, designing, obtaining, analysing and producing active ingredients, drugs and other health products and materials.
  • CE2. Selecting the appropriate techniques and procedures for designing, using and assessing reagents, methods and analytical techniques.
  • CE3. Performing standard lab procedures including the use of scientific equipment for synthesis and analysis, and the relevant apparatus.
  • CE4. Estimating risks associated with chemical substances and lab procedures.
  • CE5. Being aware of the physical and chemical characteristics of substances used to manufacture medications.
  • CE6. Being aware of and understanding the characteristics of reactions in solutions, the different states of matter and the laws of thermodynamics and their application to pharmaceutical sciences.
  • CE7. Being aware of and understanding the inherent properties of elements and their compounds, as well as their pharmaceutical use.
  • CE8. Being aware of and understanding the nature and behaviour of functional groups in organic molecules.
  • CE9. Being aware of the origin, nature, design, obtention, analysis and control of medicines and health products.
  • CE10. Being aware of the principles and procedures for analytically determining compounds: analytical techniques applied to water, food and environmental analyses.
  • CE11. Understanding and applying the main structural research techniques, including spectroscopy.
  • CE12. Applying knowledge from physics and mathematics to pharmaceutical sciences.
  • CE13. Applying computing and data processing techniques to physical, chemical and biological data.
  • CE14. Designing experiments on the basis of statistical criteria.
  • CE15. Assessing scientific data related to medications and health products.
  • CE16. Applying statistical analyses to pharmaceutical sciences.
  • CE17. Understanding the structures of biomolecules and their transformations within cells.
  • CE18. Developing skills to take advantage of the beneficial effects from medicinal plants and understanding health risks from their incorrect use.
  • CE19. Estimating the biological risks associated with using substances and relevant lab procedures.
  • CE20. Understanding the link between the life cycle of infectious agents and the properties of active ingredients.
  • CE21. Developing skills to identify therapeutic targets and biotechnological production for drugs, as well as how to use gene therapy.
  • CE22. Being aware of and understanding microbiological control for medications.
  • CE23. Understanding the properties of cell membranes and drug distribution.
  • CE24. Understanding the nature and behaviour of infectious agents.
  • CE25. Understanding the main metabolic pathways intervening in drug degradation.
  • CE26. Understanding medicinal plants: botanical diversity, physiology, use and management.
  • CE27. Designing, optimising and producing dosage forms ensuring quality and including drug formulation and quality control, and developing custom compounds and officinal formulae.
  • CE28. Applying quality control to health, dermatological, and cosmetic products, and packaging materials.
  • CE29. Understanding how drugs are released, absorbed, distributed, metabolised and excreted, and the factors governing absorption and disposition based on administration methods.
  • CE30. Scheduling and amending drug dosage based on pharmacokinetic parameters.
  • CE31. Understanding the physical, chemical and biopharmaceutical properties of active ingredients and excipients, as well as possible interactions between them.
  • CE32. Understanding the stability of active ingredients and dosage forms, as well as analysis methods.
  • CE33. Understanding the basic operations and technological processes related to drug manufacture and control.
  • CE34. Determining bioavailability, assessing bioequivalence and the determining factors for both.
  • CE35. Safely using medications bearing in mind their physical and chemical properties, including any associated risk in use.
  • CE36. Being aware of and understanding the core foundations of clinical analyses, and the nature and content of lab/diagnostic reports.
  • CE37. Conducting hygiene and health analyses (biochemical, bromatological, microbiological and parasitological) linked to general health and, in particular, food and the environment.
  • CE38. Assessing the effects of substances with pharmacological activity.
  • CE39. Being aware of and understanding techniques used in designing and assessing pre-clinical and clinical trials.
  • CE40. Undertaking clinical and social pharmacy activities in line with pharmaceutical care practice.
  • CE41. Promoting the responsible use of medication and health products.
  • CE42. Acquiring the necessary skills to provide advice in pharmacotherapy and diet therapy, as well as in the area of nutrition and food for users at centres where graduates provide their services.
  • CE43. Understanding the link between food and health, and how important diet is in treating and preventing illnesses.
  • CE44. Being aware of and understanding the management and inherent features of pharmaceutical care in primary and specialised health care within the health system.
  • CE45. Assessing the toxicological effects of drugs, and designing and running the relevant trials and analyses.
  • CE46. Understanding drug properties and action mechanisms.
  • CE47. Being aware of and understanding the structure and functioning of the human body, as well as the general mechanisms of illnesses, molecular, structural and functional alterations, syndrome presentation and therapeutic tools to restore health.
  • CE48. Understanding the nature, action mechanism and effect of toxic substances, as well as resources in the event of poisoning.
  • CE49. Understanding analytical techniques linked to lab diagnosis, toxic substances, food and the environment.
  • CE50. Being aware of and understanding the management and inherent features of pharmaceutical care in the pharmacy sector and pharmaceutical industry.
  • CE51. Understanding the foundations of public health and participating in health promotion and disease prevention activities for individuals and communities, contributing to health education and recognising the determining elements for community health, including genetic, gender and lifestyle, demographic, environmental, social, economic, psychological and cultural factors.
  • CE52. Being aware of, understanding and applying the legal, social and economic conditions linked to health and, specifically medications.
  • CE53. Understanding the main ethical principles and rules of conduct, and working in line with the legislative, regulatory and public provisions governing professional practice, collaborating with other health professionals, and acquiring teamwork skills.
  • CE54. Mastering data retrieval techniques for primary and secondary sources (including databases).
  • CE55. Understanding and applying management technique across all pharmaceutical activities.
  • CE56. Understanding the scientific principles and methodologies used in pharmaceutical sciences, including the history and social role of pharmacy.
  • CE57. Having fundamental knowledge regarding the national health service, general health legislation and, specifically, regulations on medications, health products and pharmaceutical care.
  • CE58. Understanding oral and written communication techniques, and acquiring skills to inform pharmacy customers in suitable plain terms for different cultural and social backgrounds.
  • CE59. Organising and managing a pharmacy.
  • CE60. Understanding the operation and management of a hospital or primary care pharmacy service, including all staff members.
  • CE61. Managing medicines.
  • CE62. Conserving, storing, dispensing and sensibly distributing medications and other pharmaceutical products.
  • CE63. Preparing custom compounds and officinal formulae.
  • CE64. Providing pharmaceutical care to patients.
  • CE65. Undertaking pharmacovigilance.
  • CE66. Managing the accounts at a pharmacy, where applicable.
  • CE67. Submitting a final degree project and sitting a viva before a panel. The project must encompass the content received and skills acquired during the programme.