The degree program prepares for the practice of the profession of pharmacist, conferring the appropriate scientific preparation that characterizes the professional figure of the drug expert.

The pharmacist's scientific and technological training is supported by extensive practice in didactic laboratories of drug synthesis and analysis, preparation of pharmaceutical forms, and evaluation of pharmaco-biological activities. Training is complemented by the performance of a professionalizing training internship.

• pharmacist in public and private facilities
• drug and medical device scientific informant
• responsible for preparation, storage, and wholesale distribution of drugs and health products
• responsible for pharmacovigilance and phytovigilance
• cosmetic product development, production and control 
• development, production and control of dietary supplements, dietary foods and baby products
• pharmacoeconomics and pharmaceutical marketing

The single-cycle bachelor's degree program is open access, has a duration of five years and the degree is recognized in all European Union countries (E.C. Directive 85/433/EEC of 9/16/85).

The course involves the study of basic and characterizing subjects. These are complemented by related activities that provide you with knowledge of medical-surgical devices, dietary products, cosmetics, herbal products, and diagnostics.

The educational pathway involves the acquisition of 300 CFUs with theoretical and practical teachings, laboratory exercises and a mandatory professional internship, to be carried out in a pharmacy for a period of 6 months (900 hours), which gives you access to the examination for licensing as a pharmacist.

The educational objectives of the Course provide you with multidisciplinary notions fundamental to the knowledge of:

• of the structure and properties of drugs and substances used in the manufacture of medicines
• of drug actions and interactions at the cellular and systemic levels
• of the use of drugs and the monitoring of adverse reactions
• of the toxicology of synthetic and naturally occurring chemicals
• of technology, pharmacoeconomics, and national and EU regulations governing drug preparation and control activities

The DIFAR has two locations:

• Section of Medicinal and Cosmetic Product Chemistry and Section of Biochemistry
  Viale Benedetto XV, 3
  16132 Genoa
   
• Sections of Pharmacology and Toxicology and of Pharmaceutical and Food Chemistry and Technology

  Viale Cembrano, 4

  16148 Genoa

DIFAR Teaching Secretariat
. V.le Cembrano 4, Genoa
tel. 010 3352647 - 010 3352624 
didattica@difar.unige.it