Pharmacy

With the achievement of the Degree in Pharmacy and the related professional qualification, graduates will carry out, in accordance with Directive 2005/36 / EC, and subsequent amendments, the profession of pharmacist and will be authorized to exercise the following professional activities:
- preparation of the pharmaceutical form of drugs;
- manufacture and control of drugs;
- control of drugs in control laboratories
- storage, conservation and distribution of drugs in the wholesale trade phase;
- preparation, control, storage and distribution of drugs in pharmacies open to the public;
- preparation, control, storage and distribution of drugs in hospitals (hospital pharmacies);
- dissemination of information and advice in the field of drugs use.
These activities fall within the minimum common field coordinated by this directive; the training course may also consider other professional activities carried out in the European Union in the field of drugs in order to allow equal employment opportunities in the European context.
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Access to the single-cycle Master's Degree Programme in Pharmacy is capped according to the provisions of Law no. 264 of 2 August 1999. In order to be admitted to the single-cycle Master's Degree Programme in Pharmacy, you must have a high-school diploma or equivalent qualification obtained abroad, and adequate knowledge.
Knowledge assessment
Access to the 1st year of the single-cycle Master's Degree Programme in Pharmacy is subject to the online multiple-choice test TOLC-F by CISIA (http: //www.cisiaonline. it /). This selective test assesses the knowledge and skills required to attend the programme. The TOLC-F test consists of four sections, with questions on Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Logic and English (optional). The required knowledge level is equal to that achieved in high school. The schedule of TOLC-F tests organized by our and other Italian universities is available at: https://tolc.cisiaonline.it/calendario.php.
Enrolment procedures and deadlines are provided in the call for applications published on the University website at: https://www.unimi.it/en/study/enrolment.
Knowledge requirements are assessed through the admission test. In order to meet these requirements, candidates must achieve the minimum mark set out in the call for applications. Admission is based on merit ranking, up to the number of places available.
Anyone applying for admission will have to take the test. More specifically:
- holders of a high-school diploma or equivalent qualification obtained abroad;
- students enrolled in degree programmes of the University of Milan or other Italian or foreign universities (transfers);
- graduates from Italian or foreign universities.
The following applicants will not have to take the admission test: 1. students already enrolled in the single cycle Master's Degree Programme in Pharmacy or Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology of this or another university, if they have passed all first-year exams (with marks out of thirty) provided by their study programme; 2. students already enrolled in the single-cycle Master's Degree Programme in Pharmacy or Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology of this University who, despite not having passed all first-year exams, have taken the admission test in previous academic years; 3. graduates in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology from any university and graduates in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (five years) from the University of Milan; 4. Pharmacy graduates from foreign universities.
Additional learning requirements (OFA)
Students who have obtained a score lower than 4 in the Basic Mathematics module of the TOLC-F test will have to meet Additional Learning Requirements (OFA). For this purpose, they may attend support activities organized by the University in the period October-December, and then take a remedial test to prove they have filled their gaps. Students with OFA will not be able to take the Mathematics and statistics exam before fulfilling said requirements.
Candidates who took the test and were not admitted may enrol in a limited number of single courses (with up to 60 places available), as provided by academic regulations, to earn credits to be used for future enrolment in a degree programme, upon passing the admission test, if any.
Transfers
In case of transfer from another degree programme or from another university, admission to years subsequent to the first, after passing the entrance test, will be subject to the evaluation of the previous career by the Interdepartmental Academic Board.
University and Institution partners involved in these programs mainly reside in Europe and the Balkan regions.
The locations, with whom Agreements have been established, offer the possibility of carrying out activities in a wide range of areas. During the mobility period, the student can:
- continue his/her studies by attending courses and the respective exams;
- carry out the thesis;
- carry out the internship in Hospital Pharmacies.
Each student is followed by a tutor identified within the Course.
Procedure for the recognition of study periods abroad: each student must propose a Learning Agreement regarding the training activities that lead to the recognition of a number of credits adequate for the period of stay abroad, namely:
- 60 credits for an academic year;
- 30 credits for an academic semester;
- 20 credits for an academic quarter;
- 20 credits for the internship period in the hospital pharmacy whose maximum duration is 4 months.
The study period abroad will be recognized as valid upon the acquisition of at least 70% of the credits specified in the learning agreement, while the thesis or internship activity will be considered valid only after acquisition of all credits.
For students who have satisfactorily accomplished the training program, the appropriate incentives, proposed by the teacher in charge, will be given by the Faculty's Commission during the graduation session. More specifically, additional points will be added to the degree mark, varying from a minimum of 1 to a maximum of 3 points depending on the duration of the study period, the amount of credits attained, and the overall results obtained by the student.
Mandatory for laboratory courses; highly recommended for other teaching courses
Courses list
Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
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Compulsory | ||||
Human Anatomy | 9 | 72 | Italian | BIO/16 |
Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
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Compulsory | ||||
Animal Biology | 7 | 56 | Italian | BIO/13 |
Calculus and Statistics | 6 | 56 | Italian | MAT/05 |
General and Inorganic Chemistry and Stoichiometry | 10 | 96 | Italian | CHIM/03 |
Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
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Compulsory | ||||
Analytical Chemistry | 8 | 80 | Italian | CHIM/01 |
Physics | 6 | 56 | Italian | FIS/01 |
Plant Biology and Pharmaceutical botany | 8 | 72 | Italian | BIO/15 |
- Pharmaceutical botany | 4 | |||
- Plant Biology | 4 |
Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
---|---|---|---|---|
Compulsory | ||||
English proficiency B2 (2 ECTS) | 2 | 0 | Italian |
Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
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Compulsory | ||||
Applied microbiology and hygiene | 10 | 80 | Italian | BIO/19 MED/42 |
- APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY | 6 | |||
- HYGIENE | 4 | |||
General Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy | 10 | 80 | Italian | BIO/14 |
- General Pharmacology | 4 | |||
- Pharmacognosy | 6 | |||
Organic Chemistry | 10 | 88 | Italian | CHIM/06 |
Physiology | 11 | 96 | Italian | BIO/09 |
Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
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Compulsory | ||||
Inorganic Analysis of Substances having Pharmaceutical Interest and Qualitative Analysis Laboratory | 7 | 72 | Italian | CHIM/08 |
- Inorganic Analysis of Substances having Pharmaceutical Interest | 5 | |||
- Qualitative Analysis Laboratory | 2 |
Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
---|---|---|---|---|
Compulsory | ||||
General Biochemistry | 6 | 48 | Italian | BIO/10 |
Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
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Compulsory | ||||
General Pathology and Pathophysiology | 11 | 88 | Italian | MED/04 |
- General Pathology | 4 | |||
- Pathophysiology | 7 | |||
Medicinal Chemistry 1 | 10 | 80 | Italian | CHIM/08 |
Nutrition Physiology and Pharmacology, and Dietetic products | 10 | 80 | Italian | BIO/09 BIO/14 CHIM/10 |
- Dietetic products | 4 | |||
- Nutrition Pharmacology | 3 | |||
- Nutrition Physiology | 3 |
Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
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Compulsory | ||||
Computer Science Course | 3 | 30 | Italian | INF/01 |
Metabolic and Functional Biochemistry | 8 | 72 | Italian | BIO/10 |
Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
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Compulsory | ||||
Pharmacology and pharmacotherapy | 10 | 80 | Italian | BIO/14 |
Principles of quantitative pharmaceutical analysis and Laboratory for quantitative analysis | 8 | 80 | Italian | CHIM/08 |
- Laboratory for quantitative analysis | 2 | |||
- Principles of quantitative pharmaceutical analysis | 6 |
Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
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Compulsory | ||||
Assays and methods of analysis of the Pharmacopoeias and lab of drug identification | 12 | 128 | Italian | CHIM/08 |
- Unità didattica: Laboratorio di identificazione dei farmaci | 4 | |||
- Unità didattica: Saggi e metodologie analitiche delle farmacopee | 8 | |||
Medicinal Chemistry 2 | 10 | 80 | Italian | CHIM/08 |
Pharmaceutical Technology and Legislation I and Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology I | 12 | 120 | Italian | CHIM/09 |
- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology I | 3 | |||
- Pharmaceutical Technology and Legislation I | 9 | |||
Optional | ||||
Experimental laboratory | 8 | 0 | Italian | |
Pharmaceutical market and Regulatory aspects of health products | 8 | 64 | Italian | CHIM/09 |
- Pharmaceutical market | 4 | |||
- Regulatory aspects of health products | 4 | |||
Phytopharmacy | 8 | 64 | Italian | BIO/14 |
- COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES | 4 | |||
- THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF PLANTS | 4 |
Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
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Compulsory | ||||
Chemotherapy and biological drugs | 8 | 64 | Italian | BIO/14 |
Optional | ||||
Drug development and scientific communication | 8 | 64 | Italian | BIO/14 |
- Clinical Pharmacology | 4 | |||
- Drug scientific communication | 4 | |||
Metabolic diseases | 8 | 64 | Italian | MED/05 MED/13 |
- Hormones/phytohormones | 4 | |||
- Metabolic diseases | 4 |
Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
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Compulsory | ||||
Toxicology | 10 | 80 | Italian | BIO/14 |
Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
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Compulsory | ||||
Professional training in pharmacy (first part) | 10 | 0 | Italian |
In base a modalità che di anno in anno verranno comunicate sul sito di Scienze del Farmaco, nel periodo giugno-luglio, lo studente iscritto al terzo anno di corso, potrà esprimere la propria scelta per uno degli insegnamenti di seguito riportati (pari a 8 CFU).
Gli insegnamenti verranno attivati se scelti da almeno 15 studenti.
La valutazione degli insegnamenti a scelta verrà effettuata con votazione espressa in trentesimi.
Gli studenti sono pregati di verificare le propedeuticità relative agli insegnamenti a scelta nella tabella delle propedeuticità.
A partire dall'AA 2017-18, qualora decidesse di svolgere una tesi sperimentale, lo studente potrà conseguire gli 8 CFU optando per l'attività a scelta "Laboratorio sperimentale". Tale opzione non è obbligatoria.
Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | Lesson period | SSD |
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Experimental laboratory | 8 | 0 | Italian | year | |
Pharmaceutical market and Regulatory aspects of health products | 8 | 64 | Italian | year | CHIM/09 |
Phytopharmacy | 8 | 64 | Italian | year | BIO/14 |
Drug development and scientific communication | 8 | 64 | Italian | First semester | BIO/14 |
Metabolic diseases | 8 | 64 | Italian | First semester | MED/05 MED/13 |
Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
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Compulsory | ||||
Pharmaceutical Technology and Legislation II and Lab of Pharmaceutical Technology II Medical Devices and Cosmetic prod | 12 | 120 | Italian | CHIM/09 |
- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology II | 3 | |||
- Medical Devices and Cosmetic Products | 3 | |||
- Pharmaceutical Technology and Legislation II | 6 |
Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
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Compulsory | ||||
Applied pharmacology | 7 | 56 | Italian | BIO/14 |
Toxicological Chemistry and Laboratory of Chemical and Toxicological Analysis | 6 | 56 | Italian | CHIM/08 |
- Laboratory of Chemical and Toxicological Analysis | 1 | |||
- Toxicological Chemistry | 5 |
Courses or activities | ECTS | Total hours | Language | SSD |
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Compulsory | ||||
Professional training in pharmacy (second part) | 20 | 0 | Italian | |
Final exam | 15 | 0 | Italian |
ADMISSION TO LABORATORIES
The admission to the LABORATORY QUALITATIVE OF ANALYSIS is subordinate to passing the exam of GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, AND STOICHIOMETRY, by February 28 of the academic year of attendance of the laboratory itself.
The admission to the LABORATORY OF QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS is subordinate to the attendance (not to passing the exam) of the LABORATORY QUALITATIVE OF ANALYSIS. Since the LABORATORY OF QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS is dispensed in the second semester, the laboratory of qualitative analysis can be attended in the first semester of the same academic year.
The admission to the LABORATORY OF DRUG IDENTIFICATION is subordinate to passing the exam of the PHARMACEUTICAL AND TOXICOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY I by January 31st and to the attendance (not to passing the exam) of the LABORATORY OF QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS.
The admission to the LABORATORY OF PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY I is subordinate to passing the exam of ORGANIC CHEMISTRY and to the attendance (not passing the exam) of the LABORATORY OF QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS.
The admission to the LABORATORY OF PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY II is subordinate to the attendance (not passing the exam) of the LABORATORY OF PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY I.
The admission to the LABORATORY OF CHEMICAL AND TOXICOLOGICAL ANALYSIS is subordinate to the attendance (not the passing of the exam) of the LABORATORY OF DRUG IDENTIFICATION.
PREREQUISITES TO EXAMS
Concerning the prerequisites for the exams, students can take the exams listed in the left column of the table below only after having passed the exams reported in the right column.
Removal of prerequisites to exams - If an exam is not included in the right column of the Student Information Booklet, but it was reported in the Student Information Booklets of previous academic years, the removal of this prerequisite is extended to all students, regardless of their year of enrollment.
Addition of prerequisites to exams - If new prerequisites to exams are inserted in the Student Information Booklets, students must respect them if they are present in the Student Information Booklets of the academic year preceding the one in which they take the exam.
Learning activity | Prescribed foundation courses |
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APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND HYGIENE | Animal Biology (compulsory), Human Anatomy (compulsory) |
APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY | PHARMACOLOGY AND PHARMACOTHERAPY (compulsory) |
Assays and methods of analysis of the Pharmacopoeias and lab of drug identification | Medicinal Chemistry 1 (compulsory), Principles of quantitative pharmaceutical analysis and Laboratory for quantitative analysis (compulsory) |
Chemotherapy and biological drugs | APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND HYGIENE (compulsory), PHARMACOLOGY AND PHARMACOTHERAPY (compulsory) |
Drug development and scientific communication | PHARMACOLOGY AND PHARMACOTHERAPY (compulsory) |
General Biochemistry | Animal Biology (compulsory), General and Inorganic Chemistry and Stoichiometry (compulsory) |
General Pathology and Pathophysiology | General Biochemistry (compulsory), Physiology (compulsory) |
General Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy | Animal Biology (compulsory), Human Anatomy (compulsory), Plant Biology and Pharmaceutical botany (compulsory) |
Inorganic Analysis of Substances having Pharmaceutical Interest and Qualitative Analysis Laboratory | Analytical Chemistry (compulsory), General and Inorganic Chemistry and Stoichiometry (compulsory) |
Medicinal Chemistry 1 | Organic Chemistry (compulsory), Physiology (compulsory) |
Medicinal Chemistry 2 | Medicinal Chemistry 1 (compulsory) |
Metabolic and Functional Biochemistry | General Biochemistry (compulsory) |
Metabolic diseases | General Pathology and Pathophysiology (compulsory) |
Nutrition Physiology and Pharmacology, and Dietetic products | General Biochemistry (compulsory), General Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy (compulsory), Physiology (compulsory) |
Organic Chemistry | General and Inorganic Chemistry and Stoichiometry (compulsory) |
PHARMACOLOGY AND PHARMACOTHERAPY | General Biochemistry (compulsory), General Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy (compulsory), Physiology (compulsory) |
PHYTOPHARMACY | PHARMACOLOGY AND PHARMACOTHERAPY (compulsory) |
Pharmaceutical Technology and Legislation I and Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology I | Medicinal Chemistry 1 (compulsory), PHARMACOLOGY AND PHARMACOTHERAPY (compulsory), Physiology (compulsory) |
Pharmaceutical Technology and Legislation II and Lab of Pharmaceutical Technology II Medical Devices and Cosmetic prod | Chemotherapy and biological drugs (compulsory), Medicinal Chemistry 2 (compulsory), Pharmaceutical Technology and Legislation I and Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology I (compulsory) |
Pharmaceutical market and Regulatory aspects of health products | Nutrition Physiology and Pharmacology, and Dietetic products (compulsory), PHARMACOLOGY AND PHARMACOTHERAPY (compulsory) |
Physiology | Animal Biology (compulsory), Calculus and Statistics (compulsory), General and Inorganic Chemistry and Stoichiometry (compulsory), Human Anatomy (compulsory), Physics (compulsory) |
Principles of quantitative pharmaceutical analysis and Laboratory for quantitative analysis | Inorganic Analysis of Substances having Pharmaceutical Interest and Qualitative Analysis Laboratory (compulsory) |
Toxicological Chemistry and Laboratory of Chemical and Toxicological Analysis | Assays and methods of analysis of the Pharmacopoeias and lab of drug identification (compulsory) |
Toxicology | PHARMACOLOGY AND PHARMACOTHERAPY (compulsory) |
- Segretario del Collegio Didattico Interdipartimentale: Prof.ssa Irma Colombo
Via Trentacoste, 2 - Milano
irma.colombo@unimi.it
Previo appuntamento telefonico o e-mail - Presidente del Collegio Didattico Interdipartimentale Prof. Marco Riva
Via Balzaretti, 9 - Milano
m.riva@unimi.it
Previo appuntamento telefonico o e-mail - Vice Presidente del Collegio Didattico Interdipartimentale Prof. Ermanno Valoti
Via Mangiagalli, 25 - Milano
ermanno.valoti@unimi.it
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Via Trentacoste, 2 - Milano
irma.colombo@unimi.it
Previo appuntamento telefonico o e-mail - Comitato di Indirizzo Marco A. Riva Paola Minghetti Mauro Cantoni (rappresentante parti sociali, consigliere Ordine dei farmacisti di Milano)
Via Balzaretti, 9 - Milano
m.riva@unimi.it - Commissione di Raccolta ed Elaborazione Dati
Marco A. Riva
Alessandra Colciago
Paola Conti
Silvia Giatti
Lucia Zema
Via Balzaretti, 9 - Milano
m.riva@unimi.it - Commissione di Coordinamento della Didattica
Marco A. Riva
Irma Colombo
Arianna Gelain
Roberto C. Melcangi
Paola Minghetti
Elisabetta Vegeto Mauro Cantoni (rappresentante parti sociali, consigliere Ordine dei farmacisti di Milano)
Via Balzaretti, 9 - Milano
m.riva@unimi.it - Segreteria Studenti
Via Celoria 18, Milano
https://www.unimi.it/it/node/359
+390250325032
https://www.unimi.it/it/node/360 - Segreteria Didattica Scienze del Farmaco
Via Golgi, 19 - Milano
scienze.farmaco@unimi.it
Previo appuntamento telefonico (02 50314572) o e-mail
The tuition fees for students enrolled in Bachelor's, Master's and single-cycle degree programmes are divided into two instalments with different calculation methods and payment schedules:
- The amount of the first instalment is the same for all students
- The amount of the second instalment varies according to the ISEE University value, the degree programme and the student status (on track / off track for one year or off track for more than a year)
- An additional fee is due for online programmes
The University also offers:
- Concessions for students meeting high merit requirements
- Diversified tuition fees according to the student's home country for international students with assets/income abroad
- Concessions for international students with refugee status
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Places available: 300 + 20 reserved for non-EU citizens + 1 reserved for students in the Marco Polo project
Call for applications
Please refer to the call for admission test dates and contents, and how to register.
Session: 1
Application for admission: from 23/04/2020 to 15/06/2020
Application for matriculation: from 17/06/2020 to 23/06/2020
Session: 2
Application for admission: from 24/06/2020 to 24/07/2020
Application for matriculation: from 27/07/2020 to 06/08/2020
Session: 3
Application for admission: from 07/08/2020 to 04/09/2020
Application for matriculation: from 01/10/2020 to 05/10/2020