Pharmacovigilance
2nd level vocational master
A.Y. 2025/2026
Study area
Pharmacy
Master Coordinator
The programme aims to develop professionals with the necessary theoretical and practical knowledge base regarding risk assessment and monitoring of adverse effects associated with a medical treatment. Each pharmaceutical company operating on the Italian and European market is required to have a pharmacovigilance service for its products, ensuring continuous safety monitoring, updating of safety information, as well as implementation of risk management and risk minimisation plans. Moreover, the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA), under the direction of the Ministry of Health, manages the Italian national pharmacovigilance system and the National Pharmacovigilance Network (RNF) for the collection of spontaneous reports, in collaboration with the Regional Centres of Pharmacovigilance and the Local Pharmacovigilance Managers working at local healthcare authorities (ASL), hospitals and scientific institutes for research, hospitalisation and healthcare (IRCCS).
The tuition fee for participants will be euro 4500,00, including the insurance costs.
The tuition fee for participants will be euro 4500,00, including the insurance costs.
To be eligible for the programme, candidates must hold a Master's or Single Cycle degree under Ministerial Decree 270/2004
Employment opportunities for those who complete the proposed vocational master are to be found in public and private organisations operating within the national and international health services, such as: AIFA; EMA; World Health Organisation; Regional Centres of Pharmacovigilance; local health authorities; hospitals; pharmaceutical companies; universities; contract research organizations; non-profit organizations; pharmacovigilance outsourcing companies.
- Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences
Via Balzaretti 9 - 20133 Milano
http://www.sefap.it
[email protected]
+39+3902/4963.5289 - 02/503.18259 - For administrative information on admission applications, enrolments, payments, final parchment, contact us online via the InformaStudenti platform > Post-Graduate Category > Master https://www.unimi.it/it/studiare/servizi-gli-studenti/segreterie-informastudenti
Courses list
Open sessions
| Courses or activities | Professor(s) | ECTS | Total hours | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | ||||
| Basics of Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, Statistics, and Epidemiology | 3 | 21 | Italian | |
| Clinical Pharmacology | 3 | 21 | Italian | |
| Disegno Di Un Progetto Di Farmacovigilanza | 5 | 80 | Italian | |
| Epidemiological Framework Related to Observational Study Design | 5 | 80 | Italian | |
| Framework Related to Methodologies in Pharmacovigilance | 6 | 95 | Italian | |
| Pharmacological Framework Related to Clinical Trial Design | 5 | 80 | Italian | |
| Pharmacovigilance and Its Applications | 7 | 43 | Italian | |
| Pharmacovigilance in the Pharmaceutical Industry | 7 | 46 | Italian | |
| Regulatory Fundamentals and Drug Development | 5 | 34 | Italian | |
Enrolment
Places available: 22
Call for applications
Please refer to the call for admission test dates and contents, and how to register.
Application for admission: from 24/12/2025 to 26/02/2026
Application for matriculation: from 24/12/2025 to 04/03/2026
Please note
Application deadline: 11:59 PM on February 26, 2026