Master in Pharmacy

Tuition comes to 3,505 USD per year.

Pharmacy is a single-cycle master's degree taught in English at Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, in Bologna, Italy, with a standard duration of five years, admitting students directly from secondary school. Pharmacy as a discipline prepares students to become licensed pharmacists, combining chemistry, biology, and pharmacology with the clinical and regulatory knowledge needed to dispense medicines safely and advise patients on their use. Typical subjects include organic and analytical chemistry, human anatomy and physiology, pharmacology and toxicology, pharmaceutical technology, and the legal and ethical framework governing the sale and distribution of medicines. Students learn how drugs are designed, manufactured, and formulated into the tablets, injections, and other forms used in practice, as well as how the human body absorbs, processes, and responds to medication. Later stages of pharmacy education generally include supervised practical training in a pharmacy or clinical setting, where students apply their scientific knowledge to real patient interactions, medicine dispensing, and pharmaceutical care. Coursework also typically covers pharmaceutical legislation, drug safety monitoring, and the role of pharmacists within the broader healthcare system, including collaboration with physicians and other health professionals. Graduates of pharmacy programs become licensed community or hospital pharmacists, following required professional registration, and can also move into pharmaceutical industry roles in research, quality control, regulatory affairs, or drug safety, as well as academic research in pharmaceutical sciences. Bologna, home to Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, has a long tradition in pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences education, and delivering the program in English is intended to open this professional pathway to an international student body.