Master’s Programme Pharmacy
Would you like to work intensively on the synthesis, characterisation and analysis of drugs and pharmaceuticals?
Students of the Master’s Degree Programme in Pharmacy gain thorough knowledge about the development, production, quality assurance, composition, compounding, storage as well as the biological effects and interaction of drugs and pharmaceutical substances and their safe applications.
Please note: the language of instruction for this programme is German.
Magistra pharmaciae/Magister pharmaciae
Duration/ECTS-Credits
4 semesters/120 ECTS-Credits
Mode of Study
Full-time
Language
German
Requirements
Relevant bachelor's degree/equivalent
and Language Certificates
Faculty
Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Level of qualification
Master (Second Cycle)
ISCED-11: Level 7, EQF/NQF: Level 7
ISCED-F
0916 Pharmacy
Study Code
UC 066 605
FAQ
The Master’s Programme in Pharmacy aims at imparting extensive knowledge of the development, production, quality assurance, composition, preparation and storage, the biological effects and interaction of drugs/medicines and their safe applications.
Having completed the Master’s Programme in Pharmacy, the graduates are able:
- to carry out scientific work (including planning and implementation),
- to transfer and apply scientific methods and insights of the pharmaceutical sciences to other issues,
- to apply scientific methods and findings in related natural sciences,
- to provide information and advice to patients in relevant aspects of pharmacy,
- to advice physicians on pharmacy/drug therapy.
Because of their knowledge and skills, the graduates of the Master’s Programme in Pharmacy have the fundamental requirements for professional occupations in the following fields:
- public pharmacies,
- hospitals (pharmacy, clinical pharmacy),
- industry (research and development, manufacturing, authorisation, quality assurance),
- universities (research and teaching),
- testing institutions (forensic analysis, environmental protection, narcotic drug analysis, army health service, residue analysis, control laboratories)
- health authorities,
- pharmaceutical wholesalers,
- schools PKA-training (pharmaceutical commercial assistant),
- specialist publishing houses.
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Chemistry & Pharmacy
Anyone wishing to study chemistry or pharmacy and with an interest in active substances, materials, analytics or biotechnology will find several suitable degree programmes at the University of Innsbruck.
Chemistry and pharmacy are integrated into two main Research Areas at the University of Innsbruck: The Centre for Molecular and Structural Biology (Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck) combines structural and molecular biology, chemistry, biophysics, genetics and pharmaceutical sciences; the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Materials Science (Functional Materials Science) brings together research groups from four faculties and harnesses the synergies between physics, chemistry, Earth Science, pharmaceutical technology and the Faculty of Engineering Sciences.
