Introduction

Pharmacy is a multidisciplinary field of science that specialises in medicinal treatment and studies drugs, medicines and their development, use and effects mainly from the point of view of natural sciences, health sciences, as well as social sciences. The task of the Faculty of Pharmacy is to promote pharmacological research and provide the highest education in the field in Finland.

The Faculty offers Bachelor's, Master's and postgraduate programmes. The Faculty also provides professional postgraduate education in industrial pharmacy for those with a Bachelor or Master's degree in pharmacy and plays an active part in the continuing education in the field. The Faculty is also nationally responsible for the Swedish-language Master's programmes in Pharmacy.

The degrees offered by the Faculty of Pharmacy are the Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy and Master of Science in Pharmacy, and the postgraduate degrees are Licentiate of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy. The Bachelor’s degree consists of 120 credits (240 ECTS credits) and completing the degree takes three years. The Master’s degree consists of 200 credits (400 ECTS credits) and completing the degree takes 5 years (Bachelor’s degree + two years).