Postgraduate studies

The postgraduate degrees offered by the Faculty of Pharmacy are the degrees of Licentiate of Science (Pharmacy), Doctor of Science (Pharmacy) and Doctor of Philosophy.

Research-oriented postgraduate education is based on a Master’s degree (or equal).

The primary postgraduate degree at the Faculty of Pharmacy is the doctoral degree. The student is qualified to pursue a Doctor of Science (Pharmacy) degree if they have a pharmacy degree. Otherwise the student can pursue a Doctor of Philosophy degree.

The Licentiate of Science (Pharmacy) is usually completed as vocational specialist training. The Specialist Training Programmes given in the faculty are Hospital Pharmacy and Industrial Pharmacy.

The Objectives of the Postgraduate education

The objective of postgraduate education in the Faculty of Pharmacy is the acquisition of a high level of knowledge in the front line of research on a specialist area of pharmacy. In order to reach this goal, the students often have to supplement their knowledge by studying disciplines related to their specialist area.
Postgraduate education has the following objectives:

• The students will become profoundly familiar with their research field and its social significance and will acquire, within that field, the ability to apply scientific research methods critically and independently and to contribute to scientific knowledge.
• The students will become familiar with the historical development, fundamental issues and research methods of their field.
• The students will acquire sufficient understanding of general scientific theory and the disciplines related to their research field so as to be able to follow future developments.

Major subjects

The major subjects of doctoral and licentiate degrees are: Pharmacognosy, Pharmacology, Pharmaceutical chemistry, Pharmaceutical technology, Biopharmaceutics and Social pharmacy.

Faculty of Pharmacy Postgraduate Study Guide 2013 - 2014