The Royal Danish School of Pharmacy is one good institution of Pharmacy in Denmark. The education on pharmacy in Denmark takes place at Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of Copenhagen.The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen offers BSc and MSc programs. Bachelor of Pharmacy is a 3 year program, which integrates the disciplines of pharmaceutics, pharmacology and chemistry. This course is pharmaceutical oriented. BSc in Pharmacy is designed to teach the students the fundamental principles of pharmacy, development of pharmaceutical products along with production and quality assurance of the pharmaceutical products. This course also teaches medicine usage analysis and information. These qualifications is designed to equip the students of this pharmacy school in Denmark with skills, which will help them in getting jobs in pharmaceutical industry and other related areas. The BSc in Pharmacy is taught in Danish language. The BSc students have to study compulsory courses and have to do a research project.
To study Master of Science Program in Pharmacy, bachelor’s degree in pharmacy is necessary. In the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences the Master of Science Program in Pharmacy is taught in Danish. In the MSc program the students have to complete six month’s compulsory course, six month’s elective course, six month internship at community pharmacy and six month’s on master thesis. The MSc program is based on advanced courses of pharmaceutical disciplines. The students can tailor and specialize their studies as their interest through selection of elective courses and thesis topic.
The MSc degree holder in pharmacy can practice with full right and full professional responsibility is conferred on them.
The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences offers PhD degree on different aspects of drug products. In the PhD program the student has to carry out an individual study program, which includes an independent PhD thesis and a research project, which a senior scientist will supervise.
Different departments of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences are The Department of Pharmaceutics and Analytical Chemistry, The Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, The Department of Medicinal Chemistry and The Drug Research academy.
Researches on Pharmacy in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences are channeled into six central areas of research namely, optimal drug therapy, pharmaceutical technology, drug-oriented analytical chemistry, drug delivery, neuropharmacology and medicinal chemistry.
There is a group other than the pharmacists who have tertiary higher education in pharmacy, they are known as the pharmaconomists. They are educated in The Danish College of Pharmacy Practice.
Study of Pharmacy in Denmark offers good career options for aspiring students of pharmacy.
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