The Master's Degree in Pharmacy offers a scientific basis, theoretical and practical preparation necessary to practice the profession of a Pharmacist and operate, as an expert on drugs and health products such as: cosmetics, dietetics, nutritional, herbalist, diagnostic and chemical-clinical, medical-surgical aids, sanitary articles, pesticides, etc.With the attainment of the Master’s Degree and the relative professional qualification, which can be used in a European context, the graduate carries out, according to the directive 85/432 / CEE, the profession of Pharmacist and is authorized to carry out the following professional activities:- prepare medicine in industries;- control medicine in public or private laboratories;- control storage, preservation and distribution of medicine at the wholesale stage;- preparation and control of storage and distribution of medicine in pharmacies open to the public and hospitals;- dissemination of information and advice in the field of medicine, cosmetic, dietetic, nutritional and herbal products for the maintenance and protection of health status;- formulation, production, packaging, quality and stability control and toxicological evaluation of cosmetic products;- control and prepare the production of pesticides;- analysis and control of the chemical-physical and hygienic characteristics of mineral waters;-analysis and quality control of food products, including products intended for particular nutritional use and dietetic products;- production and control of medical devices and medical-surgical devices;- transformation, mixing, concentration and fractionation of parts of plants and their derivatives, both for therapeutic and herbal purposes.The professional profile of the Pharmacist is that of an operator in the health area who, in the context of his multidisciplinary scientific and technological (chemical, biological, pharmaceutical, pharmacological, toxicological, legislative and deontological) competences, contributes to the achievement of the objectives defined by the National Health Service, and responds adequately to the changing needs of society in the health field. In analogy to the training processes in other European countries and, taking into account the set of theoretical and practical knowledge in the biological and pharmaceutical field, graduates in Pharmacy have to face an entire sequence of complex multidisciplinary processes that from structural design leads to production and to the control of the drug, according to the rules codified in the pharmacopoeias. The Master's Degree in Pharmacy also provides an adequate scientific preparation to operate in the pharmaceutical industry.Furthermore, the Master's degree in Pharmacy can be used in university research, allowing the acquisition of academic positions in the biological and chemical-pharmaceutical sciences.The course of study is a programmed course of 200 posts, of which 2 are reserved for non-EU students.Enrollment in the Master's Degree in Pharmacy requires a five-year secondary school diploma or other qualification obtained abroad recognized as suitable. A foreign language test is required for foreign students.The entrance test consists of multiple choice questions concerning the following subjects:1. Mathematics (Proportions, percentages, radicals, logarithms, equivalences. First degree equations).2. Physics (Physical quantities. Units and measurement systems).3. Chemistry (Periodic system of the elements. Substances, elements, mixtures and compounds. Concept of chemical reaction. State passages).4. Biology (the cell and basic knowledge of the main biological molecules).5. General and professional culture.It is foreseen to recover subjects within the first year of the course, by following additional training (OFA) in Mathematics, Physics, Biology and General and Inorganic Chemistry. The course is mandatory for those candidates who are below an assessment threshold level established by the admission test. For more detailed information see dedicated section.The procedures and the date of the admission test will be adequately advertised on the website www.farmacia.unich.it and on the Department bulletin boards. Course attendance is mandatory.OFFICES and REFERENCE PEOPLEDirector of the Department of PharmacyProf. Amelia Cataldiamelia.cataldi@unich.itPresident CdS in PharmacyProf. Luigi Brunettiluigi.brunetti@unich.itSecretary's officeFranco Di PaoloCinzia Molinofranco.dipaolo@unich.itcinzia.molino@unich.it