M.Sc.Pharmacy
| Study location | Lithuania, Kaunas |
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| Academic field | Pharmacy 12.5 (ISCED 727) |
| Type | Master, full-time |
| Nominal duration | 5 years (300 ECTS) |
| Study language | English |
| Awards | M.Sc. (Master of Pharmacy, Pharmacist) |
| Course code | 6011GX003 |
| Tuition fee | €5,600 per year |
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| Application fee | €150 one-time |
| Deposit | €250 one-time Non-refundable. |
| Registration fee | To be confirmed You need to choose an individual service package. Please contact the center curator or your agent and consult. You become a part of student union and ambassador program automatically after you will get Base or Standard or VIP status. *Do not forget to ask discount |
| Entry qualification | High school / secondary education (or higher) Applicants must upload education documents in original language, as well as translations into English. Diplomas and transcripts issued outside EU must be legalized with a legalization stamp or Apostille. You must take the original entry qualification documents along with you when you finally go to the university. Please, upload in the system scan copies in good quality of your education certificates and diplomas. |
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| Territory requirements | Applications are NOT accepted from the following territories (based on citizenship): Bangladesh, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen. |
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| Language requirements | English TOEFL IBT – at least score 75; |
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| Other requirements | At least 1 reference(s) must be provided. A motivation letter must be added to your application. • motivation (online interview) |
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Overview
The integrated study programme of the branch of pharmacy is a multidisciplinary study programme that includes biomedical, social, and natural sciences. The integrated study programme consists of scientific methodological subjects and the subjects of the branch of pharmacy. The study programme focuses on the development of pharmacists’ practical, managerial and leadership, educational and research competences. A master’s degree in pharmacy indicates a person’s readiness to carry out pharmaceutical activities and scientific research, and to continue university doctoral studies of the chosen specialty. The main aims of the studies are the following: (a) to provide pharmaceutical knowledge and to develop the skills required for pharmaceutical activities in various health care fields using modern technologies; (b) to develop the need to follow the topics of medicinal substances extraction, their processing, production of pharmaceuticals, their testing, storing, selling or dispensing, quality assurance and control, pharmaceutical vigilance, rational and safe usage of pharmaceuticals, innovations of pharmaceutical science and practice; © to develop creative, scientific and critical thinking, and the sense of intellectual satisfaction from studies or work; (d) to develop the ability to retain sufficient professional competence via life-long learning.
The Faculty of Pharmacy is the only institution in Lithuania offering pharmacy studies that are integrated with other biomedical sciences and scientific research. The Faculty also is an integral part of the Centre of Modern Pharmaceutical and Health Technologies, where the potential for research, education and knowledge-intensive business will be concentrated. The Pharmacy Section was established in 1922, and the Faculty of Pharmacy founded in 1968. Today, the Faculty is the main teaching institution for pharmacists in Lithuania and consists of 5 departments and the University’s Pharmacy. The number of students enrolled is more than 700, including 10 international students. Undergraduate courses are available to international students in English.
Programme structure
YEARS 1 – 2
Biology, Mathematics, Physics, Anatomy, Physiology and Patophysiology, Internal Diseases, Lithuanian Language
YEARS 3 – 5
Inorganic and Organic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Botany and Pharmacognosy, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Technology, Pharmacology, Toxicology, Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacotherapy, Pharmaceutical Care and Social Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Biopharmaceutics Practical training at public and hospital pharmacies
Career opportunities
After graduation you can:
Carry out pharmaceutical activities and scientific research;
Be employed at pharmacies, pharmaceutical wholesale companies, companies of the pharmaceutical industry, agencies of international pharmaceutical companies, laboratories engaged in pharmaceutical research;
Continue your education by entering PhD programmes.