The Pharmacy Degree offers scientific basis, theoretical and practical knowledge necessary to practice the profession of Pharmacist and operate, as an expert on drugs and health products, such as cosmetics, dietetics, nutritionals, herbs, diagnostic and chemical-clinical aids, medical-surgical aids, sanitary articles, pesticides, etc.With the attainment of the Pharmacy Degree and the relative professional qualification, valid through European Union, 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 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 fields, the graduates in Pharmacy have to face an entire sequence of complex multidisciplinary processes that from structural design lead to production and to control of drugs, according to the rules codified in the pharmacopoeias. The Pharmacy Degree also provides an adequate scientific preparation to operate in the pharmaceutical industry.Furthermore, the Degree in Pharmacy open access to university research, allowing the acquisition of academic positions in the biological and chemical-pharmaceutical sciences.The admission of students is limited to 180 units, including 2 positions reserved for non-EU residents.Enrollment in Pharmacy Degree requires a five-year secondary school diploma or other foreign country recognized qualifications. An Italian language test is required for foreign students.The admission test includes 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 culture/logics.Additional training courses (OFA) in Mathematics, Physics, Biology and General and Inorganic Chemistry are mandatory for candidate students who scored low level established by the admission test. More informations available in the dedicated section. Course attendance is mandatory.The procedures and the date of the admission test will be published on the website www.farmacia.unich.it. Offices and reference personsDirector of the Department of PharmacyProf. Amelia Cataldiamelia.cataldi@unich.itDean of School of PharmacyProf. Luigi Brunettiluigi.brunetti@unich.itSecretary's officeCinzia Molinocinzia.molino@unich.itfranco.dipaolo@unich.it