Pharmacy (Bachelor)
The bachelor’s programme in Pharmacy aims at imparting basic scientific knowledge and methods in the key areas of pharmacy as well as related subject areas. Students obtain a degree qualifying them to enter a profession in the pharmaceutical industry, at universities, other research institutions or laboratories.
By the end of the degree programme, students have to pass the additional exam in Latin.
Bachelor of Science
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Data updated on: 20.07.2023
Attention
Instruction Language German
Please note that the instruction language of this programme is German. To start the degree programme, you need to hold a certificate of German proficiency on C1 level.
Study programme
The bachelor’s programme in Pharmacy consists of an Introductory and Orientation Period (STEOP), including an introduction to pharmacy and to the biological and chemical principles of pharmacy, as well as groups of compulsory modules that focus on the core subjects of pharmacy. To successfully complete the programme, students have to write a bachelor’s thesis.
Five concepts
which you will deal with during your studies:
- Synthesis and analysis of pharmaceutical substances
- Anatomy and physiology
- Principles of pharmacology
- Industrial drug manufacturing
- Biochemistry and drugs from biological sources
... and many more.
Overview of the programme structure & topics
Here you find the current offer of courses for this programme to gain better insight into the topics and structure. For more information please click on the respective level.
After Graduation
Graduates have the necessary basic competences to enter a profession, such as at analytical and diagnostic laboratories or in the pharmaceutical industry. They have basic theoretical and practical knowledge of drug development, drug production and quality control of pharmaceutical substances and drugs and know the fundamental principles of the methods applied in related disciplines, such as physics, biochemistry, biotechnology, microbiology and hygiene.
Graduates' Perspective on the Degree Programme
Graduates ...
- say that this degree programme receives the grade: 2.5 (good)
- rate the level of difficulty as: 4.6 (very high)
→ These results are basd on feedback from 158 graduates.
*You can find further assessments of the degree programme from its graduates’ perspective in the graduate survey of the bachelor’s programme in Pharmacy graduation survey (in German).
Graduates ...
- find employment within 1 month after graduation on average.
- earn an average of € 4,592 (women) and € 4,741 (men) gross per month within three years after graduation.
- work full time at a percentage of 37% (women) and 45% (men) within three years after graduation.
*You can find further information on career entry and career paths in the tracking of graduates "Diploma Programme Pharmacy".