General Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the Program, students are expected to be able to:

- Apply critical thinking, decision making, and assessment and problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrate communication and teamwork skills.
- Demonstrate educational and research skills, which are applied to their work.
- Manage human, financial, technological, and physical resources to optimise results.
- Perform self-assessment regarding knowledge and experience and capability of bridging these gaps through lifelong learning.
- Recognise the vocational role of their profession, demonstrating integrity, honesty, knowledge of ethical principles and professional conduct.
- Help diminish discrimination and inequality regarding access to quality health care.

Special Learning Outcomes

The graduates should be able to:

- Develop deep and broad knowledge in pharmaceutical science, with social, behavioural, administrative, and clinical aspects.
- Have good knowledge of pharmacotherapies, drug development and safety in drug use.
- Combine basic scientific knowledge to conclude about drug actions and their administration to the public.
- Evaluate personal, social, economic, and environmental conditions and acquire the language and communication skills required for expert pharmaceutical work.
- Collaborate with in health management and health promotion.
- Collaborate with individuals, families, communities, colleagues and other healthcare professionals to provide quality health care.
- Apply standards, guidelines and legislation, best practice, and established procedures related to the safe and effective use of drugs.
- Research and critically analyse scientific literature related to issues concerning their field of expertise.
- Design preventive and educational practices for disease management and health promotion.

Specific Admission Requirements

Candidates can be admitted to the Program only if they satisfy the general admission requirements of the University.

Additional admission requirements for the Program of the Department of Pharmacy are listed below.

Specifically, candidates are expected to hold in the graduation certificate a minimum grade of:

85% in Chemistry and
85% in two of the following subjects: Physics, Biology, and Mathematics.

Candidates not meeting the specific requirements may still be admitted to the Program by completing a free of charge intensive foundation programme offered by the Department, followed by a final assessment.

Recognition of Prior Learning

Candidates can be granted transfer credits according to the general arrangements for recognition of prior learning of the University.

Transfer students, regardless of the number of credits transferred, should complete at least 50% of the ECTS required by the program of study at Frederick University to be eligible for graduation.

Completion Requirements

The examination regulations, assessment methods and grading system for this Program are the same as the relevant general university regulations.

Students must successfully complete 300 ECTS to be eligible for graduation, including theoretical and laboratory courses and practical training.