General Education Diploma in Pharmaceutical Sciences

  • Training structure

    School of Pharmacy

Presentation

The first cycle of pharmaceutical studies begins with the Specific Health Access Course (PASS) or a Health Access License (LAS), followed by two years of training dedicated to the General Training Diploma in Pharmaceutical Sciences (DFGSP), for a total of 180 European credits corresponding to the Bachelor's degree level.

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Objectives

The DFGSP aims to provide students with a foundation of skills and knowledge in several fundamental areas of pharmaceutical sciences. This program aims to teach them:

  • the fundamentals of exact sciences and biological sciences essential for pharmacy studies;
  • specific knowledge in disciplines related to medicines and other health products;
  • skills for effective mastery of this knowledge in a professional setting;
  • guidance tools to explore and choose from the various careers offered by the pharmaceutical sector.
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Program

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DFGSP 2nd year courses

  • Fundamentals of Biology Block

    18 credits

    • Physiology 1 Basic Module

      4 credits

    • Physiology Advanced Module

      2 credits

    • Biodiversity 1 (Bacteriology/Virology)

      2 credits

    • Biodiversity 2 (Animal Biology, Parasitology, Mycology, etc.)

      2 credits

    • Biodiversity 3 (Botany, Mycology)

      3 credits

    • Biological Sciences 1 (Hematology, Immunology)

      5 credits

    • Biological Sciences 2

      • Metabolism, Enzymology, Regulation

        4 credits

      • Applications of molecular and cellular biology

        3 credits

  • Cross-cutting Skills Block

    9 credits

    • Basic communication gestures

      2 credits

    • Quality

      1 credit

    • Digital health

      2 credits

    • TEDS Ecological Transition Sustainable Development dfgsp2

    • Free choice EU

      6 credits

      • Choose 1 or 2 from 12

        • Biochemistry, an essential tool for drug design

          3 credits

        • Emergence, resistance, adaptation (ERA): impact on biodiversity

          3 credits

        • Training courses for qualified tutors

          6 credits

        • Support for Success

          3 credits

        • Introduction to Law

          3 credits

        • Genetic analysis and molecular diagnostic tools research

          3 credits

        • Inherited metabolic disorders

          3 credits

        • Methods of characterization and structural determination

          3 credits

        • Model systems: from animals to genes

          3 credits

        • English

          3 credits

        • Fundamentals of the physical chemistry of solid and dispersed states

          3 credits

        • From biomolecules to drugs

          3 credits

  • Basic Concepts in Pharmaceutical Sciences

    26 credits

    • VASAM (organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, pharmacognosy)

      7 credits

    • BPEC (biophysics, physical chemistry, sensory biophysics)

      3 credits

    • Pharmacological sciences (pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, toxicology)

      4 credits

    • Drug life cycle / formulation and biopharmacy

      7 credits

    • Analytical sciences

      4 credits

  • Introductory pharmacy internship

  • Choose 1 or 2 out of 3

    • Optional Sports Option Semester 1

    • Optional Sport Option Semester 2

    • Optional internship

DFGSP 3rd year courses

  • Block Medication

    • Pharmacognosy

      3.5 credits

    • Oncopharmacology

      2 credits

    • MED1 Pharmacology

      5 credits

    • Med 2 Therapeutic Chemistry/Clinical Pharmacy

      5 credits

    • MED3 Pharmaco-Chemistry, Therapeutics - Clinical Pharmacy

      5.5 credits

    • Toxicology

      2 credits

    • Biotechnology/Biopharmaceuticals

      5.5 credits

  • Block Cross-cutting skills

    • Methodologies

      3.5 credits

      • Epidemiology (public health)

        1.75 credits

      • Analytical sciences

        1.75 credits

      • Statistics

        1.5 credits

    • Communication module

    • Free choice EU

      6 credits

      • Choose 2 out of 17

        • Photobiology and Aging

          3 credits

        • Introduction to starting a business

          3 credits

        • English

          3 credits

        • Fundamentals of drug/pharmaceutical target interactions

          3 credits

        • Pharmaceutical botany

          3 credits

        • Internship

          3 credits

        • Ethics and biotics

          3 credits

        • Training for qualified tutor roles Semester 1

          3 credits

        • Monograph/Pharmacopoeia

          3 credits

        • Laboratory animals in the 21st century

          3 credits

        • From fetus to teenager: growth and its disorders

          3 credits

        • Globalization of the drug trade: fraud and risks

          3 credits

        • Experimental pharmacology, physiology, and toxicology

          3 credits

        • Drug control

          3 credits

        • Modulation of the pharmacokinetic properties of a molecule

          3 credits

        • Biopharmaceutical production and formulation

          3 credits

        • Immunoallergy and immune system disorders

          3 credits

  • Clinical Biology Block

    • Clinical hematology

      2.5 credits

    • Parasitology/Medical Mycology

      2.5 credits

    • Clinical Biochemistry 1

      3 credits

    • Clinical Biochemistry 2

      3.5 credits

    • Bacteriology/Virology

      4.5 credits

    • Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases IPI

      5 credits

  • Mandatory internship

  • Pharmacy internship

  • Choose 1 to 3 out of 3

    • Optional Sport Option Semester 1

    • Optional Sport Option Semester 2

    • Optional internship