Italy to offer international pharmacy degree
A new pharmacy degree course with an international focus is to open its
doors to students later this year.
The five-year course, which will be based at the University of Rome Tor
Vergata, will be taught in English and will allow students to specialise
in three subject areas, such as pharmacy, pharmaceutical biotechnologies
and pharmacy regulations.
The school of pharmacy at the University of Nottingham and Alliance Boots
have both agreed to help the University of Rome Tor Vergata establish
the course. “This will be a wholly new endeavour for them,” said
Saul Tendler, head of the school of pharmacy at Nottingham, which has
already established a “2+2” MPharm course, where students
spend the first two years studying at its campus in Malaysia and the
final two years studying at its UK campus (PJ, 24 June 2006, p761). Professor
Tendler explained that the new course is being designed by staff at Tor
Vergata to follow national requirements in Italy and will ultimately
be accredited in Italy.
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It is not envisaged that the course will seek to be accredited by the
Royal Pharmaceutical Society,” he said. However, he added: “Students
will have the same mobility rights as others in the EU. As the course
is taught in English it might be that once registered the students will
ultimately find work in the UK.”
As part of the course, students will spend six months within a pharmacy
environment. Theoretically, students on the course could spend time at
the University of Nottingham. Professor Tendler said: “Through
Erasmus exchanges it might be possible for student mobility to occur.” He
added: “One positive development is that it will be possible for
our year four students to undertake their final year projects in Rome.”
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