Program Overview

Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy

Programme Overview

The IQS-Blanquerna Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy provides a solid foundation of knowledge in Community Pharmacies, Hospital Pharmacies, and the Pharmaceutical Industry. Students will cover all aspects related to the pharmaceutical profession guided by a clear, humanist, and scientific orientation.

Key Information

• Years: 5 academic years
• Credits: 300 ECTS credits
• Start: September 2025
• Timetable: 1st year: Monday to Thursday: 2:30 pm to 9:00 pm Friday: 8:30 am to 2:00 pm
• Recommended secondary school baccalaureate electives: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, or Mathematics
• Degree: Official degree
• Languages: First academic year in Spanish. Other years, trilingual: Spanish, Catalan, and English depending on the language skills of the students and faculty.

Objectives and Competences

• Objectives:
  • To train experts in all aspects related to drugs and medications.
  • To prepare graduates to become part of the healthcare system and contribute to optimizing it by employing all of their humanist, care, and pharmacotherapeutic knowledge.
  • To empower students to join the pharmaceutical, chemical, cosmetic, veterinary, or food industry thanks to technical, leadership, and management skills.
  • To provide advanced knowledge in a highly specialized scientific research.
  • To motivate professionals by preparing them for autonomous learning, educated within a culture of quality, good communication, and the ability to function in complex work environments.
• Competences:
  • Possess and understand the specific knowledge established by law for Pharmacy graduates, along with the latest knowledge at the forefront of their field of study.
  • Understand how to apply the knowledge acquired to their work in a professional, reasoned manner that facilitates solving problems within their area of study.
  • Have the ability to compile and interpret relevant data to make judgments that include reflections on relevant social, scientific, or ethical issues.
  • Be able to convey information, ideas, problems, and solutions to both specialized and non-specialized audiences.
  • Develop the learning skills necessary to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy.
  • Demonstrate oral and written communication skills in English.
  • Acquire sufficient computer skills to reliably manage the main technological tools related to health sciences.
  • Incorporate a holistic vision of people, always taking into account all their dimensions (physiological, human, social, psychological, or transcendent), and apply it to all action areas for pharmaceutical professionals.

Curriculum

• First year:
  • Anatomy and Physiology I and II (12 ECTS)
  • General and Inorganic Chemistry + Laboratory (9+3 ECTS)
  • Physical Chemistry + Laboratory (6+3 ECTS)
  • Biology + Laboratory (6+3 ECTS)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology + Laboratory (6+3 ECTS)
  • Physics Applied to Pharmacy (6 ECTS)
  • Interdisciplinary Pharmaceutical Seminar (3 ECTS)
• Second year:
  • Pharmaceutical Chemistry + Laboratory (6+3 ECTS)
  • Pathophysiology I and II (9 ECTS)
  • Analytical Chemistry + Laboratory (6+3 ECTS)
  • Organic Chemistry + Laboratory (6+3 ECTS)
  • Biochemistry + Laboratory (6+3 ECTS)
  • Biostatistics (6 ECTS)
  • Immunology (3 ECTS)
  • Health Anthropology (3 ECTS)
  • History of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Legislation, and Ethics I (3 ECTS)
• Third year:
  • Pharmaceutical Technology I and II + Laboratory (12+3 ECTS)
  • Pharmacology I and II (12 ECTS)
  • Pharmacognosy + Laboratory (6+3 ECTS)
  • Structural Determination (6 ECTS)
  • Biotechnology (6 ECTS)
  • Food Science (6 ECTS)
  • Nutrition (3 ECTS)
  • Pharmaceutical Care and Clinical Pharmacy I (3 ECTS)
• Fourth year:
  • Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics + Laboratory (6+3 ECTS)
  • Toxicology (6 ECTS)
  • Pharmaceutical Care and Clinical Pharmacy II (6 ECTS)
  • Public Health (6 ECTS)
  • Pharmacoeconomics and Pharmaceutical Management (6 ECTS)
  • Advanced Drug Delivery Systems (3 ECTS)
  • Individualized Therapy (Pharmacogenomics) (3 ECTS)
  • History of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Legislation, and Ethics II (3 ECTS)
  • Research Methodology (3 ECTS)
  • Registries in Pharmaceutical and Related Industries (3 ECTS)
  • Supervised Practicum I (12 ECTS)
• Fifth year:
  • Elective subjects (24 ECTS)
  • Internship (12 ECTS)
  • Bioethics (6 ECTS)
  • Supervised Practicum II (12 ECTS)
  • Final Degree Project (TFG) (6 ECTS)

Elective Subjects

• Food and nutrition:
  • Nutrition and Metabolism
  • Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics
  • Food Hygiene, Safety, and Quality
  • Nutraceuticals and Food Supplements
  • Specialty-Focused Internship
• Drug design and production:
  • Molecular Design
  • Advanced Synthesis
  • Process Chemistry
  • Integrated Laboratory
  • Specialty-Focused Internship
• Pharmaceutical management and marketing:
  • Technical Management in the Pharmaceutical Industry
  • Logistics and Processes in the Pharmaceutical Industry
  • Pharmaceutical Marketing
  • Economic and Financial Analysis of the Pharmaceutical Industry
  • Specialty-Focused Internship
• Pharmaceutical support services:
  • Management and Organization of Community Pharmacy Services
  • Pharmaceutical Care for Chronic Diseases
  • Quality and Safety in the Use of Medicines
  • Evidence-Based Clinical Pharmacy
  • Specialty-Focused Internship

Career Opportunities

• Pharmaceutical care
• Health administration
• Public health
• Pharmaceutical and other manufacturing industries
• Pharmaceutical distribution
• Dermopharmacy / cosmetics
• Pharmaceutical marketing
• Food industry
• Clinical laboratories

In-Company Internship

• More than 1,000 hours of laboratory work starting in the first year
• External internships worth 36 ECTS from the 4th year
• High percentage of graduates find work thanks to their internships

Leadership Team

• Jordi Díaz Ferrero, PhD - Dean of the IQS School of Engineering and Department of Analytical and Applied Chemistry
• Magda Faijes Simona, PhD - Department of Bioengineering

Faculty

• Alfonso Hernández Vivanco, PhD - Department of Business Management and Department of Industrial Engineering
• Ana Belén Cuenca González, PhD - Department of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
• Ana María Cuartero Albesa, PhD - Department of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
• Carles Bofill Bonet, PhD - Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
• Cristian Gómez Canela, PhD - Department of Analytical and Applied Chemistry
• Cristina Fornaguera Puigvert, PhD - Department of Bioengineering
• David Sánchez García, PhD - Department of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
• Epole Ngolle Ntungwe, PhD - Department of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
• Javier Batllori Aguilà, PhD - Department of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
• M. del Mar Guitert Catasús, PhD - Department of Business Management
• Martí Lecina Veciana, PhD - Department of Bioengineering
• Raimon Puig de la Bellacasa Cazorla, PhD - Department of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
• Ricardo Augusto Massarico Serafim, PhD - Department of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
• Roger Bresolí Obach, PhD - Department of Analytical and Applied Chemistry
• Sergi Colominas Fuster, PhD - Department of Analytical and Applied Chemistry
• Xavier Berzosa Rodríguez, PhD - Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

Admissions Process

• Online pre-registration
• Admissions test
• Admission confirmation
• Pre-enrolment
• Enrolment

Scholarships and Financial Aid

• Various scholarships available
• Contact the admissions team for more information

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