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Pharmacy (Staatsexamen) at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany

Programme overview

Eight-semester pharmacy degree with broad practical and theoretical training, including communication with patients and all participants in the health system.

Duration: 8 semesters (4 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught; Staatsexamen  |  Intake: Winter semester, Summer semester  |  Location: Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

Regulated nationally by the Approbation Regulations for Pharmacists; divided into a basic and a main study phase of four semesters each (first and second examination sections).

Career pathways

Public pharmacist, hospital and armed forces pharmacies, industry, public health and academic work.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Abitur or equivalent qualification; nationwide numerus clausus with application through Hochschulstart. Application: nationwide numerus clausus, application via Hochschulstart; application period 04.05. - 15.07. (Alt-Abiturient*innen bis 31.05.).

Intake: Winter semester, Summer semester

Duration: 8 semesters (4 years)

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