Staatsexamen Pharmacy at University of Bonn

Pharmacy focuses on the development and production as well as the use and effects of pharmaceuticals. Due to this broad focus, students first receive basic training in chemistry, biology and medicine as well as, to a lesser extent, physics and mathematics. This is followed by courses that examine specific pharmaceutical subject areas.

Duration: 8 semesters of university studies, 1 year of practical training, 3 months of exams  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught; Staatsexamen  |  Intake: Wintersemester (winter semester) and Sommersemester (summer semester)  |  Location: Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

Pharmaceutical chemistry explores the discovery and development processes as well as the modes of action of specific drugs, while pharmacology focuses on the drugs’ effects and reactions in the body. Pharmaceutical technology examines the ways in which active ingredients can be administered (in form of tablets, drops, as an ointment, etc.).

Career pathways

Work at a retail or a hospital pharmacy, pharmaceutical industry/pharmaceutical wholesaling, administration (health authorities), social security/occupational organizations, military (medical officer), teacher at a German technical college, free-lance journalistic work (publishers, specialist periodicals), academia (teaching/research at universities, research institutions, etc.)

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