Courses

INTEGRATED MASTER DEGREE AND 1^st CYCLE OF STUDY

If you are in the 12^th grade and want to pursue a career in the health sciences, namely in the pharmaceutical field, the Integrated Master's Degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences (MICF) is the ideal option. The MICF lasts 5 years, during which transversal subjects in the areas of biological, chemical and drug sciences are covered, with a strong research component, essential for pharmaceutical activity.

However, if you prefer, at the end of the 3rd year you can apply for your degree in Basic Studies in Pharmaceutical Sciences and apply for a second cycle in a related area, either at FFUP or at another Faculty/University.

Completing the 5 years of the MICF, which includes a Professionalising Internship, you will face a variety of career paths:

Community Pharmacy, Hospital Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Industry, Wholesale Distribution, Regulatory Affairs and Clinical Analyses, and other analytical (Bromatological, Hydrological, Microbiological, Toxicological) and research activities (Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Genetics, Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Toxicology, Microbiology, Immunology, Pharmaceutical Technology, Bio and Nanotechnology, Analytical and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy, as well as Bromatology and Human Nutrition).

You've finished the 12th grade and you're undecided about the career you're going to follow. You like computers, but Biology is also in your ears! A Degree in Bioinformatics is the best option.

This degree comes with the aim of training professionals capable of analyzing information, with biological meaning, which is produced in an ever-increasing environment, as a result of the rapid technological development that we are witnessing.

With a duration of 3 years, the Degree in Bioinformatics combines biology, computer science, statistics, mathematics and engineering to analyze, interpret and process biological data.

In the end, and upon completion of a Professional Internship, you will have a variety of professional opportunities ahead of you, including: public or private research institutions, Universities, schools, laboratories, municipalities and other public organisms, pharmaceutical industry, clinical research, biotechnology, agrifood, forestry and information technologies.

2^nd CYCLES OF STUDY

For those who have already finished MICF, or have a bachelor degree in the field of health or chemical sciences and wish to specialize themselves in a specific branch of the pharmaceutical sciences the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto (FFUP), also has options in what concerns the 2^nd cycles of studies. In addition to all the MSc taught in FFUP, there also are MSc in partnership with other institutions, which are good options to take into account.

3^rd CYCLES OF STUDY

The PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences (DCF) provides the possibility to intervene in areas of knowledge socially important, that adds to the professional recognition a high personal recognition. The PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences Diploma is conferred to areas of specialization that vary from the discovery of new medicinal drugs and therapeutic innovation to the study of natural products, food safety and nanotechnologies.

For those who aspire a different area of specialization, FFUP also has Programmes in Partnership with other institutions.

CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS

The Continuing Education Units promoted by the FFUP (non-degree) are aimed at all those who wish to deepen their knowledge in a particular scientific area.