INTRODUCTION

The Faculty of Pharmacy, Nutritional and Health Sciences, established by Ministerial Decree of 21.03.1992, was started in the Academic Year 1992/93. Taught subjects are mainly offered by the Departments of Pharmacobiology and Pharmaceutical Sciences. The Faculty confers specialist single cycle degrees in Pharmacy (5 years), Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology (5 years) and first level degrees in Scientific Information on Drugs, Nutritional Sciences, Environmental Toxicology and Technology of Cosmetic Products (3-year first level degree courses), as well as a specialist second level degree in Nutritional Sciences.
In compliance with the Ministerial provisions, the Faculty of Pharmacy, Nutritional and Health Sciences, has adopted new teaching approaches, characterized by the introduction of credits and the organization of courses into didactic modules. Each credit corresponds to 8 hours of lectures or 12 hours of training and laboratory practice. Exams are held at the end of each module to obtain the final marks. A board of examiners is specifically appointed for each module. At the end of each trimester, the students can sit the final exams for the recently ended subjects, but also for previously taken courses. Training sessions organized by the Faculty are arranged as follows: lectures or multimedia courses (also intensive courses), seminars, practical training and laboratory practice, as well as training periods carried out in health and research institutes or in pharmaceutical companies aimed at providing the experimental background for the preparation of the final course thesis dissertation. Lectures and training activities are held at the Faculty’s halls located in the polifunzionale building at the University of Calabria.

The Dean of the Faculty
Prof. Sebastiano Andò