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Information about the curriculum, the credit system
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The pharmacy education is carried out according to the teaching programs, accepted by the Faculty Counsil and approved by the Academic Counsil and based on the Unified State Requirements to obtain the educational degree “Master of pharmacy”.
 The training of the students lasts five academic years, nine semesters and 6 months. During the education there are additional specializations in Industrial pharmacy and Clinical Pharmacy, which are freely chosen by the students after the VI semester. The academic program of the basic profile comprises 39 teaching subjects.
For their graduation, the students in pharmacy are obligated to pass a State final certification examination on five profile-determining subjects (pharmacognosy, pharmacology, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmaceutical technology and social pharmacy) or to prepare and defend a diploma thesis. The diploma-holders are granted the educational degree “Master of Pharmacy”.
Training - load |
General profile |
Lectures |
1515 |
Practicals |
2910 |
Total |
4425 |
First academic year
First semester Second semester
SUBJECTS |
SUBJECTS |
Pure mathematics |
Applied mathematics |
Biology |
Inorganic chemistry |
History of pharmacy |
Physics and biophysics |
Inorganic chemistry |
Latin |
Physics and biophysics |
Foreign language |
Latin |
Sport |
Foreign language |
Human Anatomy |
Sport |
Human Physiology |
Second academic year
Third semester Fourth semester
SUBJECTS |
SUBJECTS |
Human Anatomy |
Pathophisiology |
Human Physiology |
Organic chemistry |
Analytical chemistry |
Microbiology |
Organic chemistry |
Analytical chemistry |
Microbiology |
Pharmaceutical botany |
Sport |
Physical chemistry |
Pathoanatomy |
Sport |
Computer technologies |
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Third academic year
Fifth semester Sixth semester
SUBJECTS |
SUBJECTS |
Pharmaceutical botany |
Pharmaceutical chemistry |
Physical chemistry |
Pharmaceutical technology – part 1 |
Pharmaceutical chemistry |
Clinical chemistry |
Pharmaceutical technology – part 1 |
Medical products |
Biochemistry |
Pharmacognosy-part 1 |
Medical devices |
Pharmacology |
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Social Pharmacy |
Fourth academic year
Seventh semester Eighth semester
SUBJECTS |
SUBJECTS |
Pharmacology |
Pharmaceutical analysis |
Pharmacognosy-part 1 |
Pharmaceutical technology – part 2 |
Pharmaceutical analysis |
Toxicology |
Pharmaceutical technology – part 2 |
Social pharmacy |
Social pharmacy |
Pharmacoeconomy |
Hygiene and ecology |
Medical genetic |
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Pharmacotherapy |
Fifth academic year
Nineth semester
SUBJECTS |
Pre-graduated training – 6 month duration |
Pharmacotherapy |
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Pharmacognosy-part 2 |
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Bromatology |
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Pharmaceutical care |
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Subsidiary subjects |
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Additional subjects for specialization in Industrial pharmacy
SUBJECTS |
Semester |
Lectures / Practicum
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CREDITS |
GMP standards |
VII |
30/0 |
2 |
Pharmaceutical biotechnology |
VII |
30/60 |
6 |
Processes and equipment in the chemical-pharmaceutical technology |
XIII |
30/60 |
6 |
Processes and machines in dosage forms production |
IX |
30/60 |
6 |
Economy of the pharmaceutical manufacturing |
IX |
30/0 |
6 |
Additional subjects for specialization in Clinical pharmacy
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Subject |
Semester |
Lectures/Practical |
ECTS |
1. |
Analysis of the drugs and metabolites in biological mediums |
VІ |
30/75 |
7 |
2. |
Pharmacoepidemiology |
VІ |
30/45 |
5 |
3. |
Clinical pharmacokinetic |
VІІ |
30/45 |
5 |
4. |
Hospital pharmacy |
VІІІ |
30/45 |
5 |
5. |
Drug safety |
ІХ |
30/45 |
5 |
6. |
Problematic cases in pharmacotherapy |
ІХ |
30/45 |
5 |
Possibilities for foreign students or “Bachelor of pharmacy” to get the educational degree “Master of pharmacy”
Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University – Sofia, gives an opportunity to foreign students, who have graduated as bachelor of pharmacy, to finish the Master Degree Program, offered at our faculty only for foreign students and to obtain the educational degree “Master of pharmacy”.
PhD education
The Faculty of Pharmacy offers interesting possibilities for acquiring the education and scientific degree PhD (Pharmacy) by defending a doctoral thesis in various fields of the pharmaceutical science – pharmaceutical technology, pharmacognosy and phitocemistry, pharmacology, toxicology, pharmaceutical chemistry and pharmaceutical analysis, social pharmacy, inorganic, organic, analytical chemistry and physical chemistry.
The following forms of PhD education exist:
Full-time for Bulgarian and foreign PhD students with the duration of 3 years.
Part - time PhD studies for Bulgarian and foreign PhD students with the duration of 3 years.
The PhD research work for Bulgarian students starts after permission of the Ministry of Education and Science, after passing an entrance exams and payment of a single fee (for full-time) and divided into two fee( for part-time). The full-time PhD students receive state scholarship during their education.
The management of acceptance and leading of the elaboration of PhD thesis, financing and defence are regulated with state legislatives and “Regulations for applications and carrying out of PhD thesis in the Medical University, Sofia”
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