UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
The Pharmaceutical Chemist of the University of Chile is a health professional, specialist in the knowledge, development, production and application of medications, cosmetics and other biologically active substances, both in terms of their beneficial effects and in the management of toxic effects for human and animal health.
The student receives a strong training in chemical-biological and pharmaceutical sciences that enable him to:
- Develop and produce medications and cosmetics
- Manage your pharmacological and clinical application
- Promote the rational use of medication and take responsibility with the patient and treating physician, for the pharmacotherapeutic results, monitoring and making continuous follow-up to optimize the use of medications and contribute to the achievement of therapeutic objectives.
- Pharmacovigilance and the quality of drug use
- Manage laboratories and work teams, investigate and participate in projects, both clinical and basic sciences that contribute to the health of the population, considering quality criteria adjusted to current normative and regulatory frameworks
- The education that the student receives will allow him to practice his profession committed to the health of the patient, the quality of life, the environment and the promotion of public health. The training of this professional also promotes the development of leadership skills and the capacity for teamwork, innovation and adaptation to changes, keeping an attitude of continuous learning and a high ethical sense and social responsibility with national public health.
Degree
Pharmaceutical chemist.
Academic degree
Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Intermediate Certification
Our University, framed in the Institutional Development Project (PDI), and specifically in its line of “Undergraduate Modernization”, incorporated the “Intermediate Certification”, which aims, among other aspects, to “Install the systematic evaluation of student achievement in the intermediate cycles, taking into account the competencies defined for the level, as well as the impact of these achievements on subsequent levels”.
This is how our Faculty defined a basic cycle in Chemistry that involves 144 credits and that recognizes certain competencies in our students, among which are:
- Ability to apply knowledge and understanding in chemistry to the solution of qualitative and quantitative problems.
- Understand fundamental concepts, principles and theories in the area of
- Interpret and evaluate data derived from observations and measurements relating them to theory.
- Ability to develop, use and apply analytical techniques.
- Command of chemical terminology, nomenclature, conventions and units, to name a few.
Internship
The Professional Practice in community pharmacy is a mandatory curricular activity. Its fundamental objective is to prepare the student for his professional performance, allowing him to apply the knowledge, methods and techniques acquired to specific problems of the profession.
Duration (theory)
11 semesters.
Accreditation
In process of re-accreditation.
Program Director
Prof. Javier Morales Valenzuela
E-mail: javiermv@ciq.uchile.cl
Secretary
Mariela Yáñez Castro
E-mail: mariela.yanez@ciq.uchile.cl
Telephine: +56 2 29782828
There is a low unemployment rate in this field. The main employment opportunities are in community pharmacies. Additionally, you can work in private clinics, health centers, hospitals, pharmaceutical and cosmetic laboratories, clinical laboratories, veterinary drug laboratories, and institutions such as SAG, ISP, and SML, among others.
A Pharmaceutical Chemist can plan, design, install, launch, manage, and control production and quality control processes for medicines and products manufactured by the cosmetic industry.
They will be able to develop and adapt new technologies, formulate products, evaluate and enhance their therapeutic properties. They will manage the quality of these products, from selecting raw materials, solving technical processing issues, stabilization, packaging, storage, distribution, transportation, and commercialization, whether the products are of synthetic or natural origin.
They will be able to guide the proper use of medicines from a technical, sociological, and ethical standpoint, both in private and public pharmacies. Additionally, they will manage up-to-date and objective information related to the properties and uses of medicines, allowing them to lead clinical, toxicological, forensic chemistry, and food safety laboratories.
They will interact with the healthcare team and will be able to engage in research and university teaching at the highest level.
It has a low percentage of unemployment. The largest professional field is community pharmacy. In addition, you can enter private clinics, offices, hospitals, pharmaceutical and cosmetic laboratories, clinical laboratories, veterinary drug laboratories, SAG, ISP and SML, among others.
The Pharmaceutical Chemist will be able to plan, project, install, start up, direct and control the production and quality control processes, both of medications and of products manufactured by the cosmetic industry.
They will be able to develop and adapt new technologies, formulate products, assess and improve their therapeutic properties. You will be able to manage its quality, from the selection of raw materials, solution of technical processing problems, stabilization, packaging, storage to distribution, transportation and marketing, whether these are of synthetic or natural origin.
They will be able to guide on a good administration of medicine in its technical, sociological and ethical aspects, both in private and healthcare pharmacy and manage the objective and updated information, linked to the properties and uses of medications, to project and direct clinical diagnostic laboratories. , toxicology and forensic chemistry, food science.
They will interact within the health team and will be able to perform in the field of research and university teaching at the highest level.
All courses are taught in Spanish.
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Course with Expired Accreditation: Course accredited for 7 years until July 2018 by the Accreditation Agency of Chile A & C.
With the promulgation in May 2018 of Law 21.091 on Higher Education Reform, the renewal of the accreditation of voluntary accreditation careers was suspended until 2025.