Pharmacy

The Master's study in the Pharmacy study program is characterized by a balanced ratio of the scopes of individual forms of contact teaching. The students' practical training is specific and includes completion of a 6-month internship during their studies in public or hospital pharmacies at home and abroad. The final theses are of an experimental nature. Research results are presented during the course of study at faculty and international conferences of student scientific activity. Pharmaceutical education educates an original expert who is the only one in society who knows everything about drugs. The Faculty of Pharmacy of the CU has a long-standing position as a leader in pharmaceutical education in our region. Graduates have extensive knowledge about the fate of drugs in the body, their effects, health and social aspects of the use of drugs, they master pharmaceutical technology, pharmaceutical, chemical, and biological testing of drugs. They have practical skills with wide applications, not only in the regulated profession of pharmacist, but also in pharmacy, in the production and distribution of medicines, clinical practice or the pharmaceutical industry.

Prospects of graduates

Graduates of pharmaceutical studies find employment in Slovakia and abroad primarily as pharmacists of public and hospital pharmacies, clinical pharmacists in hospital departments, employees of pharmaceutical companies in the production, research and distribution of drugs, in health insurance companies, and also as employees of scientific, research and control institutes and laboratories. but also as teaching staff at secondary and higher education institutions in the education and training of pharmaceutical students. Pharmacy is among the regulated industries with the highest incomes, and FPHARM CU graduates are not at risk of graduate unemployment.

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Conditions of admission

The basic condition for the admission of an applicant to university is to obtain a complete secondary or complete secondary professional education . An applicant who does not demonstrate fulfillment of the basic conditions for admission to study at the time of verification of fulfillment of the conditions for admission may be admitted to study conditionally, with the obligation to demonstrate fulfillment of the basic conditions for admission to study at the latest on the day designated for enrollment. The right of an applicant who has been conditionally admitted to study expires if he does not prove that he has fulfilled the basic conditions for admission no later than on the day designated for enrollment.

Additional information

The application deadline for the combined master's degree program pharmacy taught in the Slovak language for study in the academic year 2025/2026 is from December 1, 2024 at the earliest and until February 28, 2025 at the latest .

The application with attachments is submitted electronically through the e-application portal of the Comenius University in Bratislava or the AIS2 system. Attachments the application must be uploaded electronically.

Attachments to the application for admission without National comparatives exam (written application for admission without NPS, officially certified photocopies of general or pharmaceutical high school report cards for the last four years of study or a document confirming victory in the national round of the Olympiad for high school students in the subjects "biology" or "chemistry ") must be delivered also in printed form no later than February 28, 2025 (the date of shipment is decisive).

Conditions for international students

The condition for the admission of foreigners (including compatriots) to study is proof of the necessary competence in the same way as in the case of citizens of the Slovak Republic, which follows from the provisions of § 56 par. 1 of the Act on Universities, and that means obtaining a complete secondary or complete secondary professional education, which is recognized according to no. 422/2015 Coll. on the recognition of educational documents and on the recognition of professional qualifications and on the amendment and supplementation of some laws.

Without entrance examinations
yes

Conditions of admission without the entrance exam

Any applicant who :

obtained a total average grade in the last four years of study at a secondary school of general or pharmaceutical specialization up to and including 1.180, and
completed the teaching of the subjects of chemistry and biology (or in the case that he did not pass the subject of biology, then the subject of pharmacology) for at least one year during the last two years of study and was evaluated in these subjects with a classification level no worse than 2 (commendable), and
submitted a written request for admission based on this point.

The application for admission without an admission procedure must be delivered with the application to the university, but no later than February 28, 2025. (important postmark)

The overall average grade is calculated from the annual report cards for the 1st to 3rd year of study and for the first half of the 4th year of study, including optional subjects (behavior grade is not taken into account). The overall average benefit is calculated for all years together, not separately. For graduates of multi-year secondary schools, grades from the last four years of study are calculated analogously (in the last year of study, again only the first semester).

Mandatory attachments for the application for admission without the National Comparative Examination (NPS):
- application for admission without the NPS
- official certified photocopies of general or pharmaceutical high school diplomas for the last four years of study or a document confirming victory in the national round of the Olympiad for high school students in the subjects "biology" or "chemistry".

Coordinator for students with specific needs

Doc. PharmDr. Szilvia Czigle, PhD.

responsible officer - Mgr. Adriana Lendvayová

tel: 02/9016 9145

email: studijne@fpharm.uniba.sk, lendvayova@fpharm.uniba.sk

General information on the admission exam

Admission to FPHARM CU is possible only after completing the admission procedure.

FPHARM CU does not organize the entrance exam. Organizationally, the NPS is provided for the faculty in the academic year 2024/2025 by the company www.scio.cz (more information will be sent to each applicant by e-mail after their application has been registered).

Applicants pay the fee for the admission procedure in the amount of EUR 50 by bank transfer to the faculty account. In the case of submitting an application through the electronic application system of the Comenius University in Bratislava, the payment instruction will be generated by the academic information system. The payment confirmation is the bank's confirmation of the transfer. Confirmations of the payment of the fee for the admission procedure do not need to be attached to the applicant's application.

A medical report on medical fitness in relation to the performance of the relevant medical profession is a mandatory attachment to the study program application.

Detailed rules of the admission procedure and useful information are published on the website of the Faculty of Pharmacy https://www.fpharm.uniba.sk/chcem-studovat/

Form of entrance exam

FPHARM CU does not organise an entrance exam. For admission, the applicant is required to pass the National Comparative Examination (NPS).

Tests

NPS for the master's study program Pharmacy consists of:
a) test in natural sciences (biology, chemistry)
b) test of general study prerequisites (hereinafter referred to as "GSP")

Organizationally, the NPS is provided by the company to which the contract for the implementation of the NPS is awarded in accordance with the provisions of Act no. 25/2006 Coll. on public procurement and on the amendment of certain laws, as amended.

The GSP test and the natural sciences test (biology, chemistry) can be taken between December 2024 and May 2025 (also repeatedly). From the point of view of the admission procedure, the best result of the NPS in the current academic year, or in the previous academic year, if the applicant requests it, is always taken into account. If the applicant wants the inclusion of the NPS results from the previous academic year in the admission procedure, he must request it in written form. This request is an attachment to the study application and is attached to the application electronically via the e-application portal of the Comenius University Bratislava or the AIS2 system.

The result on the level of study prerequisites in the specified area will take the form of a percentile . The result of the natural sciences test will have a weight of 80% in the overall evaluation (biology and chemistry will have the same weight within the result, namely 40% for each subject), the result of the GSP test will have a weight of 20% (all sections within this test will have same weight). The overall order of success of individual applicants is determined based on the weighting of the results from both tests (natural sciences and GSP).

Apply the application for study

01.12.2024 - 28.02.2025
Performance of the entrance exam

01.12.2024 - 31.05.2025
Send certificate to

28.02.2025

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Anticipated number of applicants to be accepted
250

Additions

CV (electronic form)
lekársky posudok o zdravotnej spôsobilosti na výkon zdravotníckeho povolania farmaceut (papierová forma, Príloha č. 2 k zákonu č. 578/2004 Z. z. – https://www.slov-lex.sk/pravne-predpisy/prilohy/SK/ZZ/2004/578/20171101_3113332-2.pdf (electronic form)
leaving certificate (paper form)

Annual tuition fees
Standard length of study: cost free
Study longer than the standard length of study program, parallel studies: 1020 €

The fee for admission procedure
application form: 50 €
E-application form: 50 €

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