The Pharmacy program is an integral part of the Faculty of Medicine since 1996. From the beginning this program has been attractive to the best high school students in Kosovo and beyond and many graduates of this program have achieved extraordinary professional and scientific success at national and international level.
The Pharmacy program meets the criteria set out in European Directive 2005/36 / EC, Article 44, point 2, for the recognition of professional qualifications, where it is specified that the duration of studies should be 5 years, which includes at least 4 years in theoretical and practical education in the faculty and 6 months of practical training in pharmacies or hospitals.
The Pharmacy program aims to provide enhanced knowledge on the development, production, quality assurance, composition, preparation and storage, biological effects and interactions of drugs and their safe use. Graduated pharmacists are trained to independently carry out scientific activities, including their planning and implementation. They should be able to integrate scientific methods and the findings of the pharmaceutical sciences, as well as in collaboration with the relevant natural sciences to transfer or apply them to other relevant fields. In particular, they will also possess the knowledge and skills necessary to inform, educate and advise patients and physicians on all relevant aspects of Pharmacy.
The mission of the Pharmacy Section of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Prishtina "Hasan Prishtina" is to carry out scientific research, educational and professional activities, at graduate and postgraduate level, in the field of biomedical and health sciences, and thus to contribute to the overall progress of society and to the development of a knowledge-based economy. By ensuring the rational use of available human and material resources, the Pharmacy Section promotes the development of multidisciplinary scientific and educational programs, international competitiveness and teaching, scientific and professional activities, increasing of the level of innovation in society, acceleration of knowledge transfer and encouragement of the link between education, research and entrepreneurship.
The goals of the Pharmacy Section of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Prishtina "Hasan Prishtina" are:
- Improving and developing teaching, research and professional activity.
- Strengthening human capacities / resources (both in number and quality).
- Strong integration in the European and world scientific research area.
- Improving aspects of internationalization and mobility, through the exchange of students and academic staff with Higher Education Institutions in the EU and beyond.
- Promoting mobility and exchange of knowledge and skills.
- Achieving the competencies, skills and knowledge so the pharmacists graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Prishtina will be the most sought professionals in the local and international market.
- Providing and implementing advanced professional practices in the field of pharmacy.
- Implementation and assurance of quality.
- Providing qualified teaching professionals in each module in the pharmacy program.
- Providing a modern infrastructure for quality education.
- Providing contemporary literature in Albanian and English.
- Promotion of science and pharmaceutical profession in society.