The Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences (PPGCF) offers 32 accredited courses, totaling 116 credits distributed across a diversified curriculum that covers all major areas of Pharmacy. These courses are organized into three core modules:
- Mandatory Core
- Humanistic, Social Skills, and Professional Development Core
- Specific Core in Pharmaceutical Sciences
This curricular structure provides graduate students with a solid, comprehensive, and interdisciplinary education, articulated across the concentration areas of Natural and Synthetic Products (PNS) and Medicines and Cosmetics (MC). The Program prepares students to students to perform with excellence in multiple professional settings, including higher education and research institutions, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, regulatory agencies, hospitals, and other sectors related to the Pharmaceutical Sciences. The complete list of PPGCF courses is presented below:
Mandatory Core
| Courses List | Credits | Degree Level |
| 6025832 – Seminars em Pharmaceutical Sciences I | 1 | Master’s, PhD, and Direct PhD |
| 6025833 – Seminars em Pharmaceutical Sciences II | 1 | Master’s, PhD, and Direct PhD |
| 6025861 – Fundamentals of Scientific Research and Laboratory Practices | 8 | Master’s and Direct PhD |
Humanistic, Social Skills, and Professional Development Core
| Courses List | Credits | Degree Level | |||
| 6025855 – Scientific Dissemination in Non-Formal Media Environment | 6 | Master’s, PhD, and Direct PhD | |||
| 6045884 – Pedagogical Preparation for Teaching Practice in Higher Education ( prerequisite for applying to PAE) | 4 | Master’s, PhD, and Direct PhD | |||
| 6046037 – Ethics and Integrity in Scientific Research | 4 | Master’s, PhD, and Direct PhD | |||
| 6025860 – Management of Controlled Products and Waste from Health Services | 2 | Master’s, PhD, and Direct PhD | |||
| 6025857 – Innovation and entrepreneurship: from the lab to the market | 3 | Master’s, PhD, and Direct PhD | |||
| 6015818 – How to Get Published? | 2 | Master’s, PhD, and Direct PhD | |||
Specific Core in Pharmaceutical Sciences
| Courses List | Credits | Degree Level | |||
| 5935977 – Advanced Organic Chemistry A – Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation | 6 | Master’s, PhD, and Direct PhD | |||
| 5935978 – Advanced Organic Chemistry B – Organometallic Compounds | 6 | Master’s, PhD, and Direct PhD | |||
| 6015772 – Metal-based Compounds as a New Class of Drugs | 3 | Master’s, PhD, and Direct PhD | |||
| 6025746 – Rheological Properties of Cosmetics | 2 | Master’s, PhD, and Direct PhD | |||
| 6025758 – Topical and Transdermal Delivery Systems: Techniques and Mechanisms for the Enhancement of Cutaneous Permeation of Drugs | 4 | Master’s, PhD, and Direct PhD | |||
| 6025774 – Delivery Systems for the Nasal, Ocular, Pulmonary, and Other Mucous Pathways | 3 | Master’s, PhD, and Direct PhD | |||
| 6025823 – Safety and Efficacy of Cosmetics | 2 | Master’s, PhD, and Direct PhD | |||
| 6025824 – Topics in Chemoinformatics | 3 | Master’s, PhD, and Direct PhD | |||
| 6025828 – Advanced Topics in Pharmaceutical Services and Clinical Pharmacy | 2 | Master’s, PhD, and Direct PhD | |||
| 6025829 – Drugs From Natural Sources | 5 | Master’s, PhD, and Direct PhD | |||
| 6025830 – “In vitro” Alternative Methods for the Safety Assessment of Cosmetics | 2 | Master’s, PhD, and Direct PhD | |||
| 6025831 – Secondary Metabolism | 8 | Master’s, PhD, and Direct PhD | |||
| 6025835 – Gene Therapy: Gene Delivery Systems | 3 | Master’s, PhD, and Direct PhD | |||
| 6025843 – Production Methods and Characterization of Nanostructures | 4 | Master’s, PhD, and Direct PhD | |||
| 6025847 – Heterocyclic Chemistry | 4 | Master’s, PhD, and Direct PhD | |||
| 6025848 – Application of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in the Structural Determination of Natural Products | 6 | Master’s, PhD, and Direct PhD | |||
| 6025852 – Phytopharmaceutical Technology | 3 | Master’s, PhD, and Direct PhD | |||
| 6025853 – Molecular Modification Strategies for Drug Optimization | 4 | Master’s, PhD, and Direct PhD | |||
| 6025858 – Pharmacovigilance and Patient Safety | 2 | Master’s, PhD, and Direct PhD | |||
| 6025859 – Introduction to the Design, Development, and Synthesis of Bioactive Compounds | 4 | Master’s, PhD, and Direct PhD | |||
| 6025862 – Spectrophotometry Applied for the Characterization of Biomolecules | 4 | Master’s, PhD, and Direct PhD | |||
| 6025863 – Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Applied to Organic Compounds | 4 | Master’s, PhD, and Direct PhD | |||
| 6045845 – Special Topics in Pharmaceutical Sciences | 1 | Master’s, PhD, and Direct PhD | |||
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