Pharmacy in Samara State Medical University
Specialist’s program
Institute of Pharmacy
Aleksandr Voronin, Director
+7 (846) 374-10-04, ext. 4717
farmdekanat@samsmu.ru
Accreditation. State accreditation. International accreditation carried out by the Independent Agency for Accreditation and Rating IAAR according to the standards of the World Federation for Medical Education –WFME.
Awards and achievements. The program is annually ranked among the Best Educational Programs of Innovative Russia. The program successfully underwent expert evaluation carried out by the Samara Regional Pharmaceutical Association, which is confirmed by the corresponding certificate.
Teaching staff. Training is provided by 18 Doctors of Sciences, Professors or Associate Professors, 33 Candidates of Sciences, Associate Professors. The academic degree holders ratio is 89%.
Facilities and resources. Specially equipped classrooms, computer classrooms, classrooms with multimedia projection complexes, 20 specialized laboratories and rooms (including the training pharmacy), the Pharmacy Research and Education Center, special libraries, self-access centers, and many other facilities. Education. The educational process is based on the principles of mastering the disciplines included in the curriculum of the specialty 33.05.01 Pharmacy. Research. Research. The faculty boasts the leading academic pharmacy school. Research is related to the development of original natural and synthetic drugs, public drug supply improvement. The topic areas include computer-aided drug design, development of reference standards, phytobiotechnology, pharmacognostic study and standardization of medicinal plant raw materials, methodological support for quality control of drug products and forensic chemical examination, technological, pharmacological and business aspects of the development of drug products.
Competitive advantages. High quality of the educational program delivery, participation in the Strategic Academic Leadership Program, highly qualified teaching staff, first-class facilities and resources, close cooperation with practicing pharmacists, the university’s academic pharmacy school, high demand for graduates.
Employers and employment. Pharmaceutical enterprises (Ozon, Mabscale, Samara Pharmaceutical Factory, Biocad, Lekar, and others); pharmaceutical distributors, pharmacy organizations in the Samara Region and other regions of the Russian Federation; expert organizations; government health and pharmaceutical service agencies in Russia’s constituent entities.