About the course in Pharmacy
The Pharmacy course of study currently lasts 5 years at present. The
study program makes it possible for the undergraduates to specialise
adequately according to their interests by choosing from recommended
and
optional subjects besides the compulsory disciplines. The concept of
the
program corresponds with the contemporary state and standard of
pharmaceutical sciences, the needs of the pharmaceutical practice in
the
European context, and it creates a base for the postgraduate studies.
Important note:
The student should assume that during one year of study the total
expenditure excluding tuition fees will be approximately 120,000 Czech
crowns
(3000 EUR). This sum includes the cost of moderate accommodation,
inland
travelling, general living expenses, and books.
An accommodation at the University Halls of Residence in Hradec
Kralove is
optional; its cost is 100 EUR per bed per month. For additional 120 EUR
per
month a full board (3 meals a day) is offered there.
The Faculty of Pharmacy is ready to mediate some services such as
tickets for Municipal transport (about 10 EUR for month or 17 EUR
for 3
month). A limited number of textbooks will be available for studying in
the
Reading room of the Library of the Faculty.
The postgraduate (doctoral) studies
The graduate of the university course of studies of Pharmacy or of
some related branch (e.g., Faculty of Medicine or of Natural
Sciences) can
apply for admission to the three-year internal or five-year external
course of postgraduate doctoral studies. The postgraduate course of
studies is concluded by writing a dissertation and passing
examinations.
The appropriate government committee of the Czech Republic approved
eleven fields in which it is possible to obtain the
academic-scientific
degree of PhD at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Charles University.
The postgraduate course of studies is completed by writing a
dissertation
thesis and passing examinations. Faculty of Pharmacy, Charles
University,
offers postgraduate studies in the following fields:
* Bioorganic Chemistry
* Drug Control
* Clinical Pharmacy
* Gerontopharmacy
* Pathobiochemistry and Xenobiochemistry
* Pharmacology and Toxicology
* Pharmacognosy
* Pharmaceutical Chemistry
* Pharmaceutical Technology
* Social Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice
* Toxicology of Natural Products
Dean:
Prof. Doc. PharmDr. Alexandr Hrabalek, CSc
Vice-Deans:
Doc. RNDr. Miroslav Polasek, CSc. (International Relations)
PharmDr. Petr Jilek, CSc. (Bachelor's and Linking-upMaster's Degree Courses)
Prof. PharmDr. Ing. Milan Laznicek CSc. (Education)
Doc. PharmDr. Tomas Simunek, PhD. (Science, Research and Informatics)
Doc. RNDr. Jaroslav Dusek, CSc. (Development and Contacts with Practice)
Registrar: Ing. Lenka Vlckova
Dean's Office: 500 05 Hradec Kralove, ul. Heyrovskeho 1203 tel. +420 495 067 111, fax +420 495 512 656
Outline of the Structure of the Faculty
Executive Staff (the Dean, Vice-Deans, Registrar )
Scientific Council
Academic Senate
Dean's Office
Departments and Other Sections of the Faculty:
* Department of Biophysics and Physical Chemistry
* Department of Inorganic and Organic Chemistry
* Department of Pharmaceutical Botany and Ecology
* Department of Analytical Chemistry
* Department of Biological and Medical Sciences
* Department of Biochemical Sciences
* Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
* Department of Pharmacognosy
* Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Drug Control
* Department of Pharmaceutical Technology
* Department of Social and Clinical Pharmacy
* Scientific Information Centre
Divisions
* Section of Foreign Languages
* Section of Physical Education and Sports
* Supporting Units
* Laboratory of Computer Technique
The Laboratory of Computer Technique ensures the continuous operation
of
the faculty LAN and paralelly also education in the computer
classroom.
* Bioanalytical Center
The Bioanalytical Center provides an analytical service involving
analyses
of pharmaceuticals, biological material and herbs with of classical
or
instrumental methods. The Centre can offer analytical expertise for
research or commercial purposes. The service is offered to all
departments
of the faculty and also for any external customers.
* Garden of Medicinal Herbs
The garden with a greenhouse is useful for the practical teaching of
students in the subjects of botany, cultivation and pharmacognostic
character. It also aids the completion of undergraduates' theses in
these
disciplines and provides plant material necessary for education,
research,
or for completing collections of departments. It also takes part in a
mutual exchange of seeds with about 200 botanical gardens around the
world.
* Czech Pharmaceutical Museum
The collection of the museum is now administered by the Pharmacy
Faculty
of Charles University. The seat of the museum is at the Kuks castle
(about
25 km from Hradec Kralove).
About Charles University and the Faculty of Pharmacy
Charles University, the first university established in Central
Europe, was founded by Charles IV, the Czech King and Roman Emperor, in
1348. From the very beginning Charles University was characterised as a
"studium generale" and the King awarded it all the privileges enjoyed
by the
other old universities.
At present Charles University has seventeen
faculties
altogether, out of which fourteen are seated in Prague while the other
three
are located in the distinguished important Czech towns of Hradec
Kralove and
Plzen.
The Faculty of Pharmacy, Charles University, with its seat in the town
of
Hradec Kra1ove, was established by a government decree in 1969.
This Faculty
of Pharmacy has continued in the old and long-time tradition of the
education of pharmacy at Charles University.
Pharmacy is a medical branch which is focused on the research,
production, control, supply, and dispensing of medicines and drugs. It
also
deals with information about drugs and pharmaceutical functions,
organisations, the management of pharmaceutical functions (social
pharmacy),
and with the historical development of the branch.
Hradec Kralove, the biggest town in Eastern Bohemia, has about one
hundred thousand inhabitants and is situated at the confluence of the
rivers
Labe and Orlice about 100 km from the capital of the country , Prague.
It is
mentioned among the oldest Czech towns as early as 1225. At the
beginning of
the 14th century it became the dowry and royal seat of Czech queens.
That is
why since that time it has had the contemporary name - "the Castle of
the
Queen". The town itself flourished economically in the 15th century,
but
later it was destroyed in the Thirty Years' War. The historical core of
the
town has its major buildings: the cathedral of the Holy Ghost dating
from
the beginning of the 14th century, White Tower from the end of the 16th
century, and the baroque Jesuit church of the Assumption of Mary the
Virgin
with a convent from the 2nd half of the 17th century. Towards the end
of the
18th century the town was changed into a late baroque fortress. Since
1884
the character of the town as a fortress was gradually transformed - the
town
got rid of the shell of the fortification and further possibilities for
its
development became available. Between the two World Wars the town
developed
into the centre of modern Czech architecture.
After World War II Hradec Kralove became the administrative and
cultural centre of Eastern Bohemia - with theatres, galleries, museums,
high
schools, and colleges. Besides the Faculty of Pharmacy it is also the
seat
of the Medical Faculty, Charles University; Military Medical Academy;
and
the independent University of Pedagogics. About 4,000 students attend
classes in this town every year.
The students are trained to work on the research of new medicaments
and medicinal preparations , in their production, control, and
distribution;
in the pharmaceutical service; information service; management;
pharmaceutical education; and biochemical and other laboratories.
Research Areas
One of the most characterictic features of the pharmacy science is its
interdisciplinarity - pharmacy distributes its attention into
interfaces of
chemistry, biology, medicine and is closely related also with social
life,
health care and economy. From this point of view the faculty research
activities can be divided into three general scientific areas
* Chemically or physical-chemically oriented research
* Biologically and medically oriented research
* Pharmacy praxis oriented research
Grants
Most of the important scientific projects are financed by form of
grants.
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