The University of Navarra is the center with the best academic performance for studying Pharmacy in Spain, according to the latest ranking published by the CyD Foundation. For this, the institution has taken into account dimensions such as teaching and learning, research, transfer of knowledge, international orientation, contribution to the regional development and employment rate.

In addition, 43 common indicators applicable to both public and private universities have been analyzed and the focus has been placed on relevant factors when deciding where to study Pharmacy in Spain, such as the grade cut-off, practical credits and internships, the funds allocated to research or the fees success rate and employment.

A pioneering center with a cross-cutting vision of medicine

The report points out the pioneering nature of the School, which "opened its doors in 1964, when there were only 4 Schools of Pharmacy in all of Spain". It also highlights a mode of teaching that integrates "a wide diversity of practical sessions in laboratories, workshops and seminars, with an advanced theoretical training based on the research for the understanding of the mechanisms of action of drugs and nutrients in the body, as well as for the development of new drugs and foods that contribute to the improvement of people's health".

Special accredited specialization receives the Degree in Pharmacy, which, according to the ranking, "provides a complete view of the drug: from obtaining the active ingredient to its use and monitoring in the patient, allowing the pharmacist to acquire a very broad knowledge ranging from Chemistry to Pharmaceutical Technology". The CyD Foundation also highlights the double Degree with Human Nutrition and Dietetics and the International Pharmaceutical Certificate.

Betting on the research

Moreover, the ranking highlights the unique environment, together with other Schools biosanitary and the Clínica Universidad de NavarraThe company is one of the centers in which pharmacy students carry out their internships.

He also recognizes the high component in the research dimension of the School, which has several groups integrated in the high school of high school of research Sanitaria de Navarra (IdiSNA), in the high school of Tropical Health (ISTUN) or in the research center in Nutrition (CIN). "The research covers the synthesis of active ingredients for cancer, parasitic diseases and other pathologies, nanomedicine, research in Alzheimer's disease, precision nutrition in obesity and metabolic syndrome, childhood obesity, nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics, functional foods, etc.", he concludes.

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