The vocational internship is aimed to complete university education, by integrating it with practical activities carried out in a pharmacy.
This consists of the full-time student engagement in activities carried out at a pharmacy open to the public or in hospital one under the supervision of the hospital pharmaceutical service, for a total duration of at least six months (30 CFUs).
The internship is a fundamental and indispensable requirement to participate in the qualifying State examination to work officially as a pharmacist.
The period dedicated to vocational training in a pharmacy must not coincide with that one used to prepare an experimental thesis.
To be admitted to the internship the student must have passed the exams of the first three years of the course and have attended the lessons of the fourth one.
Deadline for Submitting Internship
Attention students, please be advised that the deadline for submitting internship applications is Monday, June 30th. All internships are scheduled to begin in September. You must adhere to this timeline to secure your opportunity
FOFI Regulation
Training in Pharmacy – ITA – pdf
Documentation for Internship
To have it signed along with the Internship booklet by the President of “Ordine dei Farmacisti di Roma”
End Internship format to sign by the Order
New Rules for The Practical-Evaluative Training (TPV)
STARTING FROM JANUARY 2026
We would like to inform you that, starting from January 2026, new rules will apply regarding access to the Practical-Evaluative Training (TPV).
To be eligible to apply for the internship, students must meet the following minimum requirements:
a) Acquired CFU
- Students must have acquired at least 160 CFU from compulsory courses included in the study plan, excluding elective courses.
b) Exams Passed
Students must have passed all the courses belonging to the following scientific-disciplinary sectors (SDS):
1. Pharmaceutical Chemistry – CHEM-07/A (formerly CHIM/08)
- DRUG ANALYSIS I AND II
- MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY I AND II
- BIOPHARMACEUTICS AND PREFORMULATION
- PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY WITH PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOUNDING PRACTICES
- ITALIAN AND EUROPEAN PHARMACEUTICAL LEGISLATION AND COMMERCIAL LAW
2. Pharmacology – BIOS-11/A (formerly BIO/14)
- PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY AND PHARMACOGNOSY
- GENERAL AND MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY
- NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
- SPECIAL PHARMACOLOGY
- Antimicrobial and Anticancer Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics
3. Applied Pharmaceutical Technology – CHEM-08/A (formerly CHIM/09)
- BIOPHARMACEUTICS AND PREFORMULATION
- PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY WITH PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOUNDING PRACTICES
- ITALIAN AND EUROPEAN PHARMACEUTICAL LEGISLATION AND COMMERCIAL LAW
4. Biochemistry – BIOS-07/A (formerly BIO/10)
- BIOCHEMISTRY I
- BIOCHEMISTRY II
c) Approval from Internship Site
- Students must have obtained formal approval to carry out the internship from:
- the responsible pharmacist at the hosting pharmacy (community and/or hospital),
- the professional tutor, and
- the academic tutor.
For more details, please refer to the official TPV Regulations published on the course website under the section Training in Pharmacy.