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Universidad CEU San Pablo links its academic excellence to a clearly international vision in the training of its students. This international dimension is reflected in the offer of Bilingual Degrees, International Mobility, International Internships, Summer University, Visiting Professors, and other activities, all of which are aimed at providing students with an international academic experience that will enable them to integrate into a global society.

The School of Pharmacy not only transmits knowledge and skills, seeking academic excellence and the best professional training for its students, but also their comprehensive training. The aim is to develop in students a spirit of self-improvement, to question themselves boldly but responsibly. For this development the student has the services of Pastoral, Volunteering, Sports, and Cultural Activities.

Universidad CEU San Pablo, concerned about the professional future of its students, has an Employment Guidance and Information Centre (COIE). It was created with the aim of offering professional internships in the best companies and institutions in Spain and the rest of Europe, favouring the labour insertion of its students and guiding them through seminars on professional opportunities, training courses for job search, the Entrepreneurs Club, as well as the Occupational Observatory.

In fact, the School's graduates have a 98.4 % job placement rate, 21.8 % of which is through the COIE.

The School of Pharmacy has laboratories, both for teaching and research, equipped with the most modern equipment. It also has a series of Research Support Services, both basic and clinical, in the School and in the Hospitals, with the most advanced technology.

The more than 70 teaching and research laboratories are equipped with modern equipment: X-ray, Mass Spectrometry, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Herbarium, Radiobiology Unit, Cell Culture Unit, Molecular Biology Laboratory, Biostatistics Unit, Animal Facilities, Metabolism and Body Composition Unit, Food Technology Pilot Plant, Sensory Analysis Laboratory, Pharmacology and Experimental Toxicology Unit, Optometry and Contact Lens Optics Office.

The School of Pharmacy also has 24 seminar rooms and 5 computer rooms.

Universidad CEU San Pablo Language Centre also has a language laboratory in the School of Pharmacy.

The School of Pharmacy is a clear example of CEU San Pablo University's firm commitment to research.

The School of Pharmacy is a Research Centre widely recognised for its excellence and tradition, consolidated in the Spanish university scene as an innovative centre thanks to a training project whose academic objectives are strongly interrelated: quality teaching, personalised attention to students and excellent research.

Research in our School ranges from the laboratory to clinical practice and the different lines of research (hyperlink to the lines) have public competitive funding and private funding.

Ongoing projects funded by pharmaceutical, chemical and food companies generally involve applied research, the results of which are visible in the short to medium term. Many of these large companies sponsor introductory research awards for students through the signing of Research Chairs. In addition, they offer places for our students to carry out internships in companies during their training period.

The involvement of students in research activities is achieved through the offer of the Bachelor's Degree Dissertation, which is a unique opportunity for students to gain experience in research methodology.

The University does not aim to train only researchers, but the experience of facing current scientific problems or those of technological transcendence induces a process of professional maturity before the end of the studies, which is fundamental in the final phase of the studies.

The School of Pharmacy at Universidad CEU San Pablo currently has almost 900 students studying. In the 2012-2013 academic year, the teaching personnel is made up of 124 lecturers, 98 of whom hold PhDs, which represents almost 80 % of the total, a percentage much higher than that required by the ANECA (National Agency for Quality Assurance and Accreditation).

This student/teacher ratio allows for personalised attention to students, a characteristic feature of this University, with each student being assigned a personal tutor at the time of enrolment. Classroom teaching is given in small groups. The number of students in laboratories is even smaller in order to guarantee the experimental training that the labour market demands and in which all our students excel.

PROFESSIONAL INTERNSHIPS are carried out thanks to more than 4,150 Educational Cooperation Agreements with companies, hospitals, industries, and public and private institutions. These agreements allow students in their final years to carry out an internship period.

Graduates from the School have a 98.4 % employment placement rate, 21.8 % of which is through the COIE, our School's Employment Guidance and Information Centre.