Herbal sciences and technologies
Class: L-29 R -
A course designed for those interested in the field of cultivation, collection, transformation, formulation, packaging and marketing of medicinal plants. You will be able to work as a technician for the protection of spontaneous medicinal plants and to control their collection and quality in public administrations, or as a professional in herbalists and pharmacies, in the production, wholesale and import companies of medicinal plants or in the pharmaceutical companies that produce phytotherapy , homeopathic products and food supplements. You will acquire basic knowledge of chemistry, biology, mathematics, physics, statistics and computer science, as well as professionalising knowledge related to the supply chain of medicinal plants and their derivatives.
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Characteristics and objectives
The degree course trains professionals with an adequate knowledge of cultural and scientific contents required by the professional class area L-29. A graduate student has a basic knowledge of chemistry, biology, mathematics, physics, statistics, and computer science, which are all functional to the professional training. The degree course aims to give the student the knowledge of the supply chain leading to management, quality control and development of the production, processing, and marketing of medicinal plants and their derivatives.
Occupational opportunities
Graduates have the ability to perform technical tasks in the management and control of cultivation, harvesting, processing, formulation, quality control, packaging and marketing of medicinal plants with the aim of improving both the product and its use. The graduate He can work as a technician for the protection of wild medicinal plants and check their collection in the administrations of the Region and the Province. The His professional activity can take place in herbalist's shop and pharmacies with herbal department, in the manufacturing, wholesale and import of medicinal plants, as well as in companies involved in plant extraction, transformation and control of raw plant materials; in pharmaceutical companies operating in the production of herbal remedies, homeopathic products and dietary supplements made from medicinal plants; in areas involving the promotion and advertising of products made from raw plant materials; further occupational areas include public and private organizations dealing with awareness on products based on raw plant materials.
From Bachelor's degree to Master's degree
This course belongs to a degree class that does not consider a direct continuation of studies with a master's degree. However, it is possible that part of the acquired university credits will be recognized in order to enrol on years following the first in single-cycle master's degree courses, such as Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, or to enrol in a master's degree course after successfully passing specific examinations relating to activities necessary to fulfil the access requirements.
