The duration of the studies and the training programme is one year, full-time. On the recommendation of the Industrial Pharmacist Management Committee, the study programme can be spread over two academic years, subject to the authorisation of the President of the School of Pharmacy in the case where the student is professionally active elsewhere or if his particular situation is considered to justify this.

The programme comprises 2 parts :
• the first part is made up of a core syllabus organised by the three universities. This core syllabus is divided into 7 modules (A to G), each including theoretical sessions as well as seminars. The total timetable volume of this core syllabus amounts to 450 hours (45 ECTS), with each university taking in charge one third, or 150 hours of the programme.
• the second part consists of an individual piece of work that the student will prepare during the course of a 12 week training period of work experience carried out in one or several departments, either in one of the universities, or in a pharmaceutical industry proposed by the programme management committee, or yet again in the context of an inter-university SOCRATES/ERASMUS exchange scheme. The total timetable volume of this second part amounts to 150 hours (15 ECTS).