The course (including the placement) lasts one year on a full-time basis. The hospital pharmacy committee may agree to it being spread over two years, if students have professional responsibilities or if their personal situation justifies this: it is subject to the agreement of the President of the School of Pharmacy

The programme of classes and placements has recently been modified to give pharmacists better training in the basic principles of clinical pharmacy as well as the pharmacotherapy of the main pathologies encountered in the hospital environment.