Faculty of Pharmacy
Anchieta Campus
Infrastructure and services
The Faculty of Pharmacy at the ULL currently has around 750 enrolled students and has the following types of spaces available in the morning and afternoon to accommodate its theoretical and practical teaching:
A. Located in the Faculty's classroom building:
B. Located in different departments
The following is a list of the facilities and equipment available in the laboratories of the Departments involved in the Pharmacy Degree:
Department of Botany, Ecology and Plant Physiology
Botany Area:
Practical laboratory with 25 places, equipped with 25 binocular magnifying glasses (stereoscopic microscopes) and 25 microscopes, a microscope connected to a viewing monitor, a fume hood, a blackboard and an overhead projector.
Area of Plant Physiology:
Practical laboratory with 25 places, equipped with microbalances, analytical balances, magnetic stirrers, oven, refrigerator, spectrophotometers, water distillation equipment, a fume hood, a whiteboard and a projector. Also with various laboratory equipment.
Department of Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry Area
6 laboratories for practical training: 2 in the Faculty of Pharmacy; 2 in the Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Food Science (Faculty of Chemistry); 2 in the Extension of the Faculty of Chemistry (where the practical training for Chemical Analysis is currently carried out).
The equipment in these laboratories is as follows: 2 analytical balances; 2 triple-beam balances; 6 potentiometers/pH meters; 2 conductivity meters; 1 voltammeter; 6 UV-Vis spectrophotometers; 1 fluorometer; 1 atomic absorption spectrophotometer; 2 flame photometers; High-performance liquid chromatograph; Gas chromatograph; 2 refractometers; 1 polarimeter; 1 Soxhlet extractor; 1 Kjeldahl apparatus; 1 fiber determination apparatus; 4 ovens; 1 muffle furnace; 2 vacuum pumps; 1 ultrasonic bath; 2 Gerber centrifuges; 1 rotary evaporator; Various distillation equipment.
Department of Chemical Engineering and Pharmaceutical Technology
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology Area
Laboratory with 48 simultaneous places.
4 UV-VIS spectrophotometers; 1 semi-automatic encapsulator; 4 balances; 11 manual encapsulators; 4 thermostatic baths; 4 magnetic stirrers; 1 V-mixer; 2 dissolution apparatuses; 1 Bonals eccentric compression machine; 2 disintegration apparatuses; 1 ultrasonic bath; 1 fume hood; 1 automatic durometer; 1 friability apparatus; 2 Unguator mixers; 1 fluorescent light chamber for accelerated stability testing.
Nutrition and Food Science Area
The equipment in this laboratory, which has 25 places, is as follows: 2 analytical balances; 2 triple-beam balances; 6 potentiometers/pH meters; 2 conductivity meters; 1 voltammeter; 6 UV-Vis spectrophotometers; 1 fluorometer; 1 atomic absorption spectrophotometer; 2 flame photometers; 1 high-performance liquid chromatograph; 1 gas chromatograph; 2 refractometers; 1 polarimeter; 1 Soxhlet extractor; 1 Kjeldahl apparatus; 1 fiber determination apparatus; 4 ovens; 1 muffle furnace; 2 vacuum pumps; 1 ultrasonic bath; 2 Gerber centrifuges; 1 rotary evaporator; and various distillation equipment.
Department of Organic Chemistry
Faculty of Pharmacy
2 Laboratories of 32 places, with 5 localized extraction hoods, 1 safety cabinet for flammable products, 2 rotary evaporators, 1 oven, 2 bathrooms, 1 melting point apparatus, 1 balance and 1 Argon N-40 bottle.
2 laboratories of 16 places, with 3 localized extraction hoods, 2 rotary evaporators, 1 oven, 2 bathrooms, 1 balance, 1 melting point apparatus.
1 Multipurpose room: computer and audiovisual. 6 desktop computers, 1 portable projector and a projection screen. 1 long table and 10 chairs. 8 shelves with books and manuals.
2 classrooms for preparing for practical training with 15 seats each. 1 long table and 15 chairs.
1 Chemical reagent storage room and 1 Glass storage room (within the Department premises). 1 Flammable solvent storage room (outside the building) and 1 Archive (in the basement of the Faculty of Pharmacy), all equipped with shelving and exhaust fans.
Chemistry Section
2 Laboratories of 48 places, with 5 localized extraction hoods, 1 safety cabinet for flammable products, 2 rotary evaporators, 2 ovens, 2 melting point apparatus, 2 scales and 2 bathrooms.
3 laboratories with 32 places, with 4 localized extraction hoods, 1 rotary evaporator, 2 ovens, 2 melting point apparatus.
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, Pediatrics, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Toxicology, Legal and Forensic Medicine and Parasitology
Parasitology Area
A space of about 60 m2 equipped as a laboratory for practical exercises, with capacity for 20 students placed on tables adapted for microscopic observation.
Materials: 20 optical microscopes, 7 stereoscopic microscopes; one fluorescence microscope, one inverted microscope, ovens, balances, staining trays and a collection of permanent parasite preparations sufficient to serve the students.
Toxicology Area
16 seats and four work tables.
2 Bausch-Lomb Spectronic 20 spectrophotometers; 1 fluoride ion-selective electrode; 1 water bath; 1 precision balance; Common laboratory consumables (pipettes, burettes, funnels, volumetric flasks and Erlenmeyer flasks, etc.).
Area of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
Laboratory of 200 m2 extension with Stoacher water, gas and electricity connections, Water filtration ramps and corresponding equipment, Culture ovens (37ºC, 44ºC, 22ºC), Refrigerators, Precision balances, Gas extraction hood, Denstometer (MCFarland), Portable equipment for chemical determinations in water, Freezer at -50ºC, Laptop Computer, Rear projection projector.
Department of English and German Philology
The credits that this Department will have in the new Degree are limited to 1.5 in the Final Degree Project, so we will not need to use facilities and specific equipment specific to the Pharmacy degree.
Department of Mathematical Analysis
It does not require specific equipment to teach the content of the subjects of the Pharmacy Degree.
Department of Basic Medical Sciences
Area of Human Anatomy and Embryology
2 seminar rooms with capacity for 20 people each.
1 Computer and projection room: equipped with 10 networked computers and Wi-Fi (available throughout the building). Projector system with capacity for 50 people.
1 Dissection room with capacity for 90 students, 7 steel boxes for corpses, 2 fixed dissection tables and 6 wooden practice tables (capacity of 10 students each table).
1 Practice room attached to the dissection room with 6 wooden practice tables (capacity of 10 students per table).
Osteoteca: also includes other practical material (models, anatomical reconstructions by planes, etc.).
Refrigerated chamber for corpses: with capacity for 25 corpses in maintenance (0-5ºC) and 25 corpses in freezing (-18 to -20 ºC).
Body storage area with two-body refrigerator, infrastructure for fixing and preparing corpses, and maceration.
These facilities are available for teaching in the undergraduate programs of Medicine (1st and 2nd year), Pharmacy (1st year), Nursing (1st year), Physiotherapy (1st and 2nd year), Speech Therapy (1st year), and Psychology (1st year). The hours of use are from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., depending on the teaching schedule and the syllabi of each subject.
Physiology Area
In the Faculty of Pharmacy: Computer lab and audiovisual room with capacity for 40 students, respectively.
In the Department of Physiology (Faculty of Medicine, ULL): A) Computer lab, with 15 operational PCs connected to a network, and seating for 2 students per computer. B) Laboratory practice room (or for other small group activities), with projector, screen, and PC, and capacity for 15-20 people. C) Meeting room (suitable for tutorials and small group activities) with a large table, capacity for up to 15 people, with projector and a large wall-mounted screen.
Department of Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry Area
Located in the Faculty of Pharmacy
A 28 m² classroom with 25 writing chairs, a computer, projector, overhead projector, small screen, and whiteboard. The department library primarily contains research books and is partly used as a workspace for fellows and researchers. Very limited potential for teaching purposes.
Located in the Chemistry Section
Classroom B, 22 m², with 15 writing chairs, a large screen, whiteboard, projector, and computer. Five computers with internet access, equipped with Windows XP and office software, suitable for virtual classrooms. Plans are in place to add eight more computers in the 2009-2010 academic year.
Practical seminar room, 22 m2 with 25 writing chairs, table and overhead projector.
Laboratory 1, with capacity for 50-70 students, includes several fume hoods and 50 lockers. It has a storage room for materials and a supply room. Two groups of 50 students can be accommodated in the same laboratory at different times, working in pairs. It is equipped with a SHIMADZU-UV-2101 PC Ultraviolet-Visible Spectrophotometer, a THERMO NICOLET AVATAR 360 FT-IR Infrared Spectrophotometer, a ZUZI 50404000 Manual Polarimeter, a NEWPORT INSTRUMENTS Model SM12 Magnetic Measuring Balance, two STUART RE 300 B Rotary Evaporators, and an ELECTROTHERMAL 8103 Meltometer.
Laboratory 2, with capacity for 40-60 students, has four fume hoods and 40 lockers. It does not have an adjoining seminar room. This laboratory is smaller than the previous one and includes a storage area for materials. It is possible to accommodate two groups of 40 students in the same laboratory at different times, working in pairs.
Physical Chemistry Area
At the Faculty of Pharmacy
Practical laboratory with 6 half tables (fitted for 30/32 students), 1 old deteriorated bell, 2 sink benches, 1 stove, 1 glass product storage room.
In the Chemistry Section
Laboratory integrated into the application building with 13 half tables (adjusted for 30/32 students), 3 bells at the back of the laboratory, 9 sink benches, 1 stove, 1 glass product storage.
Analytical Chemistry Area
6 laboratories for practical work: 2 in the Faculty of Pharmacy; 2 in the Department of Chemistry located in the Chemistry Section; 2 in the extension of the Chemistry Section (in which the Chemical Analysis practicals are currently carried out).
The equipment in these laboratories is as follows: 2 analytical balances; 2 triple-beam balances; 6 potentiometers/pH meters; 2 conductivity meters; 1 voltammeter; 6 UV-Vis spectrophotometers; 1 fluorometer; 1 atomic absorption spectrophotometer; 2 flame photometers; High-performance liquid chromatograph; Gas chromatograph; 2 refractometers; 1 polarimeter; 1 Soxhlet extractor; 1 Kjeldahl apparatus; 1 fiber determination apparatus; 4 ovens; 1 muffle furnace; 2 vacuum pumps; 1 ultrasonic bath; 2 Gerber centrifuges; 1 rotary evaporator; various distillation equipment.
Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, Cell Biology and Genetics
Microbiology Area
Faculty of Pharmacy
UDI laboratory with 15 student workstations, 15 binocular microscopes, 3 water baths, 4 tube shakers, 1 centrifuge.
Basement laboratory with 25 student workstations, 15 binocular microscopes, 1 refrigerator, 3 water baths, 1 centrifuge, 2 laboratory ovens, 1 mash tun, 1 granatary, 2 vacuum pumps, 3 tube shakers.
Cell Biology Area
Biology Section
General laboratory with 20 student workstations, 20 binocular microscopes, 2 tube shakers, 1 projector and sound equipment, 1 refrigerator, 1 slide drying oven, 1 paraffin microtome, 1 mounting bath.
Laboratory in the Faculty of Pharmacy suitable for teaching practical classes to students. Sufficient furniture to accommodate 20-25 students simultaneously.
Equipment required for the practicals: 6 spectrophotometers, 6 pH meters, 1 low-speed centrifuge, 1 Eppendorf microcentrifuge, sources and cuvettes for performing electrophoresis of DNA and proteins in acrylamide and in cellulose acetate, 6 peristaltic pumps, 6 molecular exclusion chromatography columns, 1 transilluminator, 18-20 micropipettes of different capacities, several vortex mixers, stirrers, a thermostatically controlled water bath and glass and plastic material necessary for carrying out the practicals.
Department of Physical Medicine and Pharmacology
Pharmacology Area
Unit of Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy
At the Faculty of Pharmacy
Individual offices for all teachers, with approximate dimensions of 13m2, with network connections, computer and printer.
A seminar room of approximately 24 m² for shared tasks, with a capacity for 12 people, equipped with a network connection, computer, printer, projector, and slide projector. Dedicated rooms for practical classes (98 m² and 60.9 m² respectively) are equipped with the following: extraction hoods, vacuum pumps, ovens, scales, mills, microscopes, Soxhlet extractors, Clevenger apparatus, spectrophotometer, centrifuge, pH meter, metabolic cages, rotary evaporators, hot plates, stirrers, thermostatic bath, and ultraviolet lamp.
Graduation Hall: It has 128 seats, network access, and a video projection system, including rear projection, slide projectors, and screens. It also features an interactive whiteboard.
Computer lab: With 40 terminals, network access, video projection system, two projection projectors, a conventional whiteboard and another for interactive use, and equipment for using the ULL free software system.
Virtual space: Wireless network installed in different parts of the Faculty (Graduation Hall, study rooms, cafeteria and library, laboratories and classrooms) that covers practically the entire 100% of the common areas.
Library serviceThe pharmacy faculty library is located on the ground floor of the building and is open to the public from 8:15 a.m. to 8:45 p.m., Monday to Friday. To contact them, please call 922 318 432 or send an email. e-mail.
The facilities consist of a study room, another study room with access to reference manuals, and a work room where talking is allowed and where there are two carrels for group work, with a capacity for 6 people each.
The services offered by university library They are as follows. Click on each one to learn more:
The library staff will be happy to assist you with any questions.
Student Delegation: There is a space of about 35 m2 available for students to organize various cultural activities.
The Faculty of Pharmacy building complies with the provisions of Law 51/2003 of December 2 (Official State Gazette, December 3, 2003), on equal opportunities, non-discrimination, and accessibility for people with disabilities. Therefore, the building has access and ramps for wheelchair users. Furthermore, it has implemented the security measures required by current regulations.
Supervised Internships and External Internships:
The existing agreements with public and private institutions provide a good range of Supervised and External Internships (which are intended to be improved and/or expanded each year) that are aligned with the training program and allow students to establish initial contact with the professional world. The entities and institutions with which the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of La Laguna (ULL) has signed the corresponding agreements for the Supervised Internship course are listed in Table 7.1.
We have 121 pharmacies and 5 hospital pharmacy services in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and 92 pharmacies and 7 hospital pharmacy services in the province of Las Palmas that participate in the Supervised Practices program. This allows us to maintain a supply that exceeds demand, which will enable us in the future to select centers based on the quality of the services offered.
In addition, students can carry out external internships in the Drug Information Centers (CIM) of the Official Colleges of Pharmacists, in the provinces of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; in the health areas of the Municipalities of Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife and La Laguna and in the Association for the Treatment of Drug Addiction (ANTAD).