Practical year for pharmacists

Pharmacy students regularly have the opportunity to spend the second half of their compulsory practical year (as required by Article 4 of the Licensing Regulations for Pharmacists) at Bayer HealthCare. We make around 20 places available every year. If you want to use your practical year to combine valuable experience with unique insight into research, development, manufacture or quality control at one of the world’s leading health care companies – then apply to us! Below is all the information you will need to submit an application.

What documents should your application contain?
All applications for a practical pharmacy placement at Bayer HealthCare must be made online through our employment site at MyBayerjob.de. Your online application should include a CV (resume), electronic copies (scans) of your high school leaving certificate and the certificate showing that you have passed your first state pharmacy exam. If you have other important documents – such as references from other practical placements that you have already completed – you should add these to your application.

How does the application procedure work?
If we are interested in pursuing your application, we will invite you to an interview so that we can gain a personal impression of you. If, after the interview, both parties are interested in working together, you will receive a written offer from us for a six-month pharmacy practical at Bayer HealthCare.

When does the practical placement take place?
We offer two fixed dates each year for starting the six month pharmacy placement:

• May 1 to October 31, or
• November 1 to April 30

We regret that alternative dates are not available. You should apply about one year before you want to start a placement.

Where does the practical placement take place?
Pharmacy students can carry out their placement at our Pharmaceuticals sites in Berlin, Leverkusen and Wuppertal. Students can also spend the six months in our Animal Health Division in Monheim.

In what pharmaceutical areas can students work at Bayer HealthCare?
You can basically work in any part of Bayer HealthCare during your placement – ranging from research and development to analytics and production, regulatory affairs or marketing. We always try to take the specific interests and strengths of our pharmacy students into account. Please feel free to mention which area you would like to work in when you submit your application, giving one or two alternatives. During your placement you will generally work independently on a small project. You will write a report on the results of your work at the end of your placement.

What references and certificates are issued to placement students?
All placement students will receive a certificate for the examinations office and a reference from Bayer HealthCare at the end of their practical year.

Testimonial
A testimonial of the practical year can be found here.