History and mission
On 4 April 2016 with DR. N 895/2016 from the merger of the Department of Pharmacy with the Department of Food Science was established the Department of Food and Drug, activated on January 1, 2017.
Presently, the teaching activity of the Department includes:
Students come from different parts of Italy, with not more than 30% from Parma and the local province. Many come from the regions of Emilia, Lombardy, Liguria, Tuscany and Veneto. The most frequent provinces after Parma are Reggio Emilia, Piacenza, Mantova, Cremona, Brescia, La Spezia, Massa and Verona. There are also many students from the south of Italy, particularly Puglia.