The Bachelor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Costa Rica forms a professional person in the health area specialized in medicines and products of sanitary interest, trained to contribute to research and development, production, quality control, regulation, promotion, dispensing, applying, evaluating and optimizing the use of medicines, cosmetics, natural products, biomedical equipment and material, and pharmacopoeic articles with competences that allow him to be an essential member of the health team, decision maker, communicator, leader, administrator, lifelong student, and teacher1, committed to research, quality, and professional excellence, ensuring the maintenance of health public by actively participating in health promotion and disease prevention,