Higher pharmaceutical education is undergoing changes in accordance with the needs of the healthcare system and the requirements of international standards. The main goal of higher pharmaceutical education is to provide highly qualified training of pharmacists capable of critical thinking and making conscious and quality decisions in various practical situations of professional direction. In this regard, the style of pedagogical teaching of disciplines should also undergo changes and new modern approaches to the construction of the educational process are needed [1, 2]. The teacher should focus on the personal and professional individuality of each student, use a differentiated and creative approach, variable forms and training methods in the learning process. Among modern technologies and methods, a special place in the educational and training process is occupied by various interactive methods, because they allow one to focus on individual and group activities of students during the teaching educational disciplines, especially elective disciplines [3, 4]. According to the Law of Ukraine “On Higher Education”[5] students have the opportunity to choose elective courses. In Ukraine, the amount elective courses provided by the relevant educational program and curriculum is not less than 25% of the total number of ECTS credits, provided for this level of higher education. Elective courses realize an important role in students’ professional and personal development by integrating knowledge of many subjects and enriching their professional portfolio. They allow students to enhance their knowledge, skills, professional attitude and motivation, to activate their cognitive activity [6, 7]. The paper discusses the methods and approaches of teaching elective courses for foreign (English-speaking) pharmaceutical students at Department of Analytical, Physical and Colloidal Chemistry of Bogomolets National Medical University in conditions of distance learning, namely “Actual problems of pharmacy education”,“Fundamentals of patent law” and “Basics of chemical metrology”. More than three thousands foreign students from 64 countries are studying in Bogomolets National Medical University, in particular more than 2,500 English-speaking students from 48 countries [8]. So, the contingent of foreign citizens is heterogeneous in terms of national, social and religious characteristics, different levels of education and specific institutions in which foreigners received secondary education. An important component of the teaching methodology of the elective disciplines at department of analytical, physical and colloid chemistry is the competency-based