PhD Pharmacy at University of Iowa

Programme overview

The PhD in pharmacy has three subprograms: Drug Discovery and Experimental Therapeutics, Health Services Research, and Pharmaceutics. All require 72 s.h.

Faculty: College of Pharmacy | Department: Pharmacy | Duration: 72 s.h.; about five years | Location: Iowa City, IA, United States

What you will study

Drug Discovery: required courses (PHAR 5510, 6504, 6515, 6820), electives and a year-three comprehensive exam. Health Services Research: core competencies, research methods and statistics, a 24 s.h. specialty area and qualifying exams. Pharmaceutics: 15 s.h. divisional courses, electives and PHAR 6720 research, with a year-three comprehensive exam.

Career pathways

Research, teaching and administrative roles in industry, universities, government agencies and health-related organizations.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants must meet the admission requirements of the Graduate College. They must: hold a bachelor's degree from a U.S. institution or an equivalent degree from another country as determined by University of Iowa Admissions; and have a minimum grade-point average of at least 3.00. Students may submit a Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test score, but that is optional. Academic requirements for maintaining graduate registration are determined by the Graduate College and by the individual divisions in the College of Pharmacy.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate and professional admission requirements, costs and deadlines are set by each degree programme; applicants apply through the Admissions Profile application and may apply to only one programme unless applying to a combined degree programme.

Apply through the official page: https://admissions.uiowa.edu/

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