Field of Study: Pharmaceutical Sciences
Graduate admissions
Admission to graduate programs is competitive. You need a bachelor's degree, good grades, and good test scores.
Additional requirements at some schools include:
- Graduate Record Exam (GRE) General
- Letters of recommendation
- Personal statement
- Professional resume
- Research and laboratory experience
- Undergraduate degree or significant course work in pharmaceutical sciences, biology, chemistry, zoology, engineering, or other related degree
- Significant course work in calculus, statistics, and physics
Typical course work
This undergraduate program typically includes courses in the following subjects:
- Advanced Statistics
- Drug Delivery
- Drug Metabolism
- Medicinal Chemistry
- Molecular Biochemistry
- Molecular Thermodynamics
- Pharmacogenomics
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacology
- Principles of Genetics
- Principles of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Research Methods
In addition, graduate programs that lead to a master's or doctoral degree in pharmaceutical sciences typically include:
- Laboratory research projects
- Thesis (master's degree)
- Preliminary exams (doctoral degree only)
- Dissertation and dissertation defense (doctoral degree)
