Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD Direct Entry) (2023)

Applications are checked on an ongoing basis. Applications submitted and completed early in the process will be considered more favorably for admission and scholarships, although you may be invited to campus for a program interview.

Admission requirements for freshmen

First-year students can view admission requirements and deadlines on ourBachelor CandidatesSide.

Admission requirements for the transition to year I or year II (pre-professional entry)

Application Deadline - August 15th

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• Official certificates from all colleges/universities attended
• Additional program- or student-specific items may be required after an initial review of their application, and students will be notified on the student enrollment portal.
• Schedule aAppointment of a consultantfor an individual assessment of your transfer credits.

Admission requirements for earned/transferred bachelor’s degrees for P1 entry

Application Deadline - June 1st

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• Official certificates from all colleges/universities attended
• Personal opinion
• A letter of recommendation
• Additional program- or student-specific items may be required after an initial review of their application, and students will be notified on the student enrollment portal.

Required courses for admission to P1 Entry:

Affiliated courses are available through the MCPHS School of Professional Studies.

Compulsory subjects for students with a US or Canadian bachelor's or US master's degree:

• anatomy and physiology(3 Credits)
• General Biology I(3 Credits)
• General biology II with laboratory(4 Credits)
• Calculus I(3 Credits)
• General chemistry I with laboratory(4 Credits)
• General chemistry II with laboratory(4 Credits)
• Organic chemistry I with laboratory(4 Credits)
• Organic chemistry II(3 Credits)
• Microbiology with laboratory(4 Credits)
• Physik and(3 credits on Calculus or 6 credits on Algebra Basics)
• The statistics(3 credits) (Applicable substitutes are Basic Statistics, Biostatistics, Psychological Statistics, Economic Statistics)

Additional required courses for students without a bachelor's degree in the USA or Canada:

• College Writing/English (6 credits)
• Psychology (3 Credits)
• Social Sciences (3 credits)
• Liberal Arts-Kurse (15 Credits)

Professional years III-VI

Total credits to meet completion requirements: *210

Fifth Year (Third Professional Year)

Students complete the Pharmacy Curriculum Outcomes Assessment (PCOA). This exam is only taken once at the beginning of the spring semester. The date will be communicated to the students in the fall semester.

Sixth Year (Fourth Professional Year)

During the senior year, PharmD students earn 36 credit hours by completing 36 weeks of experimental advanced pharmaceutical practice rotations. The rotations start as early as May and run continuously until the end of November or December. The rotations start again in January and end in May.

Students are required to complete rotations in internal medicine, institutional pharmacy practice, ambulatory care, and community pharmacy practice. In addition, students complete two electives in areas such as administration, cardiology, group practice, intensive care medicine, drug information, emergency medicine, gastroenterology, infectious diseases, nephrology, oncology/hematology, obstetrics/gynaecology, pediatrics, poison information and psychiatry.

Student-chosen electives are reviewed by experiential education coordinators to determine whether the subjects provide appropriate emphasis and balance to the student's overall program. Rotations are scheduled by the Experiential Education Department and are subject to change at the discretion of the coordinator(s).

Students must also successfully complete online NAPLEX review modules and regularly scheduled assessments (i.e., RxPrep) during Year 6 as a condition of graduation. Although no credits or grades are awarded, students are required to achieve a minimum score on the assessments. Students must also attend a mandatory board review and complete a mandatory diagnostic exam in the final week of the final APPE rotation.

Each student must have access to a laptop for the duration of each year. (Please note that tablets (e.g. iPads) are currently not compatible with the latest features of ExamSoft ExamID and ExamMonitor.)

To begin using ExamSoft software at this point, students must ensure their laptops meet the following minimum requirements based on the type of device they intend to use with ExamSoft:

Windows-Computer

Mac OS Computer

Students in the Boston PharmD program can enroll in the 5-year Accelerated PharmD Pathway and complete the professional phase of their degree in three years (instead of four) and transfer to the Worcester or Manchester campus after two years of initial pre-professional study in Boston. Interested students can apply in the spring of the second year of study, provided they have an average grade of at least 3.0 and submit an internal intensity application. (Students with these qualifications are guaranteed an interview at the campus of their choice).

The five-year program represents a full-year, career-focused curriculum. Upon moving to the Worcester or Manchester campus, students will enroll in eight classes in the P1 year case and complete the PharmD curriculum over a total of 8 semesters, including two Summer semester. Transfer Process Ongoing - MCPHS - Boston Students Retain Existing Scholarships.

The PhD program in Pharmacy offers highly motivated and academically gifted students the opportunity to pursue their professional interests and expand their skills and talents beyond the levels possible in the standard PharmD curriculum.

Honor students become:

• Participate in small class seminars with peers that encourage the development and improvement of research and presentation skills
• Work closely with faculty members during seminars and research activities
• Get matched with an individual research mentor from the faculty
• Conduct a research project under the supervision of your pharmaceutical, clinical, or pharmaceutical and administrative sciences research mentor

Advantages:

• Enhanced career and career advancement
• Acquire research and presentation skills through seminars and your research projects that will help students become stronger professional candidates in their academic and professional pursuits
• Close working relationships with professors and their research mentors who have the potential for papers to be presented at conferences or published
• Honors the degree designation upon completion of all program requirements

Boston School of Pharmacy

The School of Pharmacy - Boston (SOP-B) is committed to the development and delivery of quality programs that prepare a culturally diverse student body to become qualified patient-centered nursing, service and research professionals in pharmaceutical careers while maintaining a multidisciplinary environment conducive to excellence in teaching, scholarship and career advancement.

strategic plan

The School of Pharmacy–Boston conducts planning and evaluation to meet and improve fulfillment of its mission. Long-term planning goals are articulated in itBoston School of Pharmacy Strategic Plan.