Applicants to the M.S. or Professional Science Master's programs must have a bachelor's degree or be in the last semester of their baccalaureate program. Up to 12 credits of appropriate graduate course work with a grade of B or better can be transferred into the UMass Lowell M.S. Pharmaceutical Science programs if approved by the Graduate Coordinator.

Upon admission or through the successful completion of prerequisite courses, students will be expected to have demonstrated undergraduate level knowledge in biochemistry, calculus, general and organic chemistry, and biology or anatomy and physiology.