Applicants with an undergraduate degree in chemistry, biology, engineering, or related fields from a regionally accredited institution are eligible to apply for our full-time, research-intensive PhD program in Pharmaceutical Sciences. Similarly, those with a completed professional degree like PharmD, MD, or DVM also meet eligibility requirements. Interested applicants can directly apply without prior completion of an MS degree. Admission to our competitive program, which offers supervised, full-time research training, is based on a selective process.

Programmatic minimum admission criteria include:

A U.S. bachelors degree from a regionally accredited college or university, or an equivalent degree from outside of the U.S.
A grade-point average (GPA) of at least 3.00 or non-U.S. equivalent
A Graduate Record Examination (GRE) score of at least 290/3.0 obtained within the past 5 years
TOEFL: minimum score of 80 iBT
In-person and at-home (online) exam scores accepted. TOEFL Essentials and My Best Test scores are not accepted.
IELTS: minimum score of 6.5 overall band
In-person and at-home (online) exam scores accepted. One Skill Retake is not accepted.
Duolingo (DET): minimum score of 110