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College of Pharmacy | University of Illinois at Chicago

Where today's experts shape the leaders of tomorrow.
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UIC is ranked the #6 College of Pharmacy in the country for good reason: research and clinical innovations, discoveries and comprehensive, committed teaching. That is why we've been defining the field for more than 150 years.

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A $51 Billion Dollar Problem.

Heroin’s Use Rising, Costing Society More Than $51 Billion

June 9, 2017UIC pharmacoeconomists led by Simon Pickard and Ruixuan Jiang created a cost-analytic model to determine how heroin impacts society using several variables: number of imprisoned heroin users and their crimes; treatment costs of heroin abuse; chronic infectious diseases contracted through heroin abuse (HIV, Hepatitis B and C, and tuberculosis), and cost of their treatments; cost of treating newborns with medical conditions associated with heroin; lost productivity at work; and heroin overdose deaths.

Our Locations

Chicago Campus

Our Chicago campus is strategically located in the world-renown Illinois Medical District, providing numerous educational, clinical, and collaborative opportunities in a diverse urban setting.

Rockford Campus

Our Rockford campus, which opened in 2010, shares a 20-acre tree-lined site and state-of-the-art facilities with the U of I College of Medicine and College of Nursing at Rockford. Students gain hands-on clinical experience at the city’s multiple hospitals.

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Our People

Judy Bolton
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Head of Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy

Judy Bolton

The people in this department have a lot of respect for one another and know they can walk down the hallway and talk with one of their colleagues about research problems and know that at the end of the talk, they may have another idea for a successful research project.
Jewel Sophia Younge
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Class of 2017

Jewel Sophia Younge

I chose UIC, primarily, for the videotaped lectures. Although I try never to miss class, I love that I can go home and re-listen to lectures.
Dima Qato
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Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes and Policy

Dima Qato

We have to encourage and promote greater accountability for public health among the drug store enterprises.
Paula Bielnicka
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Class of 2018

Paula Bielnicka

All of my teachers are experts in their fields which provides me with the knowledge and research opportunities to further my career in the small world of pharmacy.
Jeiran Ghasemi
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Class of 2016

Jeiran Ghasemi

The Rockford campus is one big family and I wanted to be a part of it.

Why UIC?  Because our students are given the foundation to pursue their dreams.  

Last year, our residency match rate was 77%.  

There’s always room in our legacy for more great minds and caring hearts, whether you’re a student, professor, preceptor, or supporter of our mission.

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