Scholarships

Two UIC PharmD 2025 graduates pose outside the Dorin Forum in their regalia

Gifts to support student success at the College help our students thrive both in and beyond the classroom. In addition to funding scholarships, your support provides critical resources like NAPLEX exam preparation, career development programs, mentorship opportunities, and more, equipping future pharmacists with the tools they need to succeed and lead.

Student Support

  • 231 students were awarded scholarships in FY 2024

  • 466 K awarded in FY 2024 to student scholarships

  • 92 % of enrolled students receive financial assistance

  • 90 + endowed student scholarships at the College

  • $4.5 Million in cumulative scholarship support over the past 10 years

About the Retzky College of Pharmacy Legacy Scholarship

In our 165th year of educating pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists, producing cutting-edge research, and providing innovative patient care to serve our local, national, and global communities, the college introduced its Legacy Scholarship Program.

This matching scholarship program, the first of its kind at UIC, is an investment in our students that will help ensure they complete their pharmacy education with debt below the national average. Your gift will help ensure the brightest minds keep applying to pharmacy school and are able to choose UIC over other competitors.

The Retzky College of Pharmacy will match 50% or 100% of your contribution when you invest in the Legacy Scholarship Program with a gift that meets the following requirements:

  • Contribute $50,000 and the college will make a 50% match on your scholarship gift
  • Contribute $100,000 to $1 million and the college will make a 100% match on your scholarship gift
  • Gifts must support merit or need based recruitment scholarships in the College
  • Donor(s) may add one additional preferred criterion (e.g., degree program, department, or
    geographic location)
  • Qualifying gifts may be pledged but must be fully paid within five years to remain eligible

Do you already have an endowed a scholarship with the College? If you are willing to update the scholarship criteria as stated above and in the amounts required above, you can qualify for the match for additions to your existing scholarship.

For any questions about this scholarship program and gifts to the college, please contact pharmacy-advancement@uic.edu.