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# 1 College of Pharmacy in Illinois
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# 14 Rank in Residency Matches - 2024
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# 15 College of Pharmacy in The Nation
PharmD Blurb
Pharmacists are the drug experts changing the face of healthcare. Whether it’s in a pharmacy, hospital, research, or industry, pharmacists are leading the way.
Find your calling and change the face of healthcare by joining us at the UIC Retzky College of Pharmacy. Expert faculty on the Chicago and Rockford campuses guide students through a world-class curriculum. The largest and most comprehensive clinical pharmacy program in the Nation affords our students experiences not available anywhere else. We provide an unparalleled interprofessional education by teaming up with the University’s seven health sciences colleges and integrated hospital system. The College also runs seven on-campus pharmacies (more than any other college of pharmacy in the country) offering students ample opportunity to put their education into practice.
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Our Students Are...
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31 % First-Generation College Students
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23 % Underrepresented Minorities
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45 % Multilingual
Program Information
PharmD Concentrations
The PharmD program offers eight different degree concentrations. Concentrations are an optional way to add a specialty to your education to distinguish yourself when applying for fellowships, residences, and jobs.
- Acute Care Pharmacy
Develops abilities to provide care in inpatient hospital environments such as intensive care units and emergency departments. - Administration and Leadership
Exposes students to a variety of practice settings, including hospital, ambulatory, managed care, specialty pharmacy, and industry. Covers topics like leadership styles, change management, budget management, planning, communication, and advocacy. - Ambulatory Care Pharmacy
Exposes students to prevention and management of chronic disease states such as diabetes, hypertension, asthma, and heart failure. - Experimental Therapeutics and Clinical Research
Exposes students to aspects of clinical and translational research design and analysis, communication, and application of medical evidence. Students participate in research with a faculty mentor. - Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR)
Develops aspects of health economics and outcomes research, including pharmacoeconomics, patient-reported outcomes, and decision analysis. - Pharmaceutical Sciences
Focuses on chemistry, biology, pharmaceutics, pharmacognosy, genomics, and bioinformatics and provides research opportunities in drug discovery and development. - Rural Pharmacy (RPHARM)
RPHARM is an interprofessional program that prepares pharmacy students to provide services in rural communities. - Urban Pharmacy (UPHARM)
UPHARM introduces students to concepts and issues as they relate to urban public health and primary care practice.
Joint vs Dual
UIC makes a distinction between joint and dual degree programs. Approved joint degree programs share a certain number of courses that are used for both degrees. With dual degree programs, there is no course overlap between the two degrees.
PharmD/PhD
We offer a joint PharmD/PhD degree program. Students in the program can pursue the PharmD degree at the same time as any of our PhD degrees.
The joint program is designed for students interested in both the clinical aspects of pharmacy and research. With careful selection and timing of courses, joint program students can earn both degrees in less overall time than it would take to complete each degree separately.
PharmD/MBA
The College of Business Administration and the College of Pharmacy offer a program of study leading to the Master of Business Administration and the Doctor of Pharmacy, or PharmD/MBA degree. The joint program is designed for students seeking healthcare and business preparation for healthcare executive positions such as:
- Government
- Hospital systems
- Long-term care
- Health organizations
- Planning/regulatory bodies
- Consulting
One College, Two Campuses
The UIC Retzky College of Pharmacy is one College on two Chicago and Rockford campuses. Faculty are shared between campuses and use broadcast technology to teach to all students. The classes are taught live and then recorded so students can watch them later to prepare for tests. You can learn more about the campuses at the links and video below.