Scholarships
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149 out-of-state students received tuition scholarships, including 43 P1s.
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$62K 4-year tuition savings for an out-of-state student receiving tuition scholarship
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$2.3M awarded in tuition scholarships each year
Scholarships for Incoming Students
The UIC College of Pharmacy offers many scholarship opportunities for new students. These scholarships are applied to tuition. For more information about these scholarship opportunities, please contact the College of Pharmacy, Office of Student Affairs, at pharmd@uic.edu.
FALL 2021 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICANTS
For students applying for Fall 2020 admission, the scholarship application essay will be included on the PharmCAS application.
Priority Scholarship Application Deadline: January 4, 2021
To be eligible for this priority scholarship consideration, students should complete and submit the PharmCAS application by Jan. 4, 2021 and also should schedule and complete the PharmD interview by Feb. 1, 2020.
Initial Scholarship Notification: February 8-12, 2021
Students who apply for scholarships after the priority scholarship application deadline will be notified after March 1, 2021 and will be notified on an ongoing basis throughout the admission cycle as scholarships become available.
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Tuition
To augment the geographic diversity of the student body, the College of Pharmacy offers tuition scholarships for out-of-state students who are committed to completing the PharmD degree at UIC. The scholarship gives high-achieving and talented out-of-state students the opportunity to pay an alternate tuition rate equal to the in-state tuition rate.
Chicago
All out-of-state applicants who apply through the Early Decision admission process as well as any out-of-state regular admission applicants who complete and submit the PharmCAS application by Tuesday, September 3, 2019 and who interview and are offered admission prior to October 18, 2019 will be granted the College of Pharmacy Tuition Scholarship. International students are not eligible for in-state tuition at the Chicago campus.
There may be a limited number of College of Pharmacy Tuition Scholarships awarded for Chicago out-of-state applicants who apply during the regular admissions cycle and interview and are offered admission after October 18, 2019.
Rockford
The College of Pharmacy Tuition Scholarship is granted to all out-of-state applicants including international students who are offered admission throughout the application cycle.
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excellence
The Pharmacy Excellence Scholarship is designed to attract and secure the admission of Doctor of Pharmacy students with outstanding academic credentials and professional preparedness.
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opportunity
The College of Pharmacy values the benefits of a diverse student body. Diversity enriches the academic experience by providing an opportunity to explore different world views, philosophies, and cultural approaches to pharmacy practice and the pharmaceutical sciences. To continue to develop and energize our diverse student body, the College of Pharmacy offers a limited number of scholarships based on criteria such as leadership experiences, unique personal abilities or talents, health care-related experiences, racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, geographic and/or intellectual diversity, perspective in overcoming obstacles to academic success or others.
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advancement
Dean’s Recruitment Scholarship
The Dean’s Recruitment Scholarship is designed to attract and secure the admission of Doctor of Pharmacy students with outstanding academic credentials and professional preparedness.Jack and Victoria Strandhoy Scholarship – Awarded to One P1 Student for 4 Years
The scholarship shall be awarded to one new incoming P1 student and shall be renewed until they earn their PharmD degree as long as they remain in good academic standing. To be eligible for this scholarship, the recipient may have high financial need, may demonstrate high academic achievement, or maybe a member of an underrepresented group. The recipient shall be part of a group called the “Strandhoy Scholars.”Jennifer A. Perry and Andrew S. Perry Pharmacy Scholarship
This award is for a newly admitted student with outstanding academic credentials and merit.DuBow Family Foundation Scholarship
This award is for a newly admitted student. To be considered for this award, the recipient should have a PCAT score in the 90th percentile (or higher) or a pre-pharmacy GPA of no less than 3.5 on a 4.0-point scale. As a recipient of this scholarship, UIC College of Pharmacy will expect you to represent the program in a professional and respectful manner.Scholarships and Awards for Current Students
For more information about scholarships and awards available to current students every year, please visit the Alumni and Giving Scholarships website. -
Rpharm
Scholarships are available for students who demonstrate an interest in serving underserved rural populations and who desire to be a part of the RPHARM Concentration.
Scholarships are available for students who demonstrate an interest in serving underserved urban populations and who desire to be part of the UPHARM Concentration.