Your mind holds the key to improving people’s health. Build your mastery of how drugs work and unlock your talent for translating research into therapy. Learn the in-demand skills of pharmaceutical sciences.

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Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

How do you stay on the leading edge of research? Ask our graduates. They’ve done the hard work, collaborating closely with pioneering researchers, faculty members in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Here, you’ll find programs in the growing fields of pharmaceutical sciences and pharmacology and toxicology. Each of our programs incorporates a strong classroom foundation in the basic sciences, laboratory-based research, and collaboration with faculty.

Pharmaceutical Sciences

BS

Find your calling developing, manufacturing, and evaluating medications.

Pharmacology and Toxicology

BS

Combine these dynamic, influential fields to examine the effectiveness and toxicity of chemicals and medications. Collaborate with experts on the front lines of drug innovation.

Pharmacology and Toxicology

MS, PhD

Looking to become the ideal job candidate? Start by blending these two fields. Master both sets of skills for a full-spectrum view of how drugs affect us.

Pharmaceutics

MS, PhD

Explore the frontiers of medicine—then blaze your own trail. Leading researchers will help you acquire insight into what makes medications effective.

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Peter J. Harvison, PhD

Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

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USciences Launches Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics
August 16, 2018
University of the Sciences has launched a graduate certificate in health informatics to help healthcare practitioners and IT professionals understand how informatics functions in healthcare to increase their value in a variety of professions.
High School Students Gain Research Experience in Pharmaceutical Sciences Lab
August 06, 2018
Although he hasn't taken a college level course, Joseph San Filippo PharmSci'22 has already begun working in a USciences laboratory. San Filippo learned about the trials and tribulations of working in a University laboratory this summer with a stint in pharmaceutical sciences lab under the tutelage of Anil D'Mello, PhD.
Pharmacy Professor Speaks to Middle Schoolers About Health Care Careers at Summer Program on Campus
August 01, 2018
Speaking to a classroom of 6th and 7th grade students attending the Steppingstone Scholars STEM summer program at USciences in July, Tyan Thomas, PharmD, explained to the students what it is like to be a pharmacist and how they participate in the patient care team with doctors and nurses.
USciences Professor Educates Police Officers About Diabetes
August 01, 2018
Katherine Koffer PharmD, CDE, Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, took her instruction out of the clinic and classroom, and to the police station to help officers from the Lower Makefield Police Department learn about diabetes.
Dan Hussar P'62, MS'64, PhD'67 Retires After More Than 50 Years at Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
June 18, 2018
At a retirement reception for alumni held on campus on Tuesday, June 12, 2018, a line formed out the door to greet Dr. Hussar and thank him for the impact he has had on so many.