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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USciences Serves in Honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 21, 2020
In recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, more than 270 USciences students joined faculty and staff volunteering at a variety of service activities on January 20, 2020.
USciences Awarded $4.9 Million in Research Grants in 2019
December 19, 2019
USciences faculty researchers and students were supported by $4.9 million in grant funding awarded to the University in 2019. The additional dollars support ongoing investigations in each of the University's three colleges as well as student involvement in those projects.
W.W. Smith Charitable Trust Representatives Meet USciences Scholarship Recipients
December 19, 2019
W.W. Smith Charitable Trust provides funding for undergraduate students scholarships amounting to $71,000 in aid to support 17 undergraduate students.
SUDI Recommends Additional Labeling for Medical Cannabis Products Sold in PA
December 16, 2019
Andrew Peterson, PharmD, PhD, Executive Director of the Substance Use Disorders Institute at USciences went before the Medical Marijuana Advisory Board, the state regulatory body in Pennsylvania, in November to make recommendations about the labeling of medical cannabis products.
Pharmacy Faculty Awarded Grant for Research Project
December 03, 2019
The Board of Pharmacy Specialities awarded Angela Bingham, PharmD and Volodymyra Fedkiv, PharmD, from the University of the Sciences' Philadelphia College of Pharmacy a PGY-2 Pharmacy Residency Research Grant to delve into the qualifications for pharmacy faculty nationwide.