School of Pharmacy

UConn’s School of Pharmacy provides a state-of-the-art education that will allow you to succeed in the nation’s third-largest healthcare profession.

The focus of your education will be on understanding diseases, the development of drugs and drug delivery systems, and the best ways to use medication to enhance pharmaceutical care.

Students in the second year of pre-pharmacy studies take courses in anatomy and physiology with faculty from the UConn School of Medicine.

School of Pharmacy

Pharmacy has changed dramatically in the past 20 years. What hasn't changed, according to a recent Gallup Poll, is that pharmacists are some of the nation’s most trusted professionals and have sustained the public’s confidence for more than a decade.

UConn encourages you to join this prestigious profession by enrolling in our School of Pharmacy, which has a reputation as one of the best pharmacy education programs in the nation. With a full-time faculty of 42 and roughly 100 graduates per year, the School of Pharmacy offers a great faculty/student ratio. Upon graduation and licensure, the vast majority of our pharmacy graduates gain employment within the profession.

Note: As a pre-pharmacy student, you’ll be assigned an advisor in UConn's Academic Center for Exploratory Students (ACES) who will help prepare you for admission to the School of Pharmacy.

Independent and chain pharmacies, hospitals, industry, academia, the managed-care industry, pharmacy associations, the armed forces, Veterans Affairs and other industries will need your expertise.

During your first 2 years of study, you develop a solid academic foundation pursuing a pre-pharmacy curriculum under the guidance of the Academic Center for Exploratory Students (ACES). Once accepted into the School, you complete the additional 4-year professional program of study leading to a Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree.

The Pharm.D. is neither an undergraduate degree (B.S.) nor a graduate degree (M.S./Ph.D.), but a professional degree, much like an M.D., that allows you to sit for the licensing exam and become a licensed practicing pharmacist.

During the last professional year, the sixth year, you will garner real-world experience in clinical settings offered by hospitals and healthcare facilities affiliated with UConn – and you can intern with regional pharmaceutical corporations.

UConn’s School of Pharmacy is committed to maintaining state-of-the-art instructional and research facilities.

Our Pharmacy-Biology Building houses its own satellite library containing many of the specialized books, journals and materials that pharmacy students regularly consult. Located in the heart of UConn’s science core, this technologically advanced facility provides pharmacy students with an ideal, multipurpose learning center.

Available Majors

Pharmacy Studies B.S.

Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)

Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D./M.B.A.)

Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D./Ph.D.)

Master’s & Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Science

Distinguished Faculty

Pharmacy Faculty - 01

Jeffrey R. Aeschlimann, associate professor of infectious diseases, has won numerous research awards. His areas of expertise include infections caused by bacteria. In his lab, he strives to understand how bacteria become resistant to antibiotics and seeks to develop new ways either to prevent or overcome this problem.

Pharmacy Faculty - 02

Robin H. Bogner, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences, is a University Teaching Fellow and the 2007 School of Pharmacy Teacher of the Year. Her research focuses on improving the bioavailability of potential drugs, and her group is currently exploring ways to make better and safer drug products.

Pharmacy Faculty - 03

Devra Dang, assistant clinical professor, is an expert in drug therapy management of chronic medical conditions, with a focus on diabetes. She also researches medication adherence and persistence, as well as how cultural competency, diversity and health literacy impact people's use of pharmaceutical products.

Pharmacy Faculty - 04

José Manautou, associate professor of toxicology, coordinates a Summer Research Program in Toxicology for Minority Students, serves as advisor to the Academy of Students of Pharmacy, serves on the Medical Advisory Committee for Connecticut’s Poison Control Center and has an active research program in toxicology.

Pharmacy Faculty - 05

C. Michael White, professor of pharmacy practice, is a 4-time winner of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Drug Therapy Research Award. He is an expert in preventing heart surgery complications, identifying herbs that increase the risk of heart rhythm problems and using drugs or natural products to prevent diseases.

Successful Alumni

Pharmacy Alumni - 01

Christopher Fortier (’03, Pharm.D.) is the clinical coordinator in the Department of Pharmacy Services and clinical assistant professor at the Medical University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy. He was the vice president of his class at UConn and the UConn chapter president of the Academy of Student Pharmacists. Additionally, he began his continuing brotherhood in the Phi Lambda Sigma Leadership Pharmacy Fraternity, UConn chapter.

Pharmacy Alumni - 02

Karen Hoang (’02, B.S., Pharmacy Studies, ’04, Pharm.D.) is a staff pharmacist at Cardinal Health Nuclear Pharmacy Services in Glastonbury, Conn. As a nuclear pharmacist, she is trained in radiation safety and works with radioactive drugs used to diagnose cancer, bone fractures, infections of unknown origin and liver functions.

Pharmacy Alumni - 03

Aaron P. Hussey (’07, Pharm.D.) is a pharmacy practice resident at the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center. He provides pharmaceutical care in medical, surgical, pediatric and cardiac intensive care units, infectious disease, adult internal medicine, solid organ transplant and medication safety.

Pharmacy Alumni - 04

Sarah McCabe (’04, B.S., Pharmacy Studies; ’06, Pharm.D.) is a pharmacokinetics scientist with Seattle Genetics in Washington. While at UConn, she completed 2 internships at Pfizer in Groton, Conn., conducting research in drug formulations.

Pharmacy Alumni - 05

Tiriza Saziru (’05, Pharm.D.) is a clinical pharmacist for the City of Austin, Texas Community Health Centers where she works in collaborative practice with physicians for disease management. While at UConn, she conducted original pharmaceutical research on drug release systems.