University of New England

College of Pharmacy

The first class of pre-pharmacy students enrolled in the University of New England's College of Pharmacy will begin studies in September 2007. Clinical training and research partnerships have been established with multiple health care facilities, community hospitals, and pharmacies. The participating hospitals will provide opportunities for student internships and residencies.

The College’s founding dean is John Cormier, Pharm.D., former dean of the College of Pharmacy at the Medical University of South Carolina. Cormier served as a principal consultant to UNE during the University’s most recent exploration phase of this initiative.

Douglas Kay, Ph.D. worked with Dr. Cormier as a consultant and has now joined the College of Pharmacy as executive associate dean.  Kay completed  his baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral studies at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Boston.  Kay retired in 1998 after a 40-year career in pharmacy education.  He was honored by Duquesne University by being designated as both dean and professor emeritus.

The Program
The College will offer the Doctor of Pharmacy as the entry-level professional degree that will prepare students for careers as pharmacists and/or pharmaceutical scientists.

The Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree is awarded after successful completion of four years of professional study. A minimum of two years of undergraduate pre-professional education is required for admission, followed by four years of professional studies.

The two-year, undergraduate pre-professional program (Pre-Pharmacy) starts in the fall of 2007 on UNE’s University Campus in Biddeford, Maine.

The four-year, professional program (Pharm.D.) will begin September 2009 and will be located on UNE’s Westbrook College Campus in Portland, Maine.

To apply or to learn more about this exciting new program, call us at (800) 477-4UNE, or email us at admissions@une.edu

Research
“The College’s research orientation – its strong discovery piece – will make us very different from most other pharmacy schools in the country and any other pharmacy school in northern New England,” noted UNE President Danielle Ripich. “Our goal is to be one of the top ranked pharmacy schools in the nation.”

She continued, “The University of New England is operating from three distinctive strengths. First, research strength in pharmacology in our College of Osteopathic Medicine, Maine’s only medical school and a regional leader in biomedical research. Second, excellent clinical practice is a key strength of both our medical school and our College of Health Professions. And third, our focus on research initiatives that will investigate the relationship between the ocean and human health, which includes the discovery and development of valuable medicines from the sea. This new college will build on these core strengths of the University of New England and take us even further in our goal to become a pre-eminent university.”

“Add to these diverse assets first-rate undergraduate and graduate science faculty at both universities, some of the world’s top medical researchers at UNE, UMaine and Maine Medical Center, superior clinical sites at some of the state’s finest hospitals, and you have the formula for an innovative, outstanding school of pharmacy, one that will well serve the people of Maine in a variety of important ways,” President Ripich said.