Why choose UNE for your Pharm.D.?
Engaging Curriculum
UNE’s Pharm.D. program is taught by dedicated, supportive faculty who provide individualized attention. You’ll be challenged with rigorous coursework focused on the pharmaceutical and clinical sciences while making connections that extend beyond your time at the University.
Hands-on Learning
As a UNE student, you’ll participate in collaborative, hands-on projects in the classroom, laboratory, clinical setting and the community. You’ll have the opportunity to prepare for team-based practice with our Interprofessional Education Collaborative and can complete a fourth-year rotation in the Dallaire Drug Information Center.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Whether you plan to pursue a career in a pharmacy practice setting, academia or research, UNE’s College of Pharmacy will position you for success. After graduating, you can apply to our PGY-1 Community Pharmacy Residency Program where you’ll gain exposure to patient care services, or immerse yourself in academic pharmacy with our Residency Teaching Certificate Program.
LIVE IN SOUTHERN MAINE
Live by the coast as a Pre-Professional Pharmacy Program student, residing on our picturesque Biddeford campus. As a graduate student, you'll study at UNE's historic Portland campus, located just minutes away from classic cobblestone streets, a working waterfront and some of the best restaurants in the country in the downtown district.
Tour the Biddeford and Portland Campuses.
Quality Academics in a Close-Knit Community
At UNE’s College of Pharmacy, you’ll gain the knowledge and hands-on experience needed to be a leader in your field. Our four-year, fully accredited Doctor of Pharmacy program combines clinically-based classes, cutting-edge research and community-based learning for a comprehensive program that prepares you for a variety of pharmacy careers. Plus, a limited number of merit scholarships are now available to incoming Doctor of Pharmacy students.
We offer a Pre-Professional Pharmacy Program. This provides the coursework necessary for admission into our Pharm.D. program.
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News
UNE holds panels on addiction with experts and community leaders
The University of New England Interprofessional Education Collaborative, in partnership with UNE’s SBIRT (Screening Brief Intervention Referral to Treatment) program, held panel discussions about substance...
UNE’s Gayle Brazeau selected to serve as facilitator for national pharmacy leadership program
Gayle Brazeau, Ph.D., professor in the College of Pharmacy, has been chosen as a leadership facilitator for the 2017-18 Academic Leadership Fellows Program. In this...
Karen Houseknecht part of research team to win $11 million grant to study metabolic diseases
Karen Houseknecht, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology in the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine and interim dean of the College of Pharmacy, is...
Events
Seminar
Influenza Vaccines: A Review with a Focus on the High-Dose & Adjuvant Formulations
Mark T. Basile, PharmD
Off Campus
Seminar
Pneumococcal vaccine for adult patient at high risk for pneumococcal disease
Soojim Lee, PharmD
Off Campus
Themed Event
Opioids: A Problem of Epidemic Proportions
Dr. Karen Simone
Online
Seminar
Meningococcal B Vaccination
Madeline Archer, PharmD
Off Campus
NON-DISCRIMINATION STATEMENT
The University of New England does not discriminate in admissions or access to, or treatment in, its programs and activities on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, color, gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, veteran status, or disabling conditions in violation of federal or state civil rights laws of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.