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  active: 'Yes'
  additional_job_placements_info: ''
  admin_status: Published
  application_deadline_description: 'Rolling admissions: The deadline is December 15 for the spring term, April 15 for summer term, and July 15 for the fall term.Applications received after the deadline will be reviewed for the next available semester of entry.'
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    - PG_STUDY_SEARCH_TERM_4
    - PG_STUDY_SEARCH_TERM_10
    - PG_STUDY_SEARCH_TERM_16
    - PG_STUDY_SEARCH_TERM_31
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    - PG_STUDY_SEARCH_TERM_68
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    - PG_STUDY_SEARCH_TERM_42
    - PG_STUDY_SEARCH_TERM_43
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    - PG_STUDY_SEARCH_TERM_48
    - PG_STUDY_SEARCH_TERM_49
    - PG_STUDY_SEARCH_TERM_50
    - PG_STUDY_SEARCH_TERM_60
    - PG_STUDY_SEARCH_TERM_69
    - PG_STUDY_SEARCH_TERM_70
  banner_image: MercerPhDPharmSci_PharmGradHeader2425.jpg
  cbc_and_drug_screening_done:
    - 'Yes'
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  contact:
    - contact_email: ahmed_s@mercer.edu
      contact_extension: ''
      contact_name: 'Samiya Ahmed'
      contact_office: ''
      contact_title: 'Academic Support Services Coordinator'
      contact_work: 678-547-6730
  contact_info_done:
    - 'Yes'
  contact_website:
    - 'https://pharmacy.mercer.edu/academic-programs/ph-d/'
    - 'https://pharmacy.mercer.edu/admissions/ph-d/'
  credits_required_for_degree: '70'
  deadline_date: '2025-07-15'
  degree_info_done:
    - 'Yes'
  degree_requirements_done:
    - 'Yes'
  degree_requiremnts_add_info: 'Doctoral students are required to maintain a full-time load of 9 semester hours each semester (fall, spring, summer) while completing degree requirements.'
  degree_type: Ph.D.
  delivery_method: 'On Campus'
  drug_grad_radio: 'No'
  financial_support_done:
    - 'Yes'
  focus_additional_degree_information: 'Other areas of study include: Drug Targeting, Neurology, and Vaccine Delivery.'
  gre_and_other_tests_done:
    - 'Yes'
  gre_required: Required
  institution_info_done:
    - 'Yes'
  institution_name: 'Mercer University'
  international: '7'
  letters_of_recommendation_done:
    - 'Yes'
  minimum_financial_support: N/A
  notify_title: ''
  old_id: '2359'
  other_admission_done:
    - 'Yes'
  pgrad_aca_jb_plce: '2'
  pgrad_accepting_apps: 'Yes'
  pgrad_analytic: ''
  pgrad_app_fee: $50
  pgrad_avg_yrs_grad: '4.5'
  pgrad_fic_other_info: 'Stipends and assistantships are granted based upon the availability of University and Departmental funding, program needs, and external funding, which vary from year to year. '
  pgrad_fic_support: '100'
  pgrad_gov_jb_plce: '1'
  pgrad_gps_est: '2'
  pgrad_gre_desc: ''
  pgrad_gre_oldest: 'GRE scores must be for tests taken no more than 5 years prior to application submission. '
  pgrad_gre_req: 'Yes'
  pgrad_ind_jb_plce: '2'
  pgrad_lof_acc: 'Recommendations from three Academic Professors who are able to judge the applicant’s accomplishments and academic ability. Information on how to submit your letter of recommendations will be sent upon submission of your PharmGrad application. '
  pgrad_lor_acc: '3'
  pgrad_lor_req: 'Yes'
  pgrad_other_qualifying_exams_or_certifications: 'Not Required'
  pgrad_oth_cred: |
    Prospective students for the PhD program are required to:
    - Have received a bachelor's degree from a nationally accredited college/university prior to enrollment in the PhD program. Students entering the PhD program are expected to have a background that includes the following minimum prerequisites: integral and differential calculus, statistics, expertise in at least one programming language, one year of biochemistry, and one semester of mammalian physiology. 
    - Submit a PharmGrad application that includes official transcripts from all colleges/universities attended. International students must submit a course-by-course evaluation report (WES preferred) to PharmGrad.
    - All applicants to the program must contact a faculty advisor in their area of interest and the faculty advisor must agree in writing to mentor the student. Pharmaceutical Sciences faculty research areas and contact information: https://pharmacy.mercer.edu/faculty.
  pgrad_oth_jb_plce: ''
  pgrad_oth_tests: 'For applicants from a country where the medium of instruction the primary language is not English, a minimum TOEFL score of 100 on the internet based test (iBT) or IELTS score of 7.5 is required. '
  pgrad_ovrl_gpa_cons: '3.0'
  pgrad_participation: 'Yes'
  pgrad_prog_desc: |
    The Mercer Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) program in pharmaceutical sciences is a highly individualized graduate program tailored to each student to prepare them for careers in teaching and research in academic institutions and for employment in industry, government and other institutions involved in health-science oriented research and development.
    
    The Ph.D. program consists of 70 semester hours, including 35 hours of dissertation research. Doctoral students are required to maintain a full-time load of 9 semester hours each semester (fall, spring, summer) while completing degree requirements. Upon successful completion of the program, the Ph.D. degree is awarded.
    
    Admissions requirements and standards are designed to ensure success in the Mercer Ph.D. program. Selecting a candidate for a doctoral program involves many important factors including academic background (undergraduate coursework, GPAs, GRE scores), and extracurricular and work experiences. New students are accepted in the summer, fall and spring semesters.
    
  pgrad_pubpriv: Private
  pgrad_qualify: Required
  pgrad_quant: 'At least 60 percentile in the quantitative section'
  pgrad_recommended_overall_gpa_considered: '3.0'
  pgrad_semi: Required
  pgrad_thesis: Required
  pgrad_toefl_req: 'TOEFL or IELTS'
  pgrad_unk_jb_plce: ''
  pgrad_verbal: 'At least 40 percentile in the verbal section '
  pg_last_year_average_gpa: '3.60'
  pg_last_year_number_accepted: '9'
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  program_deadline_done:
    - 'Yes'
  program_description_done:
    - 'Yes'
  program_location: GA
  program_name: 'Pharmaceutical Sciences'
  program_start_term:
    - Fall
    - Spring
    - Summer
  program_statistics_graduated: 'Yes'
  program_statistics_previous: 'Yes'
  program_stats_done:
    - 'Yes'
  required_rotations:
    - PGRAD_NOTREQ
  rolling_admissions:
    - 'Yes'
  school_city: Atlanta
  school_country: US
  school_state: GA
  school_street_1: '3001 Mercer University Drive'
  school_street_2: ''
  school_street_3: ''
  school_zip: '30341'
  short_name: 'Mercer U'
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    - PGRAD_STP
    - PGRAD_RES
    - PGRAD_TEACH