Contact Information
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Address 1: College of Pharmacy 
Address 2: Oregon State University
Address 3: 203 Pharmacy Building
City: Corvallis
State: Oregon
Zip/Postal Code: 97331
Country: United States

Program Location:: Oregon
Admissions Office Contact(s)::
- Name: Jane Ishmael
  Title: Director of PhD/MS Graduate Admissions and Associate Professor of Pharmacology
  Phone (Work): 541-737-5783
  Email: jane.ishmael@oregonstate.edu
- Name: Noelle Cummings
  Title: Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Program Coordinator
  Phone (Work): 541-737-8743
  Email: noelle.cummings@oregonstate.edu

Institutional Website::
- https://pharmacy.oregonstate.edu/department-pharmaceutical-sciences
- https://pharmacy.oregonstate.edu/doctor-philosophy-phd-pharmaceutical-sciences/application-process

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Program Application Deadline
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What is your application deadline for the upcoming academic year?: January 01, 2025
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Is your program participating in PharmGrad?: No
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Application Fee:: $75 domestic applicant / $85 international applicant
Application Deadline Description::
For full consideration, please submit a complete application, including letters of reference, by January 1, 2025.

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Program Description
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Program Description:
Oregon State University is a leading public research university that is the state’s land-grant university and is one of only two universities in the U.S. to have sea-, space-, and sun-grant designations. The College of Pharmacy at Oregon State places high priority on graduate education and the improvement of human health by advancing the discovery and understanding of medicines. We offer a research-oriented graduate program of study in pharmaceutical sciences that is individually designed to meet each student’s career interests and goals. Our nationally renowned faculty members have strengths in wide-ranging areas of pharmaceutical science, and many have been recognized for teaching excellence, outstanding research and their professional activities. Research focus areas include the discovery and design of anti-infective agents and treatments for chronic diseases, the design and development of innovative drug dosage forms using nanotechnology, and the mechanisms and consequences of drug interactions with living organisms. These research areas generally align with the three graduate program tracks of drug discovery, gene regulation and disease, and targeted drug delivery, while presenting the opportunity for cross-disciplinary training in a highly collaborative environment.
 
Prospective students may apply to the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) selecting one of these three discipline tracks in which to complete research rotations before selecting a major advisor / research group. Departmental seminars, journal clubs, an annual retreat, travel support to attend conferences, and opportunities to obtain teaching qualifications contribute to training and professional development, and we encourage students to explore internship opportunities. We envision that our pharmaceutical sciences graduates will be competent to expand the knowledge of their discipline(s), communicate research findings and teach future pharmaceutical scientists.


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Institution Information
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Is your institution public or private?: Public
Is your program accepting applications for this program?: Yes
Program Start Term:: Fall
Satellite/Branch campuses::
- Robertson Life Sciences Building, Portland, Oregon

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Degree Requirements
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Credits Required for Degree: : 108
Required Rotations:: Research
Seminars:: Required
College-based Qualifying/Comprehensive Exam:: Required
Other Qualifying Exams or Certifications:: Not Required
Thesis/Dissertation:: Varies
Additional Information about Degree Requirements::
The Ph.D. degree requires 108 credits, of which 27 are didactic. Students must maintain a GPA of 3.00 in these courses (which do not include thesis, seminar, or reading and conference classes). Ph.D. students should plan to take their preliminary oral candidacy exam by the end of their third year (within 9 academic quarters).

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Degree Information
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Delivery Method: On Campus
Curricular Focus or Concentration::
- Drug Discovery
- Systems Biomedicine
- Targeted Drug Delivery

Area(s) of Study:: Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Biological Science, Biomedical Sciences, Biotechnology, Cancer, Cellular Biology, Developmental Science, Drug Delivery, Drug Development, Drug Discovery, Drug Metabolism, Immunology, Infectious Disease, Informatics, Medicinal Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Molecular Science, Nanoscience, Nanotechnology, Natural Product, Pharmaceutical Science, Pharmaceutics, Pharmacognosy, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacology, Radiopharmacy, Toxicology, Vaccine Technology
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All Ph.D. pharmaceutical  sciences  graduate  students  are required  to  take a foundational course in drug action, an introduction to grant writing, and training  in responsible  conduct  of research.  The remaining coursework to be completed in the first two to two-and-a-half years of the program varies based on the three disciplinary tracks.  For the three research rotations usually completed, students may choose a lab outside their own discipline to gain a breadth of experience.

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Program Statistics
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Have you previously enrolled students in this program?: Yes
Last academic year-number of accepted students for your program:: 5
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GRE and Other Tests
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GRE Section
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 Is the GRE required?: No

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As of September 2020, OSU College of Pharmacy no longer requires GRE scores. The admissions committee takes a holistic approach to review of applications when making admissions decisions.

Are any of the following tests required for international applicants?: TOEFL or IELTS
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Letters of Recommendation
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Letters of Recommendation:
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Are letters of recommendations required by your program?: Yes
 If yes, how many letters of recommendation are required?: 3

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Recommendation letters are expected to come from professional contacts. We do not review letters from family members and close acquaintances.

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Other Admission Requirements
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Minimum overall GPA considered:: 3.00
Recommended overall GPA considered:: 3.25
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A four-year baccalaureate degree (or international equivalent), a professional degree (such as BPharm, BVsc, MBBS, MD, DVM, DPharm, etc.), or an appropriate U.S./Canadian alternative degree, from a regionally accredited (US) or recognized (International) college or university, with a cumulative B average (equivalent 3.00 on a U.S. 4.00 grading scale) on the most recent baccalaureate degree or any subsequent graduate degree from a regionally accredited (US) or recognized (International) college or university, plus all work completed thereafter.

We welcome applications from a variety of science and engineering majors. Successful students have entered the program with  degrees in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Molecular Biology, Psychology, Neuroscience, Chemical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Marine Biology, Microbiology, and pre-medical and health sciences degrees, among others.

Acceptance decisions are made by a graduate studies committee and the OSU Graduate School. 

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Financial Support
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Percentage of students receiving financial support:: 100
Type of financial support available:: Tuition Waiver, Stipend, Research Assistantship, Teaching Assistantship, Department or University Scholarship, Other
What is the minimum financial support for eligible students apart from tuition remission?: NA
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The OSU Departmental of Pharmaceutical Sciences has an NIH T32 pre-doctoral training grant that supports five students annually in natural products research.

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Background Checks and Drug Screenings
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Is your institution participating in the PharmGrad-facilitated Criminal Background Check (CBC) Service?: We are not a participating PharmGrad program
Is your institution participating in the PharmGrad-facilitated Drug Screening Service?: We are not a participating PharmGrad program
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