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City: Philadelphia
State: Pennsylvania
Zip/Postal Code: 19131
Country: United States

Program Location:: Pennsylvania
Admissions Office Contact(s)::
- Name: Graduate Admissions
  Office: Graduate and Extended Studies
  Phone (Work): 610-660-3131
  Email: gradstudies@sju.edu

Institutional Website::
- https://www.sju.edu/degree-programs/masters-in-pharmaceutics
- https://academiccatalog.sju.edu/health-professions/phila-college-pharm/pharm-sciences/pharmaceutics-ms/

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Program Application Deadline
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What is your application deadline for the upcoming academic year?: March 01, 2025
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Is your program participating in PharmGrad?: No
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Application Fee:: $35
Application Deadline Description::
The application deadlines for admission to Saint Joseph’s Pharmaceutics MS program are:

Priority Review for ALL applicants: March 1
International Student Deadline: March 1
Domestic Student Deadline: July 15


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Program Description
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Program Description:
Saint Joseph’s University's accredited Master of Science in Pharmaceutics program provides you with the experience necessary to improve how drugs are administered, helping you pave the way for new administration methods. Working one-on-one with expert faculty, you’ll gain insight and foresight as you uncover new areas of research in our state-of-the-art labs. This thesis-based pharmaceutics program is offered full-time and part-time from our University City campus. For those interested in our non-thesis option, we invite you to explore our Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy MS.

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Institution Information
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Is your institution public or private?: Private
Is your program accepting applications for this program?: Yes
Program Start Term:: Fall
Satellite/Branch campuses::
- Hawk Hill Campus
- University City Campus
- Lancaster Campus

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Degree Requirements
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Credits Required for Degree: : 30
Required Rotations:: Research
Seminars:: Required
College-based Qualifying/Comprehensive Exam:: Not Required
Other Qualifying Exams or Certifications:: Not Required
Thesis/Dissertation:: Required
Additional Information about Degree Requirements::
This thesis-based program requires*:

-At least 20 non-research credits in courses acceptable to the degree
-At least 10 research credits 
-An approved written thesis and successful oral defense of that thesis
*Only 6 credits at the 300-400 level can be applied toward the degree and require the pursuit of 700- or 800-level courses

View required courses for this program in the academic catalog. Please contact us if you have any questions about the program curriculum.


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Degree Information
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Delivery Method: On Campus
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Area(s) of Study:: Pharmaceutics
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Obtaining a master’s in pharmaceutics from Saint Joseph’s University offers the opportunity to work in our recently renovated Industrial Pharmacy Laboratory, a full-scale, GLP-compliant pharmaceutical research facility fully equipped to support analysis, preformulation and formulation research of drugs. Our thesis-based program invites you to work closely with faculty to explore and investigate a pharmaceutics-related topic you're interested in. 

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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:: 4
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United States: 2
International: 2

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Have you graduated your first class for this program?: Yes
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 Is the GRE required?: No

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Are any of the following tests required for international applicants?: TOEFL or IELTS
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Applicants should take note that the minimum language scores are as follows:

90 on the TOEFL IBT* **
8.5 on the TOEFL Essentials Test
550 on the written TOEFL
6.5 overall on the IELTS
60 on the PTE
120 on the Duolingo English Test

For entrance into Biology, Chemistry, Pharmaceutics, and Pharmacology/Toxicology programs, applicants must have a minimum TOEFL score of 90 or DuoLingo score of 120

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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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Other Admission Requirements
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You must meet the following prerequisites to be considered for admission to the master’s in pharmaceutics program:

-Have a bachelor’s degree in science or health from an accredited university or college
-Complete the following prerequisite courses:*
Pre-Calculus, Calculus I-II (10 credits)
Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics I-II, Pharmaceutics lab (8 credits) 
Introduction to Biostatistics or equivalent (3 credits)
Physical Chemistry I or equivalent (3 credits)
Analytical Chemistry and lab (4 credits)
Cell Biology Methods with lab or equivalent (5 credits)
Research Methods in Pharmaceutics or equivalent (2 credits) 

GRE scores are optional. You can submit them if you think they’ll strengthen your application.

*Credit hours are listed to aid determination of equivalent prerequisite courses and to plan course loads for the full time status. Please contact the program director if you have any questions.

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Financial Support
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Percentage of students receiving financial support:: 36
Type of financial support available:: Tuition Waiver, Research Assistantship, Department or University Scholarship, Other
What is the minimum financial support for eligible students apart from tuition remission?: 1,200
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See https://www.sju.edu/financial-aid/graduate for more information.

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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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