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Submission ID: 429
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Created: Mon, 07/24/2023 - 15:55
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Contact Information

5600 City Avenue
Phiadelphia
Pennsylvania
19131
United States
Pennsylvania
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Program Application Deadline

March 01, 2025
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$35
The application deadline for admission to Saint Joseph’s PhD in pharmaceutics 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

Saint Joseph’s University’s Pharmaceutics PhD explores how to best administer a drug to the human body and turn chemicals into effective medications. By researching the ways in which drugs interact with the human body, you will advance to the forefront of medical progress and enable modern medical breakthroughs. With a doctoral degree in pharmaceutics from Saint Joseph's, your knowledge and connections with faculty and classmates on hands-on research projects will help you continue a rewarding career in the healthcare industry as a researcher and innovator.

Long-standing relationships with healthcare companies and pharmaceutical organizations present you with many fieldwork and job opportunities in pharmacy. These companies include:

GlaxoSmithKline
Merck
Johnson & Johnson
Penn Medicine

Obtaining a doctorate 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.

Saint Joseph's pharmacology and toxicology students have the opportunity to collaborate and work with pharmaceutics and pharmaceutical sciences faculty who are experts in areas including drug delivery, pharmacokinetics, precision medicine and more. Our small, dynamic classes allow for discussion, reflection and collaboration.
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Institution Information

Private
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Fall
  • Hawk Hill Campus
  • University City Campus
  • Lancaster Campus
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Degree Requirements

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Research
Required
Required
Required
Required
The PhD in pharmaceutics requires:

-At least 20 credit hours of acceptable non-research graduate level courses
-At least 20 research credit hours
-An approved written dissertation and the successful oral defense of that dissertation

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

On Campus
Pharmaceutics
The PhD in pharmaceutics requires:

-At least 20 credit hours of acceptable non-research graduate level courses
-At least 20 research credit hours
-An approved written dissertation and the successful oral defense of that dissertation

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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Program Statistics

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5
Last academic year-country of origin of the accepted students:
3
2
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Last academic year-graduates job placement:
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GRE and Other Tests

No
TOEFL or IELTS
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

Yes
3
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Other Admission Requirements

3.0
You must meet the following prerequisites to be considered for admission to the PhD in pharmaceutics:

-Have a bachelor’s degree in science or health from an accredited university or college
-Complete the following prerequisite courses:
Mathematical Analysis I–III or equivalent to 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 (4 credits)
Differential Equations or equivalent (3 credits)
Analytical Chemistry/Lab (4 credits) OR Cell Biology Methods/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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Tuition Waiver, Stipend, Research Assistantship, Teaching Assistantship, Department or University Scholarship, Other
3,000
See https://www.sju.edu/financial-aid/graduate for more information.
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Background Checks and Drug Screenings

We are not a participating PharmGrad program
We are not a participating PharmGrad program
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