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Submission Number: 428
Submission ID: 428
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Created: Mon, 07/24/2023 - 15:55
Completed: Thu, 10/26/2023 - 13:10
Changed: Thu, 02/29/2024 - 11:13

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Language: English

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Submitted to: Published Survey

Contact Information

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

June 01, 2024
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$35
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: June 1
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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

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

30
Research
Required
Not Required
Not Required
Required
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

On Campus
Pharmaceutics
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

Yes
37
Last academic year-country of origin of the accepted students:
5
32
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Last academic year-graduates job placement:
Top employers of graduates from the School of Health Professions include:

GlaxoSmithKline
MossRehab
Johnson & Johnson
Penn Medicine
2
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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
3.5
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

50
Tuition Waiver, Research Assistantship, Teaching Assistantship, Department or University Scholarship, Other
N/A
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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