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Submission Number: 67
Submission ID: 67
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Created: Mon, 03/09/2020 - 20:31
Completed: Thu, 08/27/2026 - 13:53
Changed: Tue, 09/01/2026 - 10:33

Remote IP address: 92.56.67.124
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English

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Current page: Complete
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Contact Information

University of Tennessee Health Science Center
College of Pharmacy
Rm 442
Memphis
Tennessee
38163
United States
Tennessee
Yes

Program Application Deadline

March 15, 2027
Yes
No
https://uthsc2027.cas.myliaison.com/applicant/login
No application fee
Applications are accepted from August 2026 until March 15, 2027 on a rolling basis.
Yes

Program Description

PhD Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences

The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences offers PhD training through the College of Graduate Health Sciences. Our program provides deep expertise, hands-on research experience, and the skills to tackle important challenges in drug discovery and patient care.

Choose from four research areas:

1. Therapeutic Targets & Molecular Mechanisms of Disease. Discover how disease works—and identify new ways to treat it. Investigate molecular pathways and validate therapeutic targets for cancer, neurological, metabolic, and infectious diseases.

2. Medicinal Chemistry. Design better medicines. Discover, design, synthesize, and optimize small molecules with therapeutic potential, using chemical and biological approaches to improve drug activity, selectivity, and properties.

3. Drug Discovery & Development. Move promising compounds toward new therapies. Evaluate drug candidates through integrated pharmacological, biological, and translational approaches to advance potential treatments for human disease.

4. Pharmacometrics. Use quantitative science to understand drugs. Apply mathematical and computational models to predict drug exposure, response, and variability across patients and disease states.
Yes

Institution Information

Public
Yes
Fall
Yes

Degree Requirements

52
Research
Required
Required
Not Required
Required
Requirements: Health profession degree or a bachelor degree, with a grade-point average of at least 3.0 from an accredited college or university; official transcripts; letter of intent describing the applicant’s specific area of interest (200-word minimum); a combined score (verbal and quantitative) of at least 300 on the revised Graduate Record Examination and minimum score of 3.5 on the analytical writing section; a score of at least 213/79 on the computer- based/ internet-based TOEFL or evide
Yes

Degree Information

On Campus
Biochemistry, Biological Science, Biomedical Sciences, Biotechnology, Cancer, Cellular Biology, Drug Delivery, Drug Development, Drug Discovery, Drug Metabolism, Immunology, Infectious Disease, Medicinal Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Molecular Science, Nanoscience, Nanotechnology, Natural Product, Neuroscience, Pharmaceutical Science, Pharmaceutics, Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacogenomics, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacology, Pharmacometrics, Pharmacotherapy, Structural Biology, Transdermal Drug Delivery, Translational Science
Yes

Program Statistics

Yes
6
Last academic year-country of origin of the matriculated students:
3
3
Yes
Last academic year-graduates job placement:
5
Yes

GRE and Other Tests

No
Although the GRE is mandatory, it is highly recommended in the absence of other scientific documentation demonstrating lab productivity, such as peer-reviewed manuscripts. If the GRE is provided, the oldest consider test would be no later than 2026 and the minimum scores for Verbal Reasoning (155), Quantitative Reasoning (160), and Analytical Writing (3.5).
TOEFL or IELTS
Yes

Letters of Recommendation

Yes
3
Letters of recommendation from faculty or staff that are directly interacting with the student is preferred, even if it is not the primary mentor/advisor.
Yes

Other Admission Requirements

3.0
3.5
Requirements: Health profession degree or a bachelor degree, with a grade-point average of at least 3.0 from an accredited college or university; official transcripts; letter of intent describing the applicant’s specific area of interest (200-word minimum); a combined score (verbal and quantitative) of at least 300 on the revised Graduate Record Examination and minimum score of 3.5 on the analytical writing section; a score of at least 213/79 on the computer- based/ internet-based TOEFL or evidence of proficiency in English for students whose native language is not English; and three letters of recommendation. Deadline: March 15.

MORE INFO: uthsc.edu/pharmacy/gradprograms/index.php
Yes

Financial Support

100
Tuition Waiver, Stipend, Department or University Scholarship
31,000
Yes

Background Checks and Drug Screenings

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