Department of Pharmaceutics Room 9-177 Weaver-Densford Hall 308 Harvard Street SE Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA Phone: 612-624-5151 Fax: 612-626-2125

The pharmaceutics program offers emphases in physical pharmacy, biopharmaceutics, and pharmacokinetics. Minor fields of particular value include biochemistry, biomedical engineering, biometry, chemistry, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, molecular biology, pharmacology, and statistics.

Other requirements to be completed before admission:

Undergraduate (and graduate, if applicable) scholastic records, recent GRE scores (with a preferred minimum 80% quantitative reasoning score and 3.5 analytical writing score), a statement of career goals and research interests, and three letters of recommendation. International applicants must submit results from the TOEFL (with a preferred minimum 100 total score and 23 speaking score, and a required minimum 21 writing score and 19 reading score) or IELTS (with a required minimum 6.5 total score, 6.5 reading score, and 6.5 writing score, and a preferred 6.5 speaking score). Prefer "First Class" or the equivalent on transcripts from foreign institutions. All of the above are collectively used to determine each candidate's admissibility. Fall admission is highly preferred and the deadline to apply is November 30.

Successful completion of program examinations and timely progress towards the degree are also required for students to remain in good standing. Required Background: Students must demonstrate sufficient background knowledge in each of the following areas: Pharmacy, Math, and Statistics. Equivalent coursework or previous experience, with approval of the program faculty, may be substituted in lieu of required background coursework.