University of Montana Skaggs School of Pharmacy

 


At the University of Montana Skaggs School of Pharmacy, we offer a four-year PharmD program for which we pride ourselves on providing a student-centered environment with small classes to ensure students are part of our pharmacy academic community here in Missoula. This is evident by the very low attrition rate and high rate of on-time graduation. Our dedicated, experienced and highly-qualified faculty, staff and administrators are devoted to training and inspiring the next generation of skilled, empathetic and culturally sensitive pharmacy leaders. Our students have high match rate for pharmacy residencies and fellowships as well as successful job placement in Montana and around the country.

The School is known to provide a high rate of student scholarships and, as of the last year, also offers an out-of-state tuition academic merit award for students with high GPAs for prerequisite classes, an award that can be as high as $15,000 per year. The attached pdf contains important highlights of our PharmD program.

The PCAT is NO longer required but only recommended since it can provide beneficial data during the application process. This can be especially true for applicants with a lower GPA for whom PCAT scores may help applicants secure an interview and admission to the program. The current requirements for PharmD admission interview are:

a.    Complete or be in the process of completing a total of at least 64 semester credit hours which must include all courses from the program's established prerequisite course list or equivalents (see appendix for the specific list of the UM courses and their U equivalents).

b.   Complete each prerequisite course with a course grade no lower than a C-;

c.    Have a 2.5 minimum cumulative GPA; as determined by UM policy;

d.   Complete 20 observation hours, preferably in a pharmacy; and

e.   Complete the Pharm.D. Program application through PharmCAS, per instructions on the UM Skaggs School of Pharmacy website. The PharmCAS (Pharmacy College Application Service) application priority deadline is January 4, 2022The final PharmCAS deadline is May 2, 2022. 


Contact information: 

pharmadmission@mso.umt.edu 

(406) 243-4656 -- (Erika Claxton, School of Pharmacy Admissions Staff) 

If you would like to schedule a video chat, use the following link: https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/UniversityofMontanaPharmacySchool@umconnectumt.onmicrosoft.com/bookings/


You can also download their post card here!


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