The University of Mississippi

The School of Pharmacy, founded in 1908 at The University of Mississippi, is recognized as one of the premier schools of pharmacy in the U.S. The School of Pharmacy is located on both the Oxford campus and Medical Center (Jackson) campus of the University of Mississippi. Oxford, a small town of about 20,000, is located 75 miles south of Memphis. The School of Pharmacy has approximately 250 pre-professional students, 400 professional students, and about 80 graduate students in the disciplines of Environmental Toxicology, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutics, Pharmacognosy, Pharmacology, and Pharmacy Administration. Students spend the first two years of the professional degree program on the Oxford campus, the third year at the Medical Center campus in Jackson, and the final year in rotations at various practice sites. The pass rate of graduates on the NAPLEX over the past five years is one of the highest in the nation and tuition is among the lowest of public schools and colleges of pharmacy.
CURRICULUM: Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences -This is a four-year undergraduate degree that consists of one year of professional courses in addition to three years of pre-pharmacy courses. Completion of this degree and a 2.65 minimum GPA on first professional year courses with at least a C grade in each are prerequisite for admission into the Doctor of Pharmacy degree program, which requires an additional three years of study. Students are admitted to the B.S. program as either freshmen at The University of Mississippi (Early Entry) or after completion of three years of required pre-pharmacy courses (Regular Entry) at this university or other two or four year colleges/universities. Each entering professional class consists of approximately 115 Regular Entry and Early Entry students.
DOCTOR OF PHARMACY DEGREE: The professional degree program (final year of the B.S. program and three additional years) was approved for reaccreditation by the Accrediting Council for Pharmaceutical Education in July 2012 for the maximum eight-year period. To be eligible for progression into the third professional year, students must obtain a minimum 2.75 GPA on the second professional year required coursework. During the final year, each student will participate in five required calendar month rotations (adult medicine, ambulatory care, traditional institutional practice, traditional community practice, and a selective of either adult medicine or ambulatory care) and five additional elective rotations. The electives must be in at least three different areas of training. Students are provided the opportunity to enter preferences for their rotation sites, the majority of which are located in Mississippi. Students are encouraged to compete for nationally available rotations in order to partially satisfy their elective requirement.
ADMISSION INFORMATION: The majority of B.S. students are admitted to the school after completion of a prescribed set of required pre-professional courses plus electives. These courses are traditionally completed in three years, but often are taken as a part of completion of a non-pharmacy undergraduate degree. Regular Entry application is made only through PharmCAS with a March 1 deadline. Eligibility requirements for Regular Entry admission include a preferred 2.75 GPA on required pre-pharmacy courses with a grade of at least a C in each, a preferred minimum composite scaled score of 395, and preferred writing score of 3.0 on the Pharmacy College Admission Test taken during the calendar year of application. As determined from information submitted from PharmCAS, applicants who are competitive will be invited to submit a supplemental application to The University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy which includes a supplemental application fee of $85. These individuals will be invited to attend one of several mandatory Interview Day Programs. Applicants are admitted on the basis of a holistic review of pre-pharmacy GPA, PCAT composite scaled score, resume evaluation (leadership, service, employment history), interview and performance on the Health Sciences Reasoning Test. Mississippi residents are given priority for admission although non-Mississippi residents are also encouraged to apply. Non-resident tuition waivers are available to the top 10 non-resident applicants with a PCAT composite percentile score of 80 or above. Non-U.S. citizens must have completed all required pre-professional courses in the United States in order to be considered for admission. Bonus points are added to the admission score for applicants who have received a Masters, Ph.D., or professional doctorate degree (0.5). If notification of provisional admission to the program occurs prior to March 1, a $200 nonrefundable initial seat deposit will be required to hold the applicant’s seat in the program. After March 1, a second $300 nonrefundable seat deposit will be required to retain the applicant’s seat. If notification of provisional admission occurs after March 1, the $500 seat deposit must be paid in full upon acceptance. In either case, the full $500 seat deposit will be applied to the first semester fees upon matriculation to the program.All applicants will be notified of their admissions status no later than May 1st.
Additional information can be found at http://pharmacy.olemiss.edu/professional/.
The School of Pharmacy has enacted a random drug screening policy for its undergraduate and professional students. All students (PY1-PY4) enrolled in the undergraduate and professional degree programs will be subject to randomized drug (urine) screening during their time of enrollment in the program.