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Mission
The mission of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy is to educate, inspire, discover, and serve to advance the health of all Tennesseans and beyond.
The College of Pharmacy pursues these mission elements by focusing on four pillars:
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Educational Excellence, Recruitment, and Student Success
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Enhancing Research, Innovation, and Scholarship
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Innovate Pharmacy Practice and Promote Outreach
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Alignment of Resources, Philanthropy
Vision
To be the preeminent College of Pharmacy through excellence in education, discovery, service, and person-centered care.
Goals
- Educate learners and facilitate access and success
- Grow research and scholarship
- Enhance patient care and outreach
Fast Facts
- Founded in 1898
- Top 20 among more than 140 US doctor of pharmacy programs inÌý
- #13 in NIH funding among over 140 US doctor of pharmacy programs in 2024
- One college with three campuses across Tennessee: Memphis, Nashville and Knoxville
- Eight-year accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education until 2031.
- Over 6,000 active alumni, the largest alumni base in Tennessee, are located in 47 states plus territories.Ìý
- 85% of the Class of 2024 received professional job offers before graduation day.
- Affordable tuition: $24,299 for Tennessee residents; $29,734 for out-of-state residents for the Academic Year 25-26.
Degrees Offered
- Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)
- Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Sciences (PhD) - granted through UTHSC College of Graduate Health Sciences
- Dual PharmD/PhD - in conjunction with UTHSC College of Graduate Health Sciences
- Dual PharmD/Master of Health Informatics and Information Management (MHIIM) - in conjunction with the UTHSC College of Health Professions
- Dual PharmD/Master of Business Administration (MBA) - in cooperation with the University of Memphis
- Masters in Public Health (MPH) - in cooperation with the University of Memphis.
Core Values
- Bold and impactful
- Embrace diversity
- Optimistic and visionary
- Nimble and innovative
- Excel in all we do
- United and connected
- Transparent and trusted
- Health focused
- Science driven
- Caring and professional
- Collaborative
- Oriented to serve
- Patient-centered
The UT Health Science Center College of Pharmacy is dedicated to:
- Advancing excellence
- The profession of pharmacy with an orientation to the future
- Our student pharmacists, alumni, citizens of Tennessee and beyond
- Professionalism in faculty, staff and students
- Mutual trust, respect, honesty, integrity and accountability
- Interprofessional and interdisciplinary collaboration and teamwork in an environment of civility
- Decreasing health care disparities in medically underserved communities
- Continuous quality improvement
- Practice that is evidenced-based
Key Achievements
- According to : ranked in the Top 20 among over 140 colleges/ schools of pharmacy, Ranked as the top college of pharmacy in TN, and ranked in the Top 5 among regional colleges/ schools of pharmacy (southern region of the US)
- According to the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, ranked #13 in NIH funding among over 140 colleges/schools of pharmacy in 2024.
- Drug Discovery Center and the Center for Pediatric Experimental Therapeutics
- Bolstered research through three collaborative theme teams: Substance Use Disorders and Therapeutics; Teaching, Learning and Student Success; and Health Disparities and Equity Promotion
- Campuses in Memphis, Knoxville, and Nashville
- Houses a thriving Continuing Education Office which provides hundreds of CE hours to more than 10,000 participants annually and offers multiple postgraduate certificate programs (eg, Pharmacy Technician Training Program, Primary Care Certificate Program, among other certificate programs)
- Faculty excellence recognized nationally via teaching, research, and practice awards
- Among our Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science faculty, we have more than 20 direct patient care providers who work in health-system pharmacy, ambulatory pharmacy, community pharmacy, and rural health settings
Student Opportunities
- Complete all four years of the PharmD degree in Memphis, Nashville, or Knoxville
- BS in Pharmaceutical Sciences degree program; in 2020, we graduated the highest number of degrees of any college at the UT Health Science Center
- Multiple dual degree programs: PharmD/PhD; PharmD/MBA, PharmD/MPH, and PharmD/ Masters in Instructional Curriculum and Leadership with the University of Memphis; PharmD/Masters in Health Informatics and Information Management with the UT Health Science Center College of Health Professions
- Multiple certificate programs: Rural Health, Health Informatics, Nuclear Pharmacy, Medication Therapy Management, Point-of-Care Testing
- International program where students can participate in experiential rotations across the globe
- The College’s student pharmacist professional organizations have received multiple national chapter of the year awards and patient care and service awards
- 57% of the Class of 2025 entered postgraduate training after receiving their PharmD