Advantages at Rutgers
For students who wish to prepare for one of the many exciting
pharmaceutical careers, Rutgers offers an excellent choice. The Ernest
Mario School of Pharmacy is located on a modern, attractive suburban campus, surrounded by the university's golf course, the
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School, and the university's major science departments. Student
housing, a campus student center, and the Library of Science and
Medicine are within walking distance of the school. While the campus is
a traditional college campus and away from the hustle and bustle of
any downtown business district, the nearby cental New Jersey
metropolitian region offers a wide array of practice-orieted
educational opportunities in retail pharmacies, including industrial
pharmacy sites that provide a unique experience in the research
laboratories of the nation's leading drug manufacturers.
All activites, both academic and extracurricular, of the larger
university are available to pharmacy students, including extensive
academic offerings in the basic sciences, humanities, and social
sciences. While at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, students
affiliate with a residential college in the New Brunswick area
(Douglass, Livingston, or Rutgers) for housing and other student
services.
As a state university, Rutgers offers tuition rates
that are particularly affordable to New Jersey residents, while
maintaining reasonable tuition rates for out-of-state students.
Scholarships and other forms of financial aid also are available. For
further information, see the Tuition and Fees and Financial Aid
sections.
The pharmacy faculty also offer graduate programs
for students wishing to earn a Master of Science or Doctor of
Philosophy degree in chemical biology, pharmaceutical and medicinal
chemistry, pharmaceutics and industrial pharmacy, pharmacology, or
toxicology. These programs are described in the catalog of the Graduate
School-New Brunswick.
The two-year post-B.S., advanced professional
Pharm.D. also is offered to students holding a B.S. degree in pharmacy
who are interested in advanced study. The Pharm.D. degree is growing in
importance as the pharmacy degree of choice for a number of practice
settings.
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