Pharm.D./M.B.A.

The Pharm.D./M.B.A. is designed for students who wish to add business expertise to their professional pharmacy education. Pharm.D. students may earn advanced standing in the Rutgers Business School (RBS) master of business administration (M.B.A.) program for some of their required and elective Pharm.D. courses. In order to earn advanced standing in business communications, students should take Business Writing Essentials, Writing for Business and the Professions, or Collaborative Writing Practices: Social Networking for Business as their second writing course. Pharm.D. students, who meet academic eligibility requirements, may apply to the Rutgers Business School in their fourth professional year. If accepted, students matriculate into RBS immediately after completion of the Pharm.D., or they may defer enrollment for one year. With advanced standing, full-time students will complete the M.B.A. in one year; part-time students need approximately three years to complete the M.B.A.

Pharm.D./Ph.D.

The Pharm.D./Ph.D. degree option is designed to meet the needs and interests of exceptionally bright and highly motivated students wishing to pursue the doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) degree. Students are eligible to apply for entry into the graduate program in pharmaceutical science or the joint graduate program in toxicology by the end of the second professional year of the Pharm.D. program. Applicants must meet the entry criteria, including academic performance standards and Graduate Record Exam (GRE) scores as set by the graduate program and an interview with a member of the dual-degree faculty committee. Admitted students will continue in the Pharm.D. program and complete graduate courses and/or research during the summer and also in place of professional electives. Students will complete the Pharm.D. and graduate at the end of the fourth professional year. They will remain in graduate school for approximately three years while engaging predominantly in research with a mentor and advisory committee. Over this time the student will complete required coursework and conduct research in accordance with the curriculum of the graduate program and will fulfill the requirements of both degrees in six plus three years. The program is highly individualized to the student's research interests.