For students who wish to prepare for one of the many exciting
pharmaceutical careers, Rutgers offers many advantages. 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 central New Jersey metropolitan
region offers a wide array of practice-oriented educational
opportunities in community pharmacies, hospitals, and the pharmaceutical
industry. The school's professional experiential programs take full
advantage of these opportunities, including industrial pharmacy sites
that provide a unique experience with the
nation's leading drug manufacturers.
All activities, 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.
Dual-degree programs provide specialized opportunities for some of our highest achieving students. Our Pharm.D./Ph.D. program gives select students an excellent opportunity to start graduate work in research programs that combine pharmacy with basic, translational, or clinical research in pharmaceutics, pharmacology, and related fields. Our newly established Pharm.D./M.B.A. provides students with an opportunity to jump-start their careers in pharmacy and business--in hospitals, industry, and other health care venues.
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 websites.
The pharmacy faculty also offers
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.