Pharmacy Graduate Education Programs

The College of Pharmacy does not itself have graduate students; all graduate students belong to one of the departments within the College. Their programs are listed below. The faculty of the College also participate in a number of interdisiplinary graduate progrtams, listed at the bottom of this page. Furthermore, all of the programs listed here are willing to participate im joint training for the M.D. degree (see below).

Industrial and Physical Pharmacy (IPPH)

• Ph.D. Program
  • Training in Pharmaceutics, which encompasses pharmaceutical formulation and processing research, novel drug delivery systems, biopharmaceutics, and pharmacokinetics
  • Excerpt from the Graduate School Catalog that describes this program (PDF).
  • For more information contact: Mary Ellen Hurt (E-mail: mhurt@purdue.edu)
• MS Programs
  • Regulatory and Quality Compliance, a part-time weekend program. For more information, contact Mary Speer (mspeer@purdue.edu).
• Certificate Programs
  • Regulatory and Quality Compliance, a part-time weekend program. For more information, contact Mary Speer (mspeer@purdue.edu).

Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology (MCMP)

• Ph.D. Program
  • Areas of specialization include:
    • Medicinal Chemistry & Chemical Biology
    • Cancer Research
    • Molecular and Cellular Biology
    • Molecular Pharmacology
    • Neuropharmacology, Neurodegeneration, & Neurotoxicity
    • Immunology & Infectious Disease
    • Biophysical & Computational Chemistry
    • Systems Biology & Functional Genomics
  • Excerpt from the Graduate School Catalog that describes this program (PDF).
  • For more information contact: Barb Mullenberg (E-mail: davidsba@purdue.edu)

Pharmacy Practice (PHPR)

• MS and Ph.D. programs
  • Offers programs for Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in the majors of pharmacy administration and clinical pharmacy.
  • Excerpt from the Graduate School Catalog that describes this program (PDF).
  • For more information contact: Dr. Joseph Thomas (E-mail: phpr_grad_prog@pharmacy.purdue.edu)

Note that students in the above departmental graduate programs are goverened by several policies.

Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs with Participation by College of Pharmacy Faculty

• Computational Science and Engineering Program
• Gerontology Program
• Purdue University Interdisciplinary Life Science (PULSe)
  • Biomolecular Structure and Biophysics
  • Chemical Biology
  • Integrative Neuroscience
  • Membrane Biology
  • Molecular Signaling and Cancer Biology
  • Molecular Virology

M.D./Ph.D. Program Participation

All departmental and interdisciplinary programs listed here are willing to participate in joint training for the M.D. degree and the Ph.D. for interested and qualified students that are planning to enroll in the Indiana University School of Medicine. Students that attend the Indiana University School of Medicine - Lafayette for their first two (pre-clinical) years of medical shool may find it particularly advantageous to pursue their Ph.D. training at Purdue University.