Ranked among the top pharmacy schools in the United States and considered one of the most prestigious, the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences was founded in 1886, and is the second-oldest component of the University at Buffalo and the only pharmacy school in the State University of New York (SUNY) system.  UB is the largest and most comprehensive university center in the State University of New York system and the first public university in New York to be admitted (in 1990) into the Association of American Universities (AAU), joining North America’s other leading research universities.  Encompassing the departments of pharmacy practice and pharmaceutical sciences, the school offers professional, undergraduate, and graduate programs as well as multifaceted research opportunities.

The school is part of a the University’s Academic Health Center (AHC) model which includes the Schools of Dental Medicine, Health Related Professions, Nursing, Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and Pharmacy, The comprehensive character of the University at Buffalo represents a major intellectual, clinical and physical advantage to the School.  It increases available resources and permits us to focus our resources, as a school, on our own goals, allowing us the flexibility to meet the demands of our challenging and sophisticated programs.

UB attracts academically talented students from across the world and supports their learning experience with scholarships. The UB SoPPS offers approximately $350,000 in competitive scholarships each year, thanks to the generosity of alumni, friends, and various organizations/corporations. Visit PharmD Costs, Financial Aid, & Awards and Pharmaceutical Sciences Costs, Financial Aid, & Awards to learn more about scholarship opportunities to assist students in achieving their academic goals.

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Mission

The mission of the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is to educate students in pharmacy practice and the pharmaceutical sciences, to create and disseminate knowledge in pharmacy practice and the pharmaceutical sciences and to provide services to the community at large based upon this knowledge. The mission is to provide a focus on patient-centered care and recognize pharmacist-delivered patient care as a mode of pharmacy practice within the health care team in which the patient is empowered to achieve the desired outcomes of drug and related therapy. This mission is to be achieved consistent with the highest ethical standards and a focus on diversity and cultural sensitivity. The mission also recognizes that research in the broad area of the clinical and basic pharmaceutical sciences is necessary to create and maintain a body of knowledge needed for professional education, health care delivery and the advancement of science. In this context, our goal is to enhance the local, national and international leadership of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and continue it as one of the strong components of the University at Buffalo and the State University of New York system. This will involve a focus on those areas of unique strength within the school and those areas that form innovative, interdisciplinary bridges within the university.