Departmental faculty occasionally mentor and host graduate students pursuing graduate and professional degree programs from other Departments and from Institutions other than the University at Buffalo.

Visiting Graduate Students should present the appropriate documents (e.g., visas) and seek a Departmental appointment so that a University at Buffalo identification can be obtained. A University at Buffalo card is necessary to obtain access to Departmental facilities and for library privileges. The Departmental Administrative staff should be contacted for guidance.

Visiting Graduate Students are eligible to participate in a range of academic, professional and social activities in the Department including but not limited to access to Departmental facilities, participation in seminars and meetings with visiting speakers.

Visiting Graduate Students are responsible for meeting the academic requirements of their Home Departments. The Director of Graduate Studies at the Home Department (or the functional equivalent thereof) is responsible for tracking the academic progress of the Visiting Graduate Student.

The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences is not responsible for the assistantship/stipend of the Visiting Graduate Student. The Research Advisor can terminate the assistantship of a Visiting Scholar by providing notice in accordance with policies of the Research Foundation.

Visiting Graduate Students can be dismissed from conducting research in the Department by their Research Advisor for infractions that rise to a level at which a student in the Department’s own Graduate program might reasonably be dismissed. Visiting Graduate Students who are so dismissed must return to their Home Departments.

Visiting Graduate Students from Institutions other than the University at Buffalo are advised to constitute a local Visiting Scholar Research Advisory Committee consisting of two Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty members other than their Research Advisor. The Visiting Scholar Research Advisory Committee can be constituted at any time during the Visiting Scholar’s stint in the Department by submitting a written request to the Director of Graduate Studies. The role of the Visiting Scholar Research Advisory Committee is to guide and advise the Visiting Scholar when requested to do so by either the Visiting Scholar or Research Advisor. The Visiting Scholar Research Advisory Committee can also assist in the resolution of any disputes and differences of opinion when needed.