A collaboration between UH College of Pharmacy and UH's C.T. Bauer College of Business, the Pharm.D./Master of Business Administration dual-degree program is designed to meet the increasing demand for pharmacy professionals with advanced business skills and knowledge in areas ranging from operations, finance, project management, marketing and entrepreneurship.
The core coursework and elective options provide students with the best of both worlds: a strong, broad foundation in business principles and practices and as well as flexibility in shaping their educational experience to align with their individual career goals, whether as a entrepreneurial independent business owner, consultant/managed care pharmacist or on an executive/management track in a health system or corporate/chain-based environment.
The dual-degree program allows students to complete both programs in less time and at lower cost than if the programs were pursued separately.
Application and admission to the Pharm.D. and MBA programs are independent. Upon acceptance into both programs, students must petition the Pharm.D./MBA coordinator at both colleges for admission into the dual-degree program.
The dual-degree program is open to new applicants to the Pharm.D. program as well as current students prior to the completion of the first academic year of the Pharm.D. program.
September 2025
College of Pharmacy
4849 Calhoun,
HOUSTON,
Texas,
77204, United States
Admissions to the PharmD and MBA programs are completely independent. Students who are interested in the joint degree must separately apply for admission to the PharmD program through the College of Pharmacy and the MBA program through the C. T. Bauer College of Business.
MBA
Admission eligibility for the Bauer MBA Program requires a four-year undergraduate degree (or foreign equivalent) from an accredited institution.
Pharmacy
All Pharm.D. prerequisite courses are necessary for admission to the College of Pharmacy. The UHCOP Admissions Committee will look at an applicant's all prerequisite GPA, which includes all required courses. Applicants must receive no less than a "C" (2.0 GPA) in all prerequisite courses in order to be considered for admittance.
In addition, math and science prerequisite courses are averaged, which becomes the applicant's math/science prerequisite GPA. Both the all prerequisite GPA and math/science prerequisite GPA are extremely important for the student's application. The 2020 entering pharmacy class all prerequisite GPA range was 2.72-4.0 GPA. Their math/science prerequisite GPA range was 2.57-4.0 GPA.
English Language Proficiency Requirements
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
The minimum TOEFL score required is 79 for the internet-based test. The minimum TOEFL score for the paper-based exam is 550.
IELTS (International English Language Testing Service)
The minimum IELTS score required is an overall score of a 6.5.
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
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