The role of the pharmacist is changing, and the Western New England University Doctor of Pharmacy program prepares you to be a part of that future. Here, you will learn the technical, social, and administrative aspects of pharmacy as you also develop the skills needed to become a healthcare leader.
Our curriculum uses today’s best practices to enhance your learning and provide you with first-hand experience in our technologically advanced labs, in various types of pharmacy settings, and through service opportunities in the community. As a graduate of our program, you will be a highly prepared pharmacy practitioner, ready to provide care to an increasingly diverse patient population in an assortment of environments. Through our curriculum, you will develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to become a licensed professional equipped to deliver optimal patient care in a caring, collaborative, safe, and culturally aware manner.
The curriculum entails a competency-based framework, using integrated content and teaching, problem-based approaches when appropriate, integrated technology, and experiential exposure threaded throughout. It is designed to incrementally develop strong scientific foundations (in the biomedical, pharmaceutical, social and administrative, and clinical sciences) and professional skills. During pharmacy practice experiences, learners have many opportunities to demonstrate and apply these skills in progressively advanced methods. The Doctor of Pharmacy tablet (or mobile learning technology) program will enable learners to lease tablets and utilize them in every aspect of the learning process, both didactically and experientially.
September 2025
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
1215 Wilbraham Road,
SPRINGFIELD,
Massachusetts,
01119, United States
September 2025
Western New England University
1215 Wilbraham Road,
SPRINGFIELD,
Massachusetts,
01119, United States
Complete all Pre-pharmacy course requirements with a grade of “C-” or better at an accredited college or university before matriculation into the pharmacy program. A minimum GPA of 3.0 is preferred.
Graduate students can use any of the following standardized tests to meet our English language requirement:
TOEFL - 80 IBT
IELTS - 6.5
PTE Academic - 56
STEP Eiken - 1
iTEP - 4.5
Duolingo - 105 DET
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.