Top 15% of pharmacy schools
The future of pharmacy starts here.
At the Skaggs School of Pharmacy, students from around the globe learn from award-winning faculty in a world-class medical setting. Hands-on training is dynamic, interprofessional and career-driven. From our entry-level PharmD program to flexible
online degrees, our curriculum is innovative and agile, preparing students to be leaders in the emerging pharmacy careers of the future.
At the Skaggs School of Pharmacy, students from around the globe learn from award-winning faculty in a world-class medical setting. Hands-on training is dynamic, interprofessional and career-driven. From our entry-level PharmD program to flexible online degrees, our curriculum is innovative and agile, preparing students to be leaders in the emerging pharmacy careers of the future.
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PharmD Program
Interprofessional and experiential. From hospitals and industry settings, to clinics and pharmacies, our PharmD graduates are taking the lead optimizing medications and improving patient care.
Online Programs
We’ve been offering online degrees for more than 20 years. And it shows. Our online degrees and certificates deliver academic rigor in a flexible, interactive setting.
Master's Programs
Whether it’s a Master’s in Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or Palliative Care, adding an MS to your toolkit will deepen your patient-centered skills and increase your professional opportunities.
Top 10% in NIH funding
92% first-time NAPLEX pass rate
More than 1,300 rotation sites
95% of grads employed within 6 months
7 ACCP national award winners
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Learn on an Interprofessional Team
From the first week on campus, you’ll engage in experiential and interprofessional training that prepares you for team-based pharmacy careers.
Upcoming Events
CU Pharmacy Announces 2021 Alumni Awardees
The Alumni Association for the CU Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is proud to unveil the recipients for its second annual alumni awards. This year's honorees are Lucas Smith, PharmD '14 and Boris Tabakoff, RPh '66, PhD '70.
Upping Her Game: Pharmacy Instructor Gets Creative in the Classroom
Slaying creepy bugs with an arsenal of foreign firearms or being thrown into an escape room where the entire Front Range population dies if they fail are just average tasks for Meghan Jeffres’ students.
Study Sheds Light on Mechanism of Liposome Accumulation in Tumors
Dmitri Simberg, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences in CU Pharmacy and a CU Cancer Center member, has released the results of a new study of the effectiveness of different types of fluorescent labels used to monitor the accumulation of liposomes in tumors.
Treatment Gets Personal with Advances in Precision Medicine
Pharmacogenomics, known as personalized medicine, is allowing pharmacy experts to design custom drugs and treatment approaches based on an individual's genome. Assistant professor Yee Ming Lee is focused on bringing pharmacogenomics into clinical practice to impact patient outcomes.
Denver looks for solutions after increase in overdose deaths
Professor Robert Valuck, Director of the Colorado Consortium, recently spoke with 9News on the increased substance abuse in Colorado saying, "I think there's awareness of it, but we really just need to put everything we have towards it.” There is a concern that the pandemic stressors led to a first misuse and will add to the increase in coming years.
Colorado Pharmacists Face the Threat of Burnout
“The pandemic has been a tale of two realities for us,” says Emily Zadvorny, CU Pharmacy faculty member and the executive director of the Colorado Pharmacists Society. “Across the country, pharmacists have delivered millions of vaccines on top of what pharmacists and techs do every day,” Zadvorny says.
5 Things You Need to Consider Before Taking Any Supplement
Senior Instructor Monika Nuffer, PharmD, tells SELF, supplement labels must include the following disclaimer: “This statement has not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.” That statement, however, might differ markedly from what supplements manufacturers claim, she cautions.
