PrePharmacy for NEOMED Program Requirements Download to print

The Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) offers a four-year Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm. D.) degree. It has a consortial relationship with four Northeast Ohio public universities: Kent State, Cleveland State, Youngstown State and Akron Universities. Admissions criteria include completion of a two- or three-year prepharmacy program at an accredited university as well as satisfactory scores on the Pharmacy College Admissions Test (PCAT). Each of the consortial universities has 15 admission slots for students with acceptable GPAs, PCAT scores, interview scores, etc. For further information go to the NEOMED website: www.neomed.edu or contact Dr. Soumitra Basu (room 204 Williams Hall, e-mail sbasu@kent.edu, telephone 330-672-3906).

Attribute Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; ELR Experiential Learning; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity, writing-intensive and the experiential learning requirements.

Students interested in applying to the NEOMED Doctor of Pharmacy degree program can satisfy all prepharmacy requirements by completing the Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry with a Biochemistry concentration. In this degree program, students either complete four years of study at Kent State, or with careful planning complete three years of study at Kent State and satisfy the remaining requirements of their B.S. degree in chemistry with coursework completed at NEOMED. For details, please contact the prepharmacy advisor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.