Ursuline College, Duquesne University partner to offer accelerated path to a pharmacy doctorate degree

Ursuline College in Pepper Pike and Duquesne University School of Pharmacy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, are partnering to offer students the opportunity to earn their bachelor's degree and doctor of pharmacy degree in seven years instead of eight. Both schools are Catholic.

After three years of majoring in chemistry at Ursuline, a women-focused college, qualified students may enroll at Duquesne, a co-educational university, where their first year of pharmacy school will fulfill their undergraduate degree. These students will earn their bachelor's degree in chemistry from Ursuline, and then would spend four years in Duquesne's doctor of pharmacy (Pharm.D.) program.

Representatives of the two schools signed an articulation agreement on June 26.

?We at Ursuline College are delighted to be able to offer future pharmacists this chance to begin their college career with us, in a women-focused, supportive environment,? said Sister Christine De Vinne, OSU,