University of Florida College of Pharmacy

In total, the college has 1,018 Pharm.D. students spread throughout Gainesville, Orlando and Jacksonville.[6] First- to third-year Pharm.D. students study at one of the three campuses, and fourth-year students rotate throughout the state and nation for their clinical practice experiences. Many UF Pharm.D. graduates practice in community pharmacy settings, with the remaining graduates choosing a variety of roles, including academia, hospitals, ambulatory clinics, the pharmaceutical industry, the Food and Drug Administration and others. For five consecutive years (2016 to 2020), the UF College of Pharmacy ranked No. 1 nationally in the number of graduates securing highly competitive pharmacy residency positions.[7]

Since 2000, the college has developed a master's degree and certificate programs using distance learning technologies. The online graduate programs include M.S. degree and certificate programs in forensic sciences, pharmaceutical chemistry, clinical toxicology, pharmaceutical outcomes and policy, precision medicine and medication therapy management.

The eight self-supporting programs have 1,025 student and generate nearly $10 million annually, which enables the building of support infrastructure for course development and delivery as well as student affairs.[8]

The college's 109 Ph.D. students receive training in one of the college's graduate programs under the mentorship of more than 50 graduate faculty.[9]

Research activities in the UF College of Pharmacy span the life cycle of a drug, including areas such as medicinal chemistry, pharmaceutics, pharmacology, clinical and translational research, and pharmaceutical outcomes and policy. The college achieved a record $28.3 million in total grant funding in 2019.[10] The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy ranks UF No. 3 nationally in NIH funding and federal funding and No. 4 nationally in total research funding.[11] Researchers in the college use scientific approaches to improve the treatment of diverse diseases through drug discovery, marine natural products, pharmacology, developing models of disease, pharmacokinetics/pharmacometrics, pharmacogenomics and precision medicine, pharmacoepidemiology and patient safety research.[12] Five centers support these research programs:

• Center for Drug Evaluation and Safety
• Center for Integrative Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease
• Center for Natural Products, Drug Discovery and Development
• Center for Pharmacogenomics and Precision Medicine
• Center for Pharmacometrics and Systems Pharmacology

The University of Florida's Gainesville campus began offering pharmacy degrees in 1923.[14] The pharmacy campus is part of UF Health, which is the country's only academic health center with six health-related colleges[15] (Medicine, Nursing, Public Health and Health Professions, Dentistry, and Veterinary Medicine), nine research centers and institutes and 10 hospitals.

The Gainesville pharmacy campus has more than 500 Pharm.D. students enrolled with 130 new pharmacy students admitted each fall semester.[16]

The Jacksonville campus began offering Pharm.D. degrees in 2002.[17] It is located on the campus of UF Health Jacksonville, where students have access to a UF medical library, modern labs, two on-campus pharmacies, and teaching classrooms and auditoriums.

The Jacksonville campus has approximately 200 Pharm.D. students enrolled with 40-50 new students admitted each fall semester to the Pharm.D. program.[18]

The Orlando campus began offering Pharm.D. degrees in 2002.[19] It is located on the UF Research and Academic Center at Lake Nona campus. The campus has a total program enrollment of 280 students enrolled and admits approximately 70 new students each year in the fall semester.[20]