Skaggs School of Pharmacy

The Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of California San Diego is a graduate-level pharmacy school offering five educational programs: Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree awarded in a four-year programJoint Bachelor of Science (BS) in Chemistry and Pharm.D. degree awarded in a seven-year program in cooperation with UCSD's Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryPh.D. degree in pharmaceutical and biomedical sciencesPost Pharm.D. pharmacy practice and specialty residencies and research fellowshipsA continuing education program for practicing pharmacists. Prior to the establishment of the school, San Diego was the largest metropolitan city in the USA without a local pharmacy school.HistoryThe Skaggs School was authorized by the Regents of the University of California in July 2000. The school was named on November 4, 2004 in recognition of a $30 million gift, the largest ever to UC San Diego Health Sciences, from the Skaggs Institute of Research. The inaugural class began in the Fall of 2002 with 25 Doctorate of Pharmacy students, and graduated the first class of students in the Spring of 2006.On May 2, 2006, the school opened the doors of its new four story and 110000sqft facility to house all of its academic and research operations.CurrentlyAs of 2015, enrollment is 240 Pharm.D. students, 60 Ph.D. students and 30 pharmacy residents. The school accepts 60 Pharm.D. students per year.