If you are a student that follows a different catalog year, see your department chair or the Office of Academic Records.

Pre-Pharmacy

A career in pharmacy requires five or six additional years of study following high school. The majority of colleges of pharmacy require a student to have two years of liberal study at an accredited college or university prior to admission. Following three to four years of additional study at an accredited college of pharmacy, the student is eligible to take a licensure examination in the state where he/she plans to practice. The pre-pharmacy program at Dickinson State University is designed to meet the interests of the students as well as to satisfy the entrance requirements for the particular pharmacy school. Admission into a school of pharmacy is on a competitive basis. The criteria for admission include grade point average (especially in the sciences) and performance on a pharmacy school admission exam. The only school of pharmacy in the state is at North Dakota State University. Contact the Department of Natural Sciences for specific curriculum.