Admission to the Program in Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Students applying to the Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences (PPS) program may pursue a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics or a Ph.D. in Pharmacology. We DO NOT offer a Master’s degree in either discipline at the present time.

Applicants are expected to have a bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy or related sciences. In addition, those applying for the Pharmacology degree track must have taken 3 credit hours of advanced human physiology and 3 credit hours of biochemistry before admission or during the first graduate year.

For admission in the fall of 2008, all application materials must be RECEIVED in our departmental office by February 1, 2008. We DO NOT admit students in the spring.

Your application will consist of two parts:

    1. Online application on the page https://www.applytexas.org/adappc/commonapp.WBX., completed by February 1, 2008.
    2. Paper items (such as transcripts and letters) mailed directly to the departmental office (address below), NOT to the central University of Houston office, and RECEIVED by our departmental office by February 1, 2008. Complete details are in the Application Instructions.

Download Admissions Requirements
Download Application Instructions
Download Applicant Checklist
Download Financial Backing-Understanding form (for international applicant)
Download Faculty Research Interests
Download Frequently Asked Questions

For information about:

More about UH: http://www.uh.edu/admissions/pages/gAboutUH.htm
Relocating to Houston: http://www.uh.edu/gs/relocating.htm
Housing on campus: http://www.uh.edu/admissions/pages/gHousing.htm


If you have further questions please contact:

Diane Salazar
Graduate Programs Office Manager
Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Houston, Science and Research Bldg 2, Rm 542
Houston, Texas 77204-5037
gradpps@uh.edu

Phone (713) 743-1227