Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences - Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy

As a leader in Pharmaceutical Sciences graduate education, the URI College of Pharmacy offers you programs and specializations in highly sought after fields available at few other universities in the country. You will study with faculty who are world-renowned, respected experts in basic, clinical, and applied pharmaceutical sciences, and who exemplify translational, highly collaborative, interdisciplinary training and research. Passionate about teaching, research, and mentoring, our faculty are committed to training the next generation of scientists and academicians.

The college offers M.S. and Ph.D. level degrees in Pharmaceutical Sciences with four specializations. The Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy specialization, you will study drug discovery and delivery through synthesis, mechanism, modeling, screening, isolation of natural products from plant and marine sources.

Focus areas include: cancer, HIV, stroke, nanotechnology, brain drugs, antibiotics, drug resistance, herbal medicine, bioinformatics, peptide synthesis, and DNA damage, mutation and repair.

A cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better in the undergraduate career that can be confirmed with official transcripts from the institution.
GRE scores requirements listed below
PharmD or bachelors degree in pharmacy chemistry biological sciences or allied sciences
TOEFL waived for applicants from countries where English is the primary language

The University has a minimum TOEFL score Read 20 Write 22 Listen 17 Speak 17 The College of Pharmacy has minimum GRE scores new format 145 Quantitative 148 Analytical 30