The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy

Beginning in the fall of 2011, the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill expanded its doctor of pharmacy program to enroll students based at UNC Asheville. The program enrolled up to twenty-five students in its first year.

The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy is bringing its PharmD education program to Asheville in an effort to better serve the health-care needs of people all across North Carolina. The School offers a similar program at Elizabeth City State University, which has been in place since 2005 and will graduate its third class in 2011.

The pharmacy programs offered in Asheville and in Elizabeth City are all part of a single program based at UNC-Chapel Hill. The curriculum is the same for all students. The admission and progression requirements and process are the same for all students.

The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy uses innovative video-teleconferencing technology to deliver real-time, interactive classroom instruction from faculty at Chapel Hill to students in Asheville so that all of students receive the same educational experience. Asheville-based students will also receive assistance from faculty based at their respective sites, and they have a variety of opportunities to work with faculty and advisers at Chapel Hill.

If you are interested in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy at UNC Asheville, please be sure to attend the Carolina Pharmacy Leadership, Excellence and Development (LEAD) program June 11.

For more information, visit http://www.pharmacy.unc.edu/.