The UW–Madison School of Pharmacy is introducing a new program that aims to increase access to pharmacy school, training more pharmacists to help meet the health care needs of Wisconsin, according to a recent press release.
The PharmD Early Assurance program provides conditional admission to the UW–Madison Doctor of Pharmacy program for high school seniors who want to become a pharmacist and are admitted to a four-year UW System university. First-semester undergraduates at any of the 13 UW System universities also are eligible for the program. This makes the early assurance program at UW–Madison unlike those at many other pharmacy schools, where a student must attend the same institution for both undergraduate studies and pharmacy school.
Early assurance students who maintain program requirements have the flexibility of entering the UW–Madison Doctor of Pharmacy program after finishing prerequisite coursework or after completing their bachelor’s degree at a UW System university.
Students can apply for PharmD Early Assurance as soon as they receive their admission offer from a UW System university. Current UW System students must apply before the end of the first semester of their first year by Dec. 30. More information is available online.
