Overview

The purpose of the Pharmaceutical Sciences MSc program offered at University of Southern California is to prepare students with foundational coursework in pharmaceutical sciences, pharmacology, and related sciences, and to facilitate their performance of original, high-level basic or applied research in the discipline specific to the graduate’s area of emphasis, such as drug discovery, drug design, drug delivery, drug targeting, or pharmacology, utilizing approaches encompassing the expertise in the School of Pharmacy in medicinal chemistry, computational chemistry, pharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, immunology, molecular biology, biochemistry, and cell biology.

Graduates are recruited to top Ph.D. programs in pharmaceutical sciences, pharmacology, and related disciplines or employed in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry, or government (e.g., FDA).

Masters students enrolled in the program will be able to:

Demonstrate an awareness of the interdisciplinary nature of research in contemporary pharmaceutical sciences and pharmacology and the ability to work across disciplines.
Demonstrate an understanding of core scientific concepts utilized in basic and applied research in pharmaceutical sciences and pharmacology.
Demonstrate methodological skills and an understanding of contemporary research in their respective area of emphasis, and be able to apply innovative research concepts and practices to their research under guidance of their faculty advisor.
Demonstrate the ability to synthesize, integrate, and evaluate data from diverse sources into their research.
Demonstrate an understanding of the statistical methods required to conduct research.
Complete a research-based thesis in their respective area of emphasis under the guidance of their faculty advisor, which may form part or all of a publishable original research paper.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Pharmacogenomics
Proteomics
Advanced Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Structure-Activity Relationship & Drug Design
Spectrometry in Biomedicine
Computing Applications in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Immunopharmaceutics
Advanced Pharmacokinetics
Dosage Form Design & Evaluation
Drug Discovery and Design
Drug Transport and Delivery
Molecular Structural Biology
Intracellular Drug Delivery and Targeting
Drug Metabolism (Morphology)

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-04-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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IELTS

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Credits

28 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Los Angeles, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

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144 _(verbal)

153 _{(quantitative)}

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General requirements

The Admissions Committee will consider applications based on the following factors:

Overall Grade Point Average (A minimum GPA of 3.0)
GRE scores of 153 Quantitative and 144 Verbal (new exam) or a combined Verbal and Quantitative GRE score of 1000 (old exam) are required
Letters of Recommendation
TOEFL or IELTS Scores for International Applicants
Research and Professional Experience

Tuition Fees

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68886 USD / year

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68886 USD / year

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68886 USD / year

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Living costs

Los Angeles

United States

1520 - 2570 USD / month

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