Pharmacy school receives Board of Regents authorization to offer Doctor of Pharmacy degree
Continues to lay groundwork for enrolling first class
The New York State Board of Regents, which presides over the NYS Department of Education (SED), today approved authorization for Binghamton University to award the Doctor of Pharmacy degree. The approval, coupled with the March 2015 approval by the SUNY Board of Trustees to confer the degree, continues to lay the groundwork for the University’s new School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
“This Board of Regents approval of the PharmD degree means that the SED has conducted a professional education program review and found the new program in compliance with NYS standards for professional degrees,” said Gloria Meredith, founding dean of the school. “It’s also the final step before SED registers the program – a requirement in order to recruit students and open the program.”
The school anticipates being awarded Precandidate status from the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education in January. Once Precandidate status is granted, SED will register the program. The school is set to matriculate its first pharmacy class in fall 2017.