Eshelman School of Pharmacy - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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The
UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy
is the No. 1 school of pharmacy in the country and the only public pharmacy school in North Carolina. It’s an internationally recognized pioneer in pharmacy practice, education and research and develops leaders in pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences who make a difference in human health worldwide. The school’s faculty, staff and students are engaged in driving innovations from drug discovery through patient care.
America's No. 1 school of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences
The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy is part of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a major research university with a large teaching hospital and schools of medicine, public health, nursing and dentistry.
UNC-Chapel Hill anchors one corner of North Carolina’s famed Research Triangle Park, which hosts an abundance of pharmaceutical, biotech and health-care companies. This environment offers abundant opportunities for collaboration in research, education and patient care with partners in academia, industry and health care. The pharmacy school has specialized research centers pursuing advances in drug discovery, nanotechnology in drug delivery and cancer treatment, pharmacogenomics and medication optimization.
Kim L. R. Brouwer
Interim Dean
William R Kenan, Jr, Distinguished Professor
Pharm.D./Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Master of Science
Fellowships/Residencies
Pharmaceutical sciences minor
Regulatory science MPS
No. 1
among pharmacy schools and colleges of pharmacy in total external funding ($92.2M)
No. 5
pharmacy school in the world/QS World University Rankings: Pharmacy and Pharmacology
No. 1
pharmacy school in the nation/U.S. News & World Report
No. 1
residency match rate among pharmacy schools
168
graduate students
554
Professional students
115
faculty
The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy’s structural genomics consortium has advanced medication options for rare brain tumors.
U.S. News & World Report’s 2026 “Best Graduate Schools” list names multiple Carolina programs in national top 10.
This graduate student-run program shows North Carolina teens the many roles and focuses in medical research.
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