UIC College of Pharmacy
| UIC College of Pharmacy | |
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1859 |
| Endowment | $12 million |
| Chancellor | Michael Amiridis |
| President | Timothy Killeen |
| Provost | Susan Poser |
| Dean | Jerry Bauman, PharmD |
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Academic staff
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180 (faculty) |
| Students | 735 professional; 144 graduate (MS & PhD); 29 residents and fellows |
| Location | Chicago, Illinois, United States of America |
| Campus | Chicago and Rockford |
| Website | https://pharmacy.uic.edu/ |
The UIC College of Pharmacy (UIC COP) is a public pharmacy school with two campuses located in Chicago and Rockford, Illinois. It offers a four-year professional degree program that leads to the PharmD, the highest level of professional education in pharmacy, which is approved by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as the sole entry level degree for the profession. Besides the professional degree, the College also offers programs leading to six master's degrees and four doctorate degrees, covering a spectrum of research areas within the pharmaceutical sciences.
Established in 1859, the UIC College of Pharmacy stands as the oldest academic unit of the University of Illinois, borne out of pharmaceutical education efforts begun in Chicago in 1840. That winter, John T. Temple delivered a public course of lectures in chemistry. By 1843, the series was supplemented by regular courses in chemistry at Rush Medical College. At the time, most academic institutions had little to offer pharmacists and chemists other than lecture courses. In 1852, the first railroad entered Chicago from the East, increasing the flow of goods, including medicines, through Chicago. Also in 1852, the American Pharmaceutical Association (now known as the American Pharmacists Association) formed to advance pharmaceutical knowledge and elevate the professional character of apothecaries and druggists throughout the United States. APhA founders felt this could not be accomplished without first developing a formalized education system. In 1853, APhA issued a letter inquiring into the state of pharmacy as it existed in the various sections of the country. A correspondent member was appointed for Illinois, resulting in a rapid series of advances in professional pharmacy.
At the sixth annual meeting of APhA, four Chicago druggists were elected to membership in the society. Upon returning to Chicago, two of those men, Edwin Gale and James D. Paine, began a movement for a formal school of pharmacy. Along with S.S. Bliss, J.H. Read, E.H. Sargent and F. Scammon, all prominent druggists, collaborated to form an organization that would become the College's foundation. Incidentally, the group also served as the first organized society of druggists in the state.
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