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Ranked among the top pharmacy schools in the Northeast (U.S. News & World Report, 2024) and the #1 public university in New England, the University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy is preparing the next generation of healthcare leaders. With cutting-edge research labs, nationally recognized faculty, and hands-on learning opportunities, you’ll acquire the expertise to excel. Our welcoming, hands-on learning environment empowers you to make a real difference in patient care and public health on a local and global scale. Whether through faculty-led research, dual-degree programs, or service-learning initiatives, you’ll graduate ready to lead, innovate, and make a lasting impact.

98%Students Employed at Graduation
#1Research Funding Received by New England Pharmacy Schools
300+Experiential Learning and Employment Partnerships
#1First-Year Residency Match Rate in Northeast

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With over 100 career pathways, pharmacy offers unmatched job security, career flexibility, and the chance to make a real difference—whether in direct patient care, pharmaceutical innovation, drug discovery, or public health.


Driving Innovation. Changing Lives.

From groundbreaking research and clinical breakthroughs to community outreach and industry leadership, our students, alumni, and faculty are impacting healthcare and pharmacy’s future.

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  • URI College of Pharmacy student Shakir Spike blocks his mouth so South Kingstown High School students can't read his lips as he tests their hearing age during an interactive health and wellness fair at the High School on Dec. 5. URI students bring interdisciplinary health education to South Kingstown High School during wellness fair - University of Rhode Island students from the Colleges of Pharmacy and Health Sciences imparted some health wisdom on younger students during an interactive health and wellness fair Dec. 5 at South Kingstown High School. About 70 URI students helped educate high school students during an interprofessional presentation involving the departments of nutrition, physical therapy and […]
  • URI College of Pharmacy student Shakir Pike joins URI nursing and physical therapy students, along with a medical student from Brown University in assessing a patient case during an Interprofessional Education Program at Brown's Warren Alpert Medical School. URI pharmacy, nursing, physical therapy students get interprofessional experience at Brown medical school - Local colleges and universities collaborate on RI Interprofessional Education Day University of Rhode Island students from the colleges of Pharmacy, Nursing, and Health Sciences joined medical and social work students from other local institutions in multidisciplinary teams during Rhode Island Interprofessional Education Day at the Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School, where they worked together […]
  • High school students experience URI College of Pharmacy during Exploration Day - Students from around the region tour Avedisian Hall, learn about opportunities college offers and careers they could pursue High school students with an interest in science visited the University of Rhode Island’s College of Pharmacy on Nov. 21 to experience the classrooms, gardens, and labs of the college’s Avedisian Hall, giving them a look at […]
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