Admissions Applications Fast Facts
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Application Deadlines for Fall 2024 Admissions
- Priority Deadline: October 2, 2023 for fall 2024 enrollment.
- Spring Priority Deadline: January 8, 2024 for fall 2024 enrollment.
- Regular Deadline: February 1, 2024 for fall 2024 enrollment.
*Applicants who apply before the regular deadline will be eligible to be considered for UAMS College of Pharmacy scholarships.
Admissions Requirements
To apply, applicants must meet all of the following requirements:
- 2.5 cumulative minimum GPA
- US citizen or permanent resident
- 60 semester credit hours of prerequisite coursework. Have a question about your prerequisites? Complete this online form to ask the admissions office.
Application Requirements and Deadlines
Applicants must submit the following application items to PharmCAS.
| Check Off | Application Items | Application Deadlines | If applying for priority deadline submit by: | If applying for spring priority deadline submit by: | If applying for regular deadline submit by: |
| Official transcripts from each institution attended | Priority Deadline: October 2,2023 | September 15 | December 29, or after fall grades have posted | January 15 | |
| 2 academic letters of recommendation (committee letter counts as 2 letters) | Spring Priority Deadline: January 8, 2024 | October 1 | 2nd Monday in January | February 1 | |
| Completed PharmCAS application | Regular Deadline: February 1, 2024 | October 1 | 2nd Monday in January | February 1 |
Additionally, applicants must submit a supplemental application to the UAMS College of Pharmacy. The college will contact you with the link to submit the supplemental application after your PharmCAS application has been verified. There is no fee to submit the application.
Steps in the Admission Process
| Check Off | Step |
| Create account on PharmCAS. | |
| Submit official transcripts from each institution attended to PharmCAS. See instructions for sending transcripts. | |
| Ask two academic instructors for letters. | |
| Complete all four sections of the online PharmCAS application and e-submit. | |
| Log into PharmCAS to check application periodically to make sure letters have been submitted or check application status (received, complete, verified). Once the application is verified, UAMS COP will contact you for an on-campus interview. |
Applicant Information Sessions
The UAMS COP holds live applicant information sessions twice during each application cycle. The purpose of these sessions is to answer questions about the application process and to show applicants how to complete their PharmCAS applications.
There is an in-person session in the fall on Friday, September 16, 2023 from 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm and a remote session on January 4, 2024 from 2:00 – 3:00 pm. To sign up for these sessions, please click here. Notices will be sent in advance to PharmCAS account holders with these dates. These sessions occur prior to our deadlines. Additionally, a step-by-step video on how to complete the PharmCAS application is available on our website.
Contact Us
PharmCAS
Applicants may contact PharmCAS help at info@pharmcas.org or 617-612-2050
College of Pharmacy
Applicants may contact College of Pharmacy at copadmissions@uams.edu or 501-686-8889 for individual help with the application at any time. You may also apply for Application Information Sessions for more information
