Our PharmD/MBA Dual Degree program allows UK Pharmacy Doctoral candidates to earn their MBA degree in parallel with while earning their PharmD degree in four years, at a significant tuition discount.
The benefits of pursuing our Dual Degree PharmD/MBA includes but are not limited to:
Our Dual PharmD MBA degree consists of 36 total credit hours, or 12 courses. Of the 36 total credit hours, 30 are completed in our MBA program and 6 credit hours from the PharmD program apply towards our MBA degree (considered shared credit hours within the Dual Degree).
The following schedule is the typical cadence of courses for our PharmD MBA dual degree candidates. Each of our MBA courses are offered during weekday evenings from 6 - 8:30 p.m. The year corresponds with our MBA program, accepted PharmD candidates start our MBA program after their first year of their PharmD program.
PharmD courses that count towards our MBA degree include:
Candidates interested in applying for our Dual Degree PharmD MBA first need to be approved through the College of Pharmacy during their first year of Pharmacy School and then follow our standard application process which can be found here.
Tuition for MBA courses for our Dual Degree graduate students is at a reduced amount of $257.55 per credit hour.
Gatton College of Business and Economics Director of MBA Admissions and Recruitment
College of Pharmacy
