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.
Benefits
The benefits of pursuing our Dual Degree PharmD/MBA includes but are not limited to:
- Expanded career options, providing the business knowledge and credentials for corporate-related roles as well as managing your own pharmacy.
- Improved effectiveness in terms of the ability to work effectively across an organization, manage and lead others, and interface with different business functions.
- Expanded personal and professional network.
Program Schedule
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.
| Year | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semester | Fall | Spring | Fall | Spring | Fall | Spring |
| Course | ||||||
| ACC 628: Managerial & Financial Accounting | ||||||
| ECO 610: Managerial Economics | ||||||
| DIS 651: Quantitative Analysis in Business Decision Making | ||||||
| FIN 600: Corporate Financial Policy | ||||||
| MKT 600: Marketing Management | ||||||
| CPH 600: Health Services System Organization | ||||||
| MGT 611: Managing Effective Organizations | ||||||
| MGT 699: Business Policy Strategy | ||||||
| MBA Elective Courses (2 Required) | ||||||
PharmD courses that count towards our MBA degree include:
- PHR 952 Research & EBM in Pharmacy Practice
- PHS 964: Pharmacy Operations and Financial Management
Application and Tuition Guidance
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 $250 per credit hour.
Connect with Us
Karla Schiebel
Gatton College of Business and Economics
Executive Director and Assistant Dean, Professional Resource Center
(859) 257-7645
karla.schiebel@uky.edu
Dr. Karen Blumenschein
College of Pharmacy
University of Kentucky | Lexington, KY 40506
859.257.5778 (office) | kblum1@email.uky.edu
