Overview
The School of Business and the Wegmans School of Pharmacy at St. John Fisher University have established a Joint Pharm.D./MBA program. The goal of this cooperative program is to educate students to assume responsibilities with management, executive, and administrative positions within the healthcare pharmaceutical industry, as well as healthcare delivery systems that provide pharmaceutical information, services, and products to patients.
The Wegmans School of Pharmacy’s Doctor of Pharmacy program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education and the School of Business MBA program is accredited by AACSB International—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Both programs are individually and jointly registered with NYSED.
Application Process
Candidates for this degree program must first meet the entrance and admissions requirements for the Doctor of Pharmacy program. Students may apply to the Joint Pharm.D./MBA program after successfully completing their first professional year in the pharmacy program by submitting a Petition to Change Program form, located on the Office of the Registrar webpage.
Pharmacy students who have at least 90 credit hours of undergraduate and/or graduate coursework may take up to six (6) credits of the MBA Core Courses prior to petitioning to this program, consistent with current graduate school policy. It is recommended that pharmacy students take undergraduate business courses in accounting, economics, finance and statistics. Based on an incoming student's background in foundational business subjects, the self-study MBA Math Toolkit may be recommended or required. The student cost for the MBA Math Toolkit is located on the MBA requirements page. Please consult with the Office of Academic Affairs within the School of Pharmacy on course selection.
The Doctor of Pharmacy and Master of Business Administration degrees will be granted individually as each degree program requirements are met.
At any point, should a student no longer wish to pursue the Joint Pharm.D./MBA degree program, they will need to petition for a change of program and move to the standalone pharmacy degree program to complete the degree requirements. After a student completes the pharmacy degree, should they wish to re-enroll in the MBA program, an accelerated application will need to be completed, and any new degree requirements met.