PFP Admission Requirements
The PharmD for Pharmacists program is designed to equip practicing pharmacists and recent graduates with the skills, knowledge, and experience to engage in an expanded scope of practice. The admissions process identifies the best possible candidates by assessing each candidate’s overall strengths and achievements, including those in academic and non-academic areas. Current clinical practice and academic excellence are necessary, but not sufficient, to ensure success. A variety of relevant factors are considered to determine the appropriateness of every candidate. Each applicant pool varies in qualifications, leading to an overlap in the distribution of candidates’ practice settings, clinical skills, GPAs, and other criteria across accepted and declined candidates.
Only individuals who fulfill one of the three requirements listed below may apply for admission:
- Pharmacists who have graduated with a bachelor's degree from an accredited (CCAPP) Canadian Pharmacy program or an accredited (ACPE) American Pharmacy program, or
- Pharmacists who are currently licensed to practice as a pharmacist in any Canadian jurisdiction (those licensed in Quebec only will be required to demonstrate English proficiency), or
- Pharmacists who have graduated with the equivalent of a bachelor's degree in pharmacy from any international pharmacy school AND have successfully completed the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada (PEBC) Evaluating Exam or the American FPGEE. International pharmacy graduates who are exempted from the Evaluating Exam by PEBC may provide documentation of this in lieu of a successful Evaluating Exam result. Pharmacy graduates who apply and are admitted with the FPGEE must be eligible to register with the Provincial College in the province where they will complete experiential courses; registration must occur prior to beginning those courses.
Not all candidates who meet the minimum requirements will be offered an interview in the application process or a position in the program.
The admissions process identifies the best possible candidates for the PharmD for Pharmacists program by assessing each applicant’s overall achievements, including those in academic and non-academic areas.
It is understood that current clinical practice and academic excellence are necessary, but not sufficient, to ensure success. A multitude of factors are used to determine the appropriateness of every candidate. As the applicant pool varies in qualifications, there will be an overlap in the distribution of applicants’ practice settings, clinical skills, GPAs, and other criteria in accepted and declined candidates.