PharmD/MBA

The joint Doctor of Pharmacy and Masters of Business Administration is a professional degree offered in conjunction with the nationally ranked UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School. This is a five-year program that provides students the opportunity to combine their PharmD degree with practical business skills and knowledge acquired through the MBA program. Graduates typically seek employment within health care administration, the biopharmaceutical industry, consulting, managed care, and/or start-ups.  

Students must first apply to and be accepted by the Pharm.D. program at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. In the fall semester of the second year in the Pharm.D. program, students can apply to the MBA program at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School. It is highly preferred for students to have a four-year degree to be considered for acceptance.

Interested students are encouraged to speak with the Pharm.D./MBA dual degree advisor at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, before applying. This is an intensive commitment with students enrolled entirely in the MBA program in their third year, dually enrolled and completing courses from both programs in their fourth year and completing the PharmD Advanced Immersion Experiences in their fifth year. In addition, MBA students are expected to complete a summer internship experience through the Kenan-Flagler Business School. Dual degree students may experience limitations in elective options and internship sites while they balance completion of both programs at the same time. The Pharm.D./MBA dual degree advisor can advise students in navigating the dual degree program, along with designated career coaches within the MBA program. 

The Pharm.D./MBA program is only available to students on the Chapel Hill campus as MBA courses are taken in the third and fourth years are located within the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School in Chapel Hill.

Please be aware, per Graduate School policy, that dual-degree students must apply to graduate for both degrees at the same time. Both degrees will be awarded concurrently, even if the requirements for one degree are satisfied first, in order to maintain eligibility for benefits of the dual degree program. Either degree will only be awarded once the requirement for both degrees are satisfied.