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baccalaureate Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree program. All programs are accredited by the Accreditation
Council on Pharmacy Education (ACPE), the national accrediting agency for pharmacy programs in the United
States.
Howard University is not only one of the oldest but has one of the most technology-advanced schools of pharmacy
in the United States. We offer state-of-the-art research libraries and facilities. This includes a 27 million dollar
Louis Stokes Health Science Library, which comprises 80 thousand square feet, brimming with cutting-edge
technology. The four-story structure provides digital classrooms and data-port access for 600, in addition to
telemedicine and teleconferencing facilities. It houses 400 thousand health care books, periodicals and digitally
formatted materials. This also includes a new Interdisciplinary Research Building located at 2201 Georgia
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, which was conceived, designed and constructed to foster collaborative
interdisciplinary research at the University. It includes a clean room, wet and dry laboratories, instructional space,
research support space, ground floor retail, and centralized offices for faculty, students and academic staff. Their
research encompass Bio Nano Sciences; Natural Products Research and Development; Microbial Ecology,
Diversity, and Immunology; Atmospheric Sciences; and, Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Differentiation
or related areas. And lastly, a 6000 square foot state-of-the-art Health Sciences Simulation Center which is
comprised of a Lounge area, a Grand Multifunctional Conference Room, two Debriefing Rooms, four Simulation
Suites, and Instructor Touchdown area, and a comprehensive Technology room powered by B-Line Medical and
designed by Human Circuit.
The administrative center of the College of Pharmacy is in the Chauncey I. Cooper Hall (CCH) located at 2300
Fourth Street, N.W., Washington, DC, (which houses the Associate Dean’s Office; the Office of Student Affairs;
and, the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty and Chair Offices). The CCH building also includes: a
24-station Computer Laboratory; a 30-station Student Reading Room; a 120-seat Smart Classroom; 6 Problem
Based Learning Classrooms; a Student Lounge; a Student Leaders Office; a 50-station Pharmaceutics Lab; a 25-
station Pharmacy Dispensing Laboratory; a 16-station Research Laboratory; and, an Intravenous Admixture
Laboratory. The Department of Clinical and Administrative Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty and Chair Offices;
Office of Experiential Education; Office of External and Continuing Education Programs; Center of Excellence
Program; National Workforce Diversity Pipeline Program, and two 60-seat Smart Classrooms are located in the
Annex III Building across the street from the main College of Pharmacy building.
We offer easy access to the Information Highway plus a wireless network infrastructure in the College of
Pharmacy. In addition, all 14-residence halls offer Internet access.
Other facilities utilized by the College of Pharmacy are: Freedmen’s Annex III (Fourth and College Streets, N.W.,
Washington, DC, which houses the Department of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy Sciences Faculty and
Chair Offices, along with the Center of Excellence (COE) and The Center for Minority Health Services Research
(CMHSR) Programs); Howard University Hospital (2041 Georgia Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC); Classrooms
and auditoriums in the College of Medicine (Fifth and W Streets, N.W., Washington, DC), and the Louis Stokes
Health Science Library.
The College offers a dual degree (Pharm. D./M.B.A.) with the School of Business at Howard University, and
offers the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Pharmaceutical Sciences with the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at
Howard University.
Howard University pharmacy graduates have actively pursued postgraduate training and graduate education in
pharmaceutical sciences at prestigious hospitals and universities respectively, and have been able to take
advantage of numerous career opportunities.