The USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has been a national leader in advancing the pharmaceutical field since our founding in 1905. We continue to serve as an innovative force. Our programs encompass the entire spectrum of pharmacy education, research and practice—from laboratory science and clinical pharmacy to health policy and regulatory science.
Our school has advanced the field through pioneering initiatives, excellence in education and service to diverse populations in need. Through this comprehensive strategic plan, we are building on the firm foundation of our past to raise the science and practice of pharmacy to even greater heights in the future, by converging disciplines, fostering collaboration, preparing future leaders and opening novel paths of scientific exploration and policy impact.
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Committed to equity, and to serving the community surrounding our campus near downtown Los Angeles, we expand the field’s frontiers through groundbreaking translational discovery and by training new generations of professionals to the highest standards of innovation and care. The excellence of our programs and faculty is recognized worldwide.
“Since its inception more than a century ago, USC Mann has remained a place of innovation and excellence in pharmacy education. Our graduates enter their respective fields as leaders and innovators, with the potential to save lives and improve the human condition.”
USC’s three founders include pharmacist John Gately Downey, who was also the seventh governor of California.
The school is established as the USC College of Pharmacy, offering a two-year pharmacy graduate degree (PhG) with a mission to “create a means for higher pharmaceutical education and supply a broader foundation for the student’s future professional career by providing systematic instruction and special training in those subjects requisite for the successful practice of pharmacy.”
The school creates the first four-year bachelor of science in pharmacy.
We establish the nation’s first PharmD program.
Results magazine, published semi-annually, highlights some of the school’s latest advances and achievements, as well as the faculty, students, alumni and donors who make this work possible.
