The Gulf Pharmacy College aims to provide the students an innovative, integrated, comprehensive and patient-centered Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) Program using world-class facilities, clinical simulations and latest technologies.

Despite the tremendous progress achieved in the field of Pharmacy, we are now facing new challenges that need more coordination and planning between health policy makers, clinicians, and pharmaceutical companies to promote preventive measures and provide quality clinical pharmacy services to the community. The PharmD program will provide the students with the knowledge and skills to successfully face these challenges in a systematic academic manner. This program involves an innovative approach, which combines the conventional learning methods with clinical simulations and training allowing the students to acquire necessary clinical skills, under qualified and dedicated clinical faculty and staff. Basic and Medical courses are integrated and clinically oriented, the learning methods dynamic and diversified.

The program aims to promote pharmacy education and enhance pharmacy practice through a broad spectrum of knowledge, clinical skills and values in order to prepare a generation of future pharmacists with clinical competency to serve the citizens of UAE or any other geographic location of their choice.

The PharmD program will educate students to become competent pharmacists with fundamental knowledge in biomedical and behavioral sciences. The graduates will be dedicated to serving the communities and will carry out their pharmaceutical duties with the highest level of ethical and moral standards. The curriculum will also focus and emphasize on the importance of research and encourage student participation in research activities.

The mission supports the GMU mission "Participation in the health care and educational efforts of UAE by providing educational opportunities in medicine and allied health sciences to aspiring students of all nationalities and extending its facilities to ensure provision of health care services in academic settings".

Applicants shall meet all criteria for undergraduate admission as laid down in the Standards (2007) published by the Commission for Academic Accreditation, Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research, UAE.

• The applicant must have completed a minimum of 12 years of education in school and passed courses in Physics, Chemistry and Biology in higher secondary school.
  
• The applicant must have secured a minimum of 80% marks as per U.A.E. Secondary School education standards or its equivalent in each of the three science subjects (Physics, Chemistry, Biology)
  
• Students who complete their secondary school education as per UK curriculum must have completed at least two of the three science subjects (Physics, Chemistry, Biology) in 'AS' levels or 'A' levels provided they have passed in all the three subjects in their 'O' levels. The minimum grade required is 'C' at AS level in Chemistry, Biology or Physics.
  
• A score of at least 25 of IB (International Baccalaureate) and for holders of American Diploma a minimum score of 80% is required in addition to a SAT II score of at least 550 in Biology.
  
• An aggregate score of 75% of Pakistan Board, 80% of Indian State Board and 75% of Indian Central Board while the minimum score of 70% in each subject of Biology, Physics and Chemistry is required.
  
• The applicant must have completed 17 years of age on or before the 31st of December of the year of admission and cannot be more than 28 years of age.
  
• The applicant must have proficiency in spoken and written English and Sciences terminology.
  
• The applicant must have completed a course in English language proficiency such as TOEFL or IELTS. A minimum score of 500 TOEFL (173 CBT, 61 IBT) or its equivalent in a standardized English language test, such as 5.0 IELTS.
  
• The applicant shall appear for a personal interview before the GMU Admissions Committee.
  
• The Admissions Committee shall evaluate all applicants for both cognitive and noncognitive traits demonstrating their aptitude for the chosen area of study.
  
• Applicants shall submit all academic documents and official transcripts / credits / grades / marks duly attested by the Ministry of Education, U.A.E. and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, U.A.E. or U.A.E. Embassy in their country on admission into the program.
  
• Students of Indian nationality are required to obtain an "Eligibility Certificate" from the Medical Council/Dental Council/Pharmacy Council of India, New Delhi before they seek admission into the Gulf Medical University.
• On admission, the student shall submit a copy of the birth certificate or proof of age, passport, and a copy of UAE nationality ID (Khulasat Al-Kayd), a Certificate of Good Conduct. A medical fitness certificate including blood test results, six recent color photographs, a written pledge by the applicant agreeing to comply with University rules and regulations, the application form duly filled up with complete details, a receipt for payment of a non-refundable fee towards admission.

All information regarding admissions shall appear in the Catalog, and in any other forms of advertisement circulated by the University.

Pharm D is a five-and-a-half years program, which includes one year of internship. The program consists of 12 semesters. The first two years of the curriculum are designed to educate students in biomedical sciences, behavioral sciences courses. During the third, fourth and fifth years, students will concentrate on advanced pharmaceutical studies clinical sciences and management under the strict supervision of qualified faculty. The compulsory Internship (Clerkship) year spans from the 2nd Semester of the 5th year to the 1st Semester of the 6th Year inclusive of a summer semester of the fifth year. During the clerkship students will be exposed to the practice of pharmacy in the different medical specialties as part of their clinical experience as they go through the different rotations.