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The Texas Legislature established the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) School of Pharmacy (SOP) in 1993, creating the first publicly supported pharmacy program in the United States in nearly 50 years. To meet the needs of the 108 West Texas counties that make up Texas Tech’s service region, the enabling legislation specified that the SOP be located on the TTUHSC campus in Amarillo.
In May 1996, the main SOP campus building opened on a parcel of land located within Amarillo's Harrington Regional Medical Center. The facility was constructed using approximately $13M of public and private funds raised in the Texas Panhandle. The first classes were held in August 1996.
In 1997 the School implemented Graduate Pharmacy Education (Residencies). A Master of Sciences (M.S.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Pharmaceutical Sciences program was added in 1999. The School has also expanded its program to regional campuses located in Lubbock, the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex and Abilene. With the expansion, students today have two paths from which to choose.
The first path requires all first- and second-year courses to be completed at the main campus in Amarillo. Students who choose this path may then choose to remain in Amarillo for their third and fourth years, or they may elect to complete their Pharm.D. at either the Lubbock or Dallas/Fort Worth regional campus.
The second path requires students to complete all four years of the Pharm.D. program at the TTUHSC-SOP Abilene regional campus.