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Accreditation


ACPE Accreditation 2012

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy's Doctor of Pharmacy program is accredited by:
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education
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School of Pharmacy

The Texas Legislature established the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) School of Pharmacy (SOP) in 1993. The enabling legislation specified that the SOP be located on the TTUHSC campus in Amarillo to meet the needs of the 108 West Texas counties that make up Texas Tech’s service region and the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.

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 (1998), the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex (1999) and Abilene (2007). With the expansion, students today have several paths from which to choose.

All first- and second-year courses must be completed at the main campus in Amarillo or at the Abilene regional campus. Students may then choose to remain in Amarillo or Abilene 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.