1. Graduate Program Snapshot School of Pharmacy Faculty Meeting August 20,2013

2. 2013-2014 School of Pharmacy Graduate Program Applicants 211 applicants – 181 international – 30 domestic 36 students accepted – 13 PhD Program – 3 MS Program – 20 NTMS Program

3. Entering Graduate Student Demographics Gender16Male (45%) 20 Female (55%) Citizenship4 US Citizen (11%) 1 Permanent Resident 31 International (86%) Licensed Pharmacist1 Funding23 Self Pay 10 Teaching Assistantship 2 Graduate Student Researcher 1 Government Scholar GRE Score (130-170)Average: Verbal :150 Quantitative: 159 TOEFL ScoreRange 82-110 (average = 96)

4. 2013-2014 Graduate Students 107 Students (93 after NTMS graduate) – ~22% domestic (78% international) Program# of Students NTMS (graduating this year)14 NTMS (new students)21 MS11 PhD (Biochemical Pharmacology)12 PhD (Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences)18 PhD (Medicinal Chemistry)13 PhD (Pharmaceutics)18 Total PhD61

5. Non-Thesis Masters Program 2012-2013: 1 st year for NTMS Program 14 students enrolled in 2012-2013 academic year Outcomes: – 4 accepted into our PhD program – 1 accepted by University of Texas Arlington (PhD) – 1 accepted by University of Houston (PhD) – 1 working at Bayer Healthcare – 1 resigned from program without completing – 2 will defend in next term – 6 have successfully defended to date Defense for this year consisted of a written work guided by a faculty advisor which was defended to a committee consisting of a minimum of 3 faculty members

6. Non-Thesis Masters Program We have 21 new NTMS students starting this fall Initiated a Scientific Writing Course this year to assist with scientific journal article interpretation and scientific writing Program Coordinator (V. Sant) will serve as advisor to all students Defense for next year will consist of a final examination (comprehensive style exam based on different scientific papers for evaluation of student knowledge)