Graduate students Marci Chew (left) and Julie Miedlar (right) enjoy themselves at the School's 125th anniversary celebration

The University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy provides tuition scholarships to most students in the PhD program. Students with an undergraduate or a master's degree are employed as teaching assistants (TAs), teaching fellows (TFs), and graduate student researchers (GSRs) with an annual stipend of $22,598/yr*. After the fall semester of the third year, students are supported by research grants and competitive fellowships. Alternatively, students with a PharmD degree can be employed as a Clinical Scientist Assistant (CSA) and receive annual compensation in excess of $30,000/yr. Tuition scholarships, TA, TF, and CSA support require maintaining a QPA of 3.0 or better and are contingent upon students complying with all PhD program requirements and demonstrating satisfactory progress toward earning a PhD degree. (See Milestones). Failure to do so will result in withdrawal of the scholarship and TA or TF support, and/or dismissal from the PhD program.