Program Name

Molecular and Medical Pharmacology

Applicants may apply to the Ph.D. program either directly or through UCLA Access to Programs in the Molecular and Cellular Life Sciences 

 Major Code

0639 

 Address

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
23-120 CHS
650 Charles E. Young Drive
Box 951735
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1735 

 Phone

(310) 825-0390 

 Email

agamburg@mednet.ucla.edu  

 Website

www.pharmacology.ucla.edu/ 

 Leading to the degree of

M.S., Ph.D.

The Molecular and Medical Pharmacology department admits only applicants whose objective is Ph.D. 

 Admission Limited to

Fall 

 Deadline to apply

December 1st 

 GRE (General and/or Subject)

GRE: General 

 Letters of Recommendation

3 

 
 Other Requirements

In addition to the University's minimum requirements and those listed above, all applicants must have received a bachelor's degree in a biological or physical science or in the premedical curriculum.

M.S.: The M.S. degree in Molecular and Medical Pharmacology is offered only under special circumstances; for example, to those who already have a doctoral degree in another field and who wish to obtain additional training in pharmacology, or to students who are already in the program and, for some reason, cannot continue for the Ph.D.

Ph.D.: Prerequisite courses include basic biology, basic chemistry, organic chemistry, biochemistry, and laboratory. Courses in computer science, engineering, genetics, molecular biology, physical chemistry, and physics are encouraged. In suitable cases, students who have course deficiencies may be admitted to graduate status, but any deficiencies have to be removed within a specified time.

The Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology offers two M.D./Ph.D. Programs concurrently with the UCLA School of Medicine. One is the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) in which candidates are medical students that have been accepted into MSTP by the medical school in order to qualify. The second is the Specialty Training and Advanced Research (STAR) Program in which candidates are post-M.D. housestaff (interns, residents, or fellows) who have been accepted into the STAR Program by its selection committee in order to qualify.