Spring 2025 Update 
    
    Nov 14, 2024  
Spring 2025 Update

3+4 Affiliation Agreement (Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences)


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Adelphi University has a 3+4 affiliation agreement with Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (ACPHS) which students’ study for three years at Adelphi. After completing 90 credits at Adelphi, students begin their first year of pharmacy school which counts as the final 30 credits needed to be eligible for the bachelor’s degree at Adelphi. The bachelor’s degree will be awarded by Adelphi University after the first year of pharmacy school. After successful completion of the fourth year at ACPHS, students are eligible for the PharmD degree. For more information on the program academic/standardized test requirements and the application deadline, please click here.  Eligibility to this program is limited to ten first year students.

3+4 Admissions Eligibility Requirements 

  • Completion of at least (90) credits of course work at Adelphi, including completion of all General Education requirements, all major coursework and the following pre-requisite coursework:
       o Biology with lab: BIO 111  & BIO 112  
       o Chemistry with lab: CHE 111  & CHE 112  
       o Organic Chemistry with lab: CHE 251 /CHE 253  CHE 252 /CHE 253  
       o Physics with lab: PHY 111  or PHY 113  & PHY 112  or PHY 114  
       o Calculus: MTH 141  
       o Microbiology: BIO 238  
       o 2 Semesters of English
       o 15 Credits of Humanities which also include Psychology: PIA 101  and SPE 112  
       o Statistics: MTH 113  or MTH 114  
       o Genetics: BIO 222  
       o Research Project lab: BIO 224  

For additional information, please contact Office of Pre-Professional Advising and Fellowships at (516) 877-3140 or preferably email oppaf@adelphi.edu.

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