Creating a UW‒Madison PharmD Admissions Portal is required for all applicants and must be completed in order for your application to be reviewed. Applicants use the admissions portal to monitor their admissions status.

The PCAT is an optional admission requirement.  If you believe the PCAT provides evidence of your academic preparedness for UW-Madison’s PharmD program, you are encouraged to take the PCAT and submit your scores to PharmCAS. For example, this could apply to students who have a lower GPA, lower grades in science prerequisites, or students who completed science prerequisite coursework several years ago. If you have questions, we encourage you to contact our admissions office at apply@pharmacy.wisc.edu. The MCAT is also accepted . If you’d like to submit an MCAT score, please contact the admissions office at apply@pharmacy.wisc.edu. PCAT scores should be sent to PharmCAS (code number 104).

If you choose to take the PCAT for Fall 2023 admission, your PCAT exam must be taken no later than February 4, 2023.  The School of Pharmacy will receive scores for each PCAT examination you take and will consider the highest composite and associated sub scores for decisions regarding admission. There is no penalty for taking the PCAT multiple times, but the PCAT taken must be no more than three years old.

The historical average composite PCAT score of admitted classes ranged from 74% – 83%. Pre-registration for the exam is required. For available dates and locations, see the PCAT website.

Two letters of recommendation (referred to as evaluations in PharmCAS) must be submitted to PharmCAS before an application will be considered complete. Applicants must specify their references on the PharmCAS application and all letters must be submitted via the PharmCAS portal.

Applicants are required to submit two (2) letters of recommendation/evaluations via PharmCAS.

1. One of the two letters must be from a college-level instructor (professor, lecturer, teaching assistant).  A letter from a science instructor is preferred.
2. The second letter should be from a reference who knows you professionally such as a work/volunteer supervisor, pharmacist, professor, lecturer, teaching/research assistant, or academic advisor. We will not accept letters from a politician, friend, family member, or coworker of equal standing.

All official transcripts must be submitted through PharmCAS. Transcripts sent to the University of Wisconsin–Madison during the application will not be accepted.

Official transcripts from international colleges and universities will not be accepted. International coursework must be evaluated by World Education Services (WES). See the international application page for additional information.

If you wish to receive credit for AP or IB coursework, the coursework must be identified on one or more of your college transcripts (each AP exam must be transferred in as a course with credits on your current transcript). AP credit will be granted for specific courses and prerequisite requirements if your current institution gave you specific course credit for the exam.

If your college transcripts do not list each course transferred in from your AP tests (for example, it just lists 20 AP credits), please email the School of Pharmacy Admissions Office (apply@pharmacy.wisc.edu) to manually inform the school of your scores.

International students may have to submit additional materials, such as TOEFL Exam, Foreign Transcript Evaluation (WES), and a Financial Certification Form. Read more about international student application requirements by clicking on the link below.

Please email a copy (front and back) of your U.S. Permanent Resident Card to the School of Pharmacy Admissions Office at apply@pharmacy.wisc.edu.

If college credit was received from outside the United States:

Official transcripts from international colleges and universities will not be accepted. International coursework must be evaluated by World Education Services (WES). See the international application page for additional information about WES.

While many of our program prerequisites can be completed outside of the United States, English Composition must be completed at an accredited college/university within the United States/Canada.

TOEFL

If your native language is not English and you have not completed at least 60 semester credits as a full-time college student in the United States, an official report of the TOEFL score should be sent to PharmCAS (exceptions may be made for permanent residents who are have spent substantial time residing in the United States).