Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education

Logo of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.

Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) is a non-profit accreditation national agency recognized by Council on Higher Education Accreditation and the US Department of Education.[1] It was established in 1932 as the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education and was renamed as the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education in 2003.[1] ACPE is based in Chicago and accredits and pre-accredits schools offering PharmD degrees and providers of continuing pharmacy education.[2][3] The accrediting body is made up of professionals from the American Council on Education, the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, the American Pharmacists Association, and the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy.[4]

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  1. ^ a b "ACPE History, ACPE - Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, American Council on Pharmaceutical Education, 1932". Acpe-accredit.org. Archived from the original on 2004-04-17. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  2. ^ "ACPE - Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, Home page". Acpe-accredit.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  3. ^ "Pharmacists, Home Page, ACPE - Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education". Acpe-accredit.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  4. ^ "Healthcare Accrediting Agencies - Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education". www.guidetohealthcareschools.com. Retrieved 18 January 2013.


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