The Skaggs School was authorized by the Regents of the University of California in July 2000.[2] The school was named on November 4, 2004, in recognition of a $30 million gift, the largest ever to UC San Diego Health Sciences, from the Skaggs Institute of Research.[3] The inaugural class began in the Fall of 2002 with 25 Doctorate of Pharmacy students, and graduated the first class of students in the Spring of 2006.
On May 2, 2006, the school opened the doors of its new four story and 110,000-square-foot (10,000 m2) facility to house all of its academic and research operations.[4]
Prior to the establishment of the school, San Diego was the largest metropolitan city in the United States without a local pharmacy school.[5]
Programs
Skaggs School offers five academic programs that produce degrees in the pharmaceutical industry:
Joint Bachelor of Science (BS) in Chemistry and Pharm.D. degree awarded in a seven-year program in cooperation with UCSD's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Dual Pharm.D. and Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences
Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Development
M.S. in Drug Development and Product Management
Skaggs Schools also offers four post-graduation fellowship opportunities.
