A U.S. bachelor's degree or a comparable foreign degree from a recognized college or university is required.
Preference is given to candidates who have had professionally-related pharmacy education, but those from other fields such as biology, chemistry, statistics, and public health will be considered.
The preferred undergraduate GPA for admittance to the program is 3.00.
GRE scores are required from non-U.S. Pharm.D. applicants. Foreign students may be required to have a phone interview. All international students who are non-English speakers are required to submit TOEFL scores. However, applicants who have completed 24 quarter credits or 16 semester credits within the past 24 months in residence as full-time students at recognized institutions of higher learning in the United States or other English-speaking countries before entering the University of Minnesota are generally exempted from this requirement.

International applicants must submit score(s) from one of the following tests:
TOEFL
Internet Based - Total Score: 79
Internet Based - Writing Score: 21
Internet Based - Reading Score: 19
IELTS - 6.5
Total Paper Based Test - 550