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University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ20708647 ↗
Source-derived summary

The University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is in Buffalo, NY. It is part of the SUNY system through the State University of New York at Buffalo.

History

The University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Founded in 1886, is the second-oldest component of the University at Buffalo and is the only pharmacy school in the State University of New York (SUNY) system. The UB School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is the birthplace of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.

Accreditation

The UB School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. The current accreditation period is through June 30, 2028.

Departments

Pharmaceutical Sciences

Pharmacy Practice

Rankings and reputation

In 2024, the school was ranked tied for 19th best pharmacy school in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.

Editorial summary

“University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences” enters the record as university in New York. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what University, Buffalo and School can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA strong contextual entry point for chronology, institutions and public events when official records are distinguished from later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1886, 2028, 2024—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1886. Its strongest next move is a source search built around University, Buffalo and School.
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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q20708647. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1886, 2028 and 2024.

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This entry incorporates text from “University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.