Outside Evaluations

The School of Pharmacy accepts evaluations only from World Education Services (WES).

At this time evaluations from other services are not accepted, but the School of Pharmacy has initiated contact with other evaluation services and will post updated information as it becomes available.

To request an evaluation, or for questions about procedures, required documents, or costs, contact World Education Services.

Points to consider:

1. Official Documents Still Required: The WES evaluations cannot be submitted in lieu of official documents.

   Applicants must still also submit an official copy of all required materials (in both English and the original language) outlined above.

   In the rare situation when it is verified that an official English translation is unobtainable, the translation made by WES may be accepted without an official English translation from the issuing institution. These cases will be reviewed on an individual basis and will not exempt an applicant from any deadlines or minimum eligibility requirements.

   WES will provide a copy of the documents evaluated to compare to the official copies submitted as part of the supplemental application packet.

2. Verifying Academic History: It is necessary to verify the accuracy and authenticity of all applicants' prior academic records in a format that can be used and understood by the admissions review committee. This includes, but is not limited to, a transliteration (word to word translation) of subjects studied, grades awarded, degrees earned, institutions attended, and relative U.S. equivalents. In most cases, submitting the Comprehensive Course-By-Course Report offered by WES will provide this information.
3. Prerequisite Standing: When reviewing course work to determine if the course work can be applied towards the pharmacy prerequisites, detailed information not available on a transcript or marks report is necessary. The WES Comprehensive Course-By-Course Report will only be able to provide some of these additional details. If you wish to apply this course work towards prerequisites, you must also submit official course descriptions in English along with your supplemental application. At times, additional information, such as course syllabi, may also be required. If this information cannot be provided, the course work in question cannot be used towards fulfilling the prerequisites.

All outside assessments are subject to review and approval by the UCSF School of Pharmacy. This includes, but is not limited to, decisions regarding acceptable credit, prerequisite fulfillment, GPA calculations, degree equivalencies, minimum passing grade levels, etc. The UCSF School of Pharmacy is not obligated to accept the conclusion of any outside evaluation. Furthermore, the above applies only to applications to the PharmD program. Applicants to other programs at UCSF or other University of California campuses must contact the program in question to determine its policy on the evaluation of foreign academic records.

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