• Dates

    Session 1: June 2 – June 5, 2025
    Session 2: June 9 – June 12, 2025

  • Location

    UIC Health Sciences Campus
    1601 Parkview Avenue
    Rockford, IL 61107

  • Application Process

    Applications for SPI 2025 have closed. Check back in fall of 2025 for information about SPI 2026!

     

About Summer Pharmacy Institute

The Summer Pharmacy Institute (SPI) allows students to explore different areas of the pharmacy profession, including full day workshops devoted to current trends, research, and activities in each of the following focus areas: Hospital, Ambulatory Care, Industry/Research & Development, Community, Rural Healthcare, and Professionalism in the Field. SPI attendees are typically on site from 9-5 PM each day.

Applying for the Program

Applications for the summer 2025 program have closed. Once you submit your application, notification of your status will be sent on a rolling basis beginning in January. If you are selected to participate in SPI 2025, you will have a non-refundable deposit of $140 to submit in order to secure your spot in the program.

Applicants must be one of the following:

  • Current undergraduate students who have not yet been admitted to a PharmD program/are not currently applying to a PharmD program
  • Students who may have already completed their undergraduate degree but who have not yet been admitted to a PharmD program/are not currently applying to a PharmD program

All applicants must be a US citizen or permanent resident. It is highly recommended that applicants have taken undergraduate level coursework in biology, chemistry, and/or anatomy & physiology, as well as have a strong interest in the pharmacy career field. Please note: you are not eligible to participate in SPI 2025 if you plan to apply to a PharmD program during the current admissions cycle.

The cost to attend this institute is $140 and includes a t-shirt, lab activity materials, hands-on learning materials for each day, and lunch.

Because of the generous support of the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois (CFNIL) with support from the Dr. Louis and Violet Rubin Foundation, selected students from Boone, Ogle, Stephenson and Winnebago Counties will be charged $70 to attend the Summer Pharmacy Institute.

We will be covering partial costs for housing at a local hotel in the Rockford area. More details about housing will be provided upon receipt of your application.