Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences - College Relations

College Relations

MCPHS-Boston is a member of the Colleges of the Fenway, a collegiate consortium in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area. The association promotes collaboration between local schools to enhance the variety of educational programs, to gain economics benefits through shared research, medical, and dining facilities and to provide students and faculty with the opportunity to study, live, and teach in a small college environment while enjoying the resources of a major academic environment comparable to that of a university setting. The consortium includes MCPHS, Emmanuel College, MassArt, Simmons, Wentworth Institute of Technology, and Wheelock College. Students are able to cross register between institutions and participate in shared social events planned by the Colleges of the Fenway and various groups throughout the campus. Students may also live at either their school of attendance, or in the campus dormitories of the other member schools. The student and faculty environments of each individual institution, however, maintain their unique character and specializations due to the physical separation of each academic campus. Collectively, the colleges represent more than 12,000 undergraduate students, comprising 16.2% of the total Boston population of undergraduates attending four-year colleges, more than 700 full-time faculty and 2,300 course offerings.

MCPHS-Worcester is a member of the Colleges of Worcester Consortium, a collaboration of twelve academic institutions which work to further the individual missions of the member institutions while advancing higher education in the region.

MCPHS has partnerships with a variety of medical institutions to supplement its educational programs in the Pre-medical studies. Depending on which professional pathway a student follows, educational instruction may be provided by institutions such as D’Youville College for Chiropractic Medicine, Ross University for General Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, Simmons College for Nutrition, Harvard University for Physician Assistant Studies, Springfield College for Occupational Therapy, New England College of Optometry for Optometry, A. T. Still University for Osteopathic Medicine, Barry University for Podiatric Medicine and New York Medical College for Speech-Language Pathology.