Mission Statement

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences provides a unique academic environment to guide and support students toward successful, sustainable careers and leadership in health care. As a private independent institution with a long and distinguished history of specializing in health sciences education, the College offers traditional and non-traditional programs that embody teaching excellence, active scholarship and research, professional service, and community outreach.

The College embraces a set of core values that reflect commitment to preparing competent, caring, ethical health professionals and scientists to meet the public’s need for high quality health care and cutting-edge knowledge development. As members of the College and broader community, we are committed to the following core values:

• Learner-centered teaching and student engagement that fosters intellectual vitality, critical thinking, and lifelong responsibility for learning and continuing professional development;
• Honesty, integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility;
• Respect for diversity and appreciation of cross-cultural perspectives;
• Adaptability and flexibility in response to the ever-changing external environment;
• Effective and efficient use of resources to maximize value to those we serve;
• Excellence and innovation in education, scholarship/research, and service, including outreach to the community;
• A productive, satisfying work and learning environment that is built upon cross-disciplinary and cross-campus collaboration;
• Integration of the liberal arts and basic sciences with professional studies;
• Scholarship that contributes to knowledge development, improvement of health sciences education, and improvement of health care and health outcomes;
• Education that fosters development of the whole person.