Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (formerly Albany College of Pharmacy) is a private, independent college with a campus in Albany, New York. ACPHS is home to approximately 1,400 students and 115 full-and-part time faculty. As of 2020, it was tied as the 59th-ranked pharmacy school in the US. History On June 12, 1881, Albany College of Pharmacy was founded as the nation's 14th pharmacy program. Dr. E.N. Potter, then President of Union College as well as Union University, approved the formation of the College at Union University's annual board meeting. Along with Albany Medical College, Albany Law School, the Dudley Observatory, and Union College, ACPHS remains one of the constituent entities of Union University, though like each member, it has its own Board of Trustees, is fiscally independent, and is responsible for its own programs. Campus The ACPHS Campus is located at 106 New Scotland Avenue in the University Heights section of Albany, a higher education and health care cluster that includes Albany Law School, Albany Medical College, and Sage College of Albany, as well as Albany Medical Center, St. Peter's Hospital, and the Albany Stratton VA Medical Center. The Albany campus is composed of eight buildings: