USP Academic Connection

USP Academic Connection supports the development of future health, chemical, and food sciences professionals by providing no-cost or discounted access to USP resources, enhancing learning both inside and outside of the classroom.

Complimentary access to USP documentary standards

USP offers complimentary institutional subscriptions for the U.S. Pharmacopeia – National Formulary (USP-NF), Food Chemicals Codex (FCC), and Dietary Supplements Compendium (DSC). Librarians or subscription managers should contact UAC@usp.org for more information.

Supporting Students

Access to USP monographs can help students better understand how public quality standards protect public health, and learn more about standards for:

  • drugs
  • compounded preparations
  • inactive ingredients
  • food ingredients
  • dietary supplements
  • packaging and storage
Supporting Faculty

Access to these compendia can help faculty prepare curricula to guide students in both foundational and advanced coursework, including courses such as:

  • Foundations & applications of pharmacy practice
  • Regulation of drugs and pharmacy
  • IPPE community & hospital
  • Food chemistry & analysis
  • Regulation of foods, dietary supplements and herbal supplements

Reference standard donations to support medicines quality research

Ensuring access to quality medicine is essential to advancing public health. USP donates reference standards to universities engaged in research related to:

  • Detecting and removing poor-quality medicines from the market
  • Helping local health systems improve access to quality medicines

For more information, send an inquiry with "ATTN: Standards for Research" to UAC@usp.org

University Partnerships 

Now more than ever, the COVID-19 pandemic has made it crucial to provide students digital platforms that allow them to fulfill their professional development goals from home. Let USP help you adapt to these important adjustments in your curriculum. Curated by vetted experts, USP provides self-paced resources on the international standards your future professionals will use in the workforce. These resources can be easily integrated into existing curriculum. To learn more about how your accredited academic institution can partner with USP, please visit our University Partners page.

Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPE)

USP offers a select number of non-traditional APPE rotations for PharmD candidates throughout the year at our Rockville, Maryland headquarters. During the rotation, students will learn:

  • About USP’s role in creating healthcare standards nationally and internationally

  • How standards help protect the quality of medicines, excipients, biologics, dietary supplements, food ingredients, healthcare, and global health

  • What USP is working on today and expects to address in the future

  • How healthcare practitioners help shape USP standards

  • About the interplay of legislation, regulation, and implementation in standards development

  • Which key groups and stakeholders support and influence quality

Current USP academic affiliations

  • Duquesne University

  • FDA*/Indian Health

  • Howard University

  • Mercer University

  • Purdue University

  • Shenandoah University

  • University of Colorado

  • University of Maryland

  • University of Michigan

  • University of Pittsburgh

  • University of South Carolina

  • Virginia Commonwealth University

  • Wilkes University

To find out how your students and institution might benefit from an affiliation, please contact Nakia Eldridge, Director, Healthcare, Patient Safety & Information.

For all other USP Academic Connection inquiries, please contact Nneka Nix, Senior Program Manager.