COVID Vaccines: MAHEC community pharmacies at Biltmore and Enka can administer COVID vaccines to patients 7 and older without a prescription (not currently covered by children's Medicaid). Patients 18-64 require a high-risk condition that is documented through a self-attestation form available at the pharmacy. Patients 65 and older do not require an attestation. Walk-ins welcome, but appointments can also be scheduled!

School of Pharmacy

UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy Asheville Campus

Our Asheville Campus is located in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina. We emphasize patient-centered care, place-based learning, and interprofessional education and practice. We partner with MAHEC to offer PGY2 residency programs in Ambulatory Care and Geriatrics, as well as with Mission Health to offer PGY2 residencies in Ambulatory Care, Emergency Department, and Administration.

Interprofessional Health Sciences Campus

Learn together with other UNC Asheville Campus students in the school of medicine and school of dentistry to improve access to care where it matters most

Small class sizes and place-based learning

Form meaningful relationships with faculty and experience an educational approach that longitudinally engages the local community of Western North Carolina

Unique active learning opportunities

Gain hands-on interprofessional experience in MAHEC clinics and advanced facilities including a state-of-the-art simulation center and 340B pharmacy

Specialized training & certificate programs

Expand your education with multiple certificate programs and a team-based learning environment that emphasizes investing in and caring for rural populations

Fostering Lasting Relationships

In our program, we value the importance of relationships. Students enjoy the small, close-knit, learning community and personal mentorship of our esteemed faculty, as well as opportunities to learn about, with, and from other health professional students through UNC Health Sciences at MAHEC. A high level of student engagement contributes to the relationship-centered culture of our campus.

Each cohort consists of a maximum of 30 student pharmacists in order to encourage strong relationships with peers, faculty, preceptors, and community. The Asheville Campus is home to world-class faculty members in the Division of Practice Advancement and Clinical Education as well as the Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy. Our dedicated, student-centered staff members in administration and educational technology also support our students during every step of their journey.

“What I love most about Asheville is the accessibility of faculty to students. Being able to pop into a professor’s office to ask questions about class, career, or life is something that I couldn’t imagine having elsewhere. I have gone blacksmithing at a faculty member’s house and hiking with other faculty. I have made long-lasting connections with everyone here.”

— John Nyznyk, Class of 2026, Asheville Campus

Diverse Training Opportunities

At our Asheville Campus, pharmacists provide care across multiple settings including real-life hospital practice, interprofessional ambulatory care clinics, and innovative community pharmacy settings. Students can participate in the Ambulatory Care Certificate Program or the Rural Pharmacy Health Certificate Program in order to further differentiate themselves in these areas of pharmacy practice.

Healthcare professionals in Asheville are committed to giving back to WNC through community engagement. Our students can frequently be seen working in a community garden, volunteering at a free clinic, and participating in community-wide emergency preparedness exercises. We foster relationships with pharmacists and providers across care settings and seek to improve the health of rural members of our community.