B. pharma/Bachelor of Pharmacy
Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharma) is a four-year undergraduate course. It is the study and method of preparing drugs and how the dispensing of medicine and drugs take place. Its importance could be understood by the fact that in most countries including India this degree is a prerequisite to practice as a pharmacist. In other words, this degree is compulsory for registration to practice as a pharmacist. The essential eligibility to pursue this program is, one should have passed the 10+2 with science stream, especially with Biology. It is considered one of the best fields of study for both who want to open their pharmacy store or join the pharma industry.
Eligibility criteria for B.Pharma
- Minimum Qualification Required: 10+2 or equivalent examination.
- Minimum Marks Required in 10+2 in science stream 50%-60% differ from collages to collages.
- Age Limit: Age limit for B.Pharm is 20 years for the reserved category and 22 years for the unreserved category.
Admission process:-
To get admission in B.Pharma there are two ways first is through entrance examination which is usually conducted at both at the state level like MHT-CET Maharashtra Entrance Test, Goa Common Entrance Test, etc or nation levels like BHU-B Entrance Exam, NEET, etc and second is based on marks obtained in 10+2 that is on merit basis.
Best Colleges for B.Pharma:-
• JSS College Of Pharmacy ( JSSCP), Ooty
• Indian Institute Of Technology ( IIT BHU), Varanasi
• L. M. College Of Pharmacy ( LMCP) , Ahmedabad, The Faculty Of Technology And Engineering_ The Maharaja Sayajirao University Of Baroda ( MSU) , Vadodara
• Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi
• Goa College of Pharmacy, Panaji
• Poona College Of Pharmacy ( BVPCP), Pune
• Al Ameen College of Pharmacy, Bangalore
• JAMIA HAMDARD, New Delhi
• A.U.COLLEGE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES, Visakhapatnam
• SCHOOL OF PHARMACY, DEVI AHILYA VISHWAVIDYALAYA, Indore
• Madras Medical College, Chennai
• Delhi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, Delhi
• P.S.G College of Pharmacy, Coimbatore
• Government College of Pharmacy, Bangalore
• Faculty Council of Engineering & Technology – Jadavpur University, Kolkata
• Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute, Chennai
• KLE University’s College Of Pharmacy, Hubli
• B.K. Mody Government Pharmacy College, Rajkot
• Bharathi Vidyapeeth College of Pharmacy, Kolhapur
• College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ganjam
• M.S. Ramaiah College of Pharmacy, Bangalore
• Ezhuthachan College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram
• Principal K M Kundnani College of Pharmacy, Mumbai
• KIET GROUP OF INSTITUTIONS, Ghaziabad
• HIMALAYAN PHARMACY INSTITUTE, East Sikkim
The course includes both theoretical and practical study, four years has been divided into eight semesters which includes
First Year:
| Pharmaceutical Analysis 1 | Pharmaceutical Chemistry | Advanced Mathematics |
| Computer Applications | Biology | Anatomy & Physiology |
| Organic Chemistry | Pharmacognosy 1 | Basic Electronics |
Second Year:
| Pharmacognosy 2 | Pharmaceutical Chemistry 2 | Pharmaceutics |
| Pharmaceutical Analysis 2 | AP HE-1 | Organic Chemistry 2 |
| Pharmacognosy 3 | AP HE- 2 | Dispensing & Community Pharmacy |
Third Year:
| Biochemistry | Pharmacology 2 | Medicinal Chemistry 1 |
| Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence Ethics | Chemistry of Natural Products | Medicinal Chemistry 2 |
| Pharmacology 1 | Hospital Pharmacy | Biopharmaceutics |
Fourth Year:
| Pharmaceutical Biotechnology | Pharmaceutics | Medicinal Chemistry 3 |
| Electives | Clinical Pharmacy | Chemistry of Natural Products |
| Projected Related to Elective | Pharmacognosy | Drug Interactions |
Career Prospects:-
It is considered as one of the most lucrative and demanding fields of study for both who want to open their pharmacy store or join the pharma industry specially today when almost daily a new disease is taking birth. Apart from this following are the fields one can choose as their career:-
• Analytic Chemist
• Drug Therapist
• Drug Inspector
• Medical Transcriptionist
• Professor
• Research Officer/ Manager
• Drug Technician
