Doctor of Pharmacy
Welcome to Doctor of Pharmacy course, where you are in the journey of becoming a drug doctor.
About the Course
The duration of the course is for two academic years. Each academic year consists of not less than one hundred and eighty working days in addition to 500 hours of practical training for 3 months or more, as may be prescribed by the curriculum.
Eligibility Criteria
The candidate should have passed 10+2 / ‘A’ Level or its equivalent from any Board or Council with 45% aggregate marks in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology / Zoology / Computer Science.
Attendance Requirement
A candidate is required to put in at least 80% attendance in Theory and Practical subjects individually to be eligible to appear for the respective final examinations.
Assessment System
The Annual Examination is conducted over a total of 70 marks each in the Theory & Practical sections. Candidates who have secured a minimum of 50% marks in Theory (including sessional) and Practical (including sessional) separately in any subject shall be deemed to have passed in that respective subject. Please note that every candidate shall have to undertake practical training in a Pharmaceutical Manufacturing House / Approved Hospital / CSIR research lab for a period of not less than one hundred and fifty hours after the completion of the final academic year of the B.Pharm course.
Internal Assessment
The internal assessment consists of 30 marks for every three sessional examinations evenly spread during the academic year. The average marks of the best two examinations shall be considered for the evaluation of the final percentage. The university shall conducting exams for 70 marks.
Practical
Two sessional examinations is conducted for 30 marks in both theory and practical. University Examination: Examination will be conducted for first to fourth years at the end respective years. Project work (dissertation work) should be submitted as a part of fifth year for which viva voce on dissertation work is conducted at the end of the V year.
Course of Study
Year 1
- Human Anatomy and Physiology
- Pharmaceutics
- Medicinal Biochemistry
- Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry
- Pharmaceutical Inorganic Chemistry
- Remedial Mathematics/ Biology
Year 2
- Pathophysiology
- Pharmaceutical Microbiology
- Pharmacognosy & Phytopharmaceuticals
- Pharmacology-I
- Community Pharmacy
- Pharmacotherapeutics-I
Year 3
- Pharmacology-II
- Pharmaceutical Analysis
- Pharmacotherapeutics-II
- Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence
- Medicinal Chemistry
- Pharmaceutical Formulations
Year 4
- Pharmacotherapeutics-III
- Hospital Pharmacy
- Clinical Pharmacy
- Biostatistics & Research Methodology
- Biopharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetics
- Clinical Toxicology
Year 5
- Clinical Research
- Phaemacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics
- Clinical Pharmacokinetics & Pharmacotherapeutics Drug
- Clerkship*
- Project work (Six Months) *Attending ward rounds on daily basis.
Year 6
- Six months in General Medicine department and
- Two months each in three other speciality departments
Semester 7
- Instrumental Methods of Analysis
- Industrial Pharmacy-II
- Pharmacy Practice
- Novel Drug Delivery System
Semester 8
- Biostatics and Research Methodology
- Social and Preventive Pharmacy
- Two elective subjects out of nine subjects