B.Pharm is an under graduate degree awarded for the completion of a 3 year program in the area of Pharmacy. B.Pharm is a shortened form of Bachelor of Pharmacy. Pharmacy Council of India is the controlling authority of the Indian Pharmacy education. PCI is a legal body ruled by the provisions of the Pharmacy Act 1948. B.Pharm enables a candidate to practice a professional career as a Pharmacist.

B.Pharm course will cover a syllabus including health care and biochemical science. The program covers practical experiments along with theory classes. Many reputed institutes and universities in India provide B.Pharm course. Several of the universities are offering online Pharmacy degree across the globe.

Advantages and Benefits of Bachelor of Pharmacy

• B.Pharm graduates can study a Post graduation in Pharmacy that is offered in various specializations. Some of them are Pharmacology, Pharmacognosy etc.
• After the completion of the program, candidates can register with the State Pharmacy Council. This will qualify them for starting a Pharmacy or Chemist store of their own. Therefore, they can stock and sell the medicines.

Eligibility for Bachelor of Pharmacy

The basic edibility for the B.Pharm program is a pass in HSC (10+2). The students must have studied Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics. The applicants must have scored at least 50% marks in 12th standard or equivalent with Mathematics or Biology as one of the subjects. Another education qualification which will be considered equivalent to +2 is the D. Pharma (Diploma in Pharmacy). In some states, it is compulsory to write and qualify in an entrance test for getting admission into the program.

Admission procedure for B.Pharm

For getting admission into the Bachelor of Pharmacy program, the candidate must pass 12th standard with good percentage of marks from a reputed education board. There are various entrance tests which are carried out by top colleges for selecting the best aspirants. However, some of the institutes are offering direct admission into the program without appearing in an entrance tests. The candidates can collect the application form by either online or by post. The forms are available in the college office also.

How to fill in B.Pharm Entrance Application form

Application forms and brochures are available in the colleges. Candidates are given an option to download and apply for the course through the official website of the institute or university. The aspirants can fill the application form carefully and submit it to the specified centre. The applicants must write correct information which has to be supported by proper certificates. It is good to make a photocopy of the form, fill the copy first and if any mistake happens, they can correct it.

B.Pharm Entrance Exams

• Bharati Vidyapith University B.Pharm Entrance Exam
• BHU B. Pharma Entrance Exam
• Guru Gobind Sing Indra Prastha University B.Pharm Entrance Test
• MHT-CET B.Pharm Entrance Exam
• GPAT
• Poona College of Pharmacy B.Pharm Entrance Exam
• SEE UPTU B.Pharm Entrance Test

B.Pharm Entrance Exam Pattern

The entrance test duration is one and a half hours. The subjects included in the entrance exam are Physics, Botany, Mathematics, Zoology and Mathematics. The entrance test covers objective type questions. They will have four options or answers from which the candidate will have to select the appropriate one. The syllabus of the examination is taken from the 12th standard syllabus.

Reference Books for B.Pharm Entrance Exam

• GPAT (GATE) Pharmacy By Vidya Sagar
• GPAT (graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test)By Ali
• Guide To GPAT 2010(Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test)By Gkp
• Key to Success: Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test by Anees A. Siddiqui
• Pharmacy By G. Vidya Sagar
• Pharmacy Quiz: A Handbook For Pharmacy Competitive Exams GPAT By Samba Reddy D

Top B.Pharm Colleges in India

• Bihar College of Pharmacy
• C. L Baid Mehta College of Pharmacy, Chennai
• Hind Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow
• L.M.C.P, Ahmadabad
• M.S University Department of pharmacy
• BITS-PILLANI
• UDCT Mumbai
• Punjab University
• Krishna Institute of Engineering and Technology (KIET), New Delhi

Other Reputed Colleges/ Universities offering B.Pharm

• A M E’s Vutkoor Laxmaiah College of Pharmacy
• A R College & G H Patel Institute of Pharmacy , Gujarat
• Acharya Institutes, Bangalore
• Aditya College of Pharmacy & Research, Delhi
• Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy, Bangalore
• Al-Falah College of Pharmacy, Karnataka
• B K Mody Government, Pharmacy College, Gujarat
• B L D E College of Pharmacy & School of Pharmacy, Andhra
• B V V Sangha’s Hanagal Kumareshwar College of Pharmacy
• Baba Mastnath Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Research, Haryana
• Bagwanlal K Modi Govt Pharmacy College, Gujarat
• Bapuji Pharmacy College Davangere
• Bharathi College of Pharmacy, Karnataka
• Bhupal Nobels College, Department of Pharmacy, Rajastan
• Bidar Vidya Kendar Shanthiniketan Educational Campus, Karnataka
• Brila Insitute of Technology, Jharkhand
• C N K Reddy College of Pharmacy, Bangalore
• C R College of Pharmacy , Koratagere
• College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal
• College of Pharmacy, Pushp Vihar, Delhi
• College of Pharmacy, Sri Rama Krishna Institute of Pharamedical Sciences,, Tamil Nadu
• D S T S Mandal’s College of Pharmacy, Maharashtra
• Dakshin Solapur T S Mandal’s College Solapur, Pune
• Department of Chemical Technology Matunga, Mumbai
• Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chandigarh
• Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Haryana
• Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jammu & Kashmir
• Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Maharashtra
• Department of Pharmaceutics, Institute of Technology, Uttar Pradesh
• Devanahalli Rural Education Trust , Bangalore
• Dhulia Charitable Society’s Annas Ajemera College of Pharmacy, Maharashtra
• Dibrugarh University Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Rajabheta
• Directorate of Medical Education Govt of Karnataka, Bangalore, Karnataka
• Dr D Y Patil Prathisthan’s S D College of Pharmacy, Maharashtra
• Dr H L Thimmegowda College of Pharmacy, Bangalore
• Dr TMA Pai Society’s College of Pharmacy Manipal
• Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Deptt. of Pharmaceutical Science, Madhya Pradesh
• Faculty of Technology & Engineering, Baroda
• Farooquia College of Pharmacy, Mysore
• G K M College of Pharmacy ,Bangalore
• Gautham College of Pharmacy, Bangalore
• Goa College of Pharmacy Panaji,
• Government College of Pharmacy Bangalore, Karnataka
• Government College of Pharmacy, Maharashtra
• Government Engineering College, Amravati, Maharashtra
• Government Engineering College, Aurangabad, Maharashtra
• Gujarat Ayurved University, Gujarat
• Guru Jambheshwar University Deparment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Haryana
• H K E Society’s College of Pharmacy ,Gulbarga
• Hindu College of Pharmacy Sonepat, Haryana
• HubliDayananda Sagar College of Pharmacy, Bangalore
• Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, , Bilaspur
• J S S College of Pharmacy, Mysore
• Jamia Hamdard Hamdard Nagar
• Janta Shikshan Prasarak Mandal’s College of Pharmacy Maharashtra
• K R E Society’s Karnataka College of Pharmacy, Karnataka
• Kamla Nehru College of Pharmacy, Aurangabad
• Kanak Manjari Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Orissa
• Krupanidhi College of Pharmacy, Bangalore
• Lachoo Memorial College of Science, Rajasthan
• Maharishi Dayanand University Faculty of Engineering & Technology
• National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education
• Patliputra College of Pharmacy, Patna
• R L S Yadav College of Pharmacy, Patna
• Sardar Vidya Bhavan Trust’s Pharmacy College, Gujarat
• Siddhartha College of Pharmaceutical Sciences Andhra Pradesh
• Sri P Rami Reddy Memorial College, Andhra Pradesh
• Sri Padmavathi Mahila Visvavidyala, Andhra Pradesh
• Sri Venkateswara College of Pharmacy, Andhra Pradesh
• St Peter’s Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Andhra Pradesh
• Sultan-ul-Uloom College of Pharmacy, Andhra Pradesh
• University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences,Warangal
• University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chandigarh
• University Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology, Tamil Nadu
• University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Punjab
• Vagdevi College of Pharmacy, Andhra Pradesh

B.Pharm course curriculum

First semester

• Basic Electronics & Computer Applications
• Pharmaceutical Analysis
• Inorganic Pharmaceutical Chemistry
• Pharmacognosy
• Remedial Mathematical Biology

Second semester

• Advanced Mathematics
• Anatomy, Physiology & Health Education (APHE)
• Physical Chemistry
• Organic Chemistry-I
• Physical Pharmacy

Third semester

• A P HE-II
• Pharmaceutical Analysis
• Organic Chemistry
• Pharmaceutics -II
• Pharmacognosy -II

Fourth semester

• Pathophysiology of Common Diseases
• Pharmaceutical Microbiology
• Pharmaceutics - III
• Dispensing & Community Pharmacy
• Pharmacognosy - III

Fifth semester

• Biochemistry
• Pharmaceucal Technology
• Hospital pharmacy
• Pharmacognosy -N
• Pharmacology - I

Sixth semester

• Medicinal Chemistry
• Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence & Ethics
• Biopharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetics
• Chemistry of Natural Products
• Pharmacology -II

Seventh semester

• Elective (Theory)
• Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
• Medicinal Chemistry
• Pharmaceutical Industrial Management
• Pharmaceutical Technology
• Pharmacology -III

Eighth Semester

• Pharmaceutical Analysis - III
• Medicinal Chemistry
• Pharmaceutics - IX
• Pharmacognosy - VI
• Clinical Pharmacy & Drug Interactions
• Project related to Elective

B.Pharm Projects

• Changing Scenario Of Packaging In Pharmaceutical Industry
• Colonic Drug Delivery
• Combinatorial Chemistry
• Comparative Study Of Colloidal Dispersion In Pharmaceutical Products
• Ethosomes - A Novel Drug Delivery System
• Fast Dissolving Drug Delivery System
• Flavonoids As Antioxidants
• Good Manufacturing Practice For Pharmaceutical Products
• Indole 3 Carbinol, A Novel Approach To Cancer Treatment
• Invivo Screening Methods Of Anti-Inflammatory Drugs – An Approach To Herbal Drugs
• Management In Peptic Ulcer Disease
• Microwave Assisted Heterocyclic Synthesis – A Boon Over Conventional Methods
• Mucoadhesive Agents
• Nephroprotective Plants
• Nutraceuticals And Its Impact On Health Care
• Pharmaco Therapy Of Schizophrenia
• Pharmacotherapy Of Hypertension
• Principles Of Pharmacoeconomics
• Study On Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (Hetcor - Spectroscopy)
• Superdisintegrants
• The Complications And Management Of Alzheimer’s Disease

B.Pharm Course Evaluation

The duration of the B.Pharm program is four years. The medium of exam and teaching shall be English. There are both theory and practical sessions included in the program. There are eight semester in the B.Pharm program. There is internal evaluation held during the program. The program covers projects, seminars, viva voce etc. The course includes around 30 papers.

B.Pharm Text Books

• Chemical Engineering by J.F.Richardson  and  J.M. Coulron
• Chemical Engineering Techniques by Lauer & Heckmann
• Current dispensing practices by Nanda, Popli and Sharma
• Differnetial Calculus by Prasad
• Dispensing for pharmaceutical students by Cooper and Gunn
• Dispensing Pharmacy by Cooper and Gunn’s
• Dispensing Pharmacy by R.K.Khar and Pratibha Nand
• Handbook of Chemical Engineering by Perry
• Indian Pharmacopoeia by N.K.Jain and S.N.Sharma
• Inorganic Medicinal and Pharmaceutical chemistry by J.H. Block, E. Roche, T.O. Soine and C. O. Wilson
• Integral Calculus by Prasad
• Introduction to Chemical Engineering by Walter L. Badger and J.T. Banchero
• Introduction to Pharmaceutics-II by A.K. Gupta and S.S. Bajaj
• Microbiology by Pelczar and Reid
• Modern Pharmaceutics by Gilbert S.Banker and Christopher T. Rhodes
• Organic Chemis try, Vol.1 by I.L. Finar
• Organic Chemistry by J.B. Hendrickson by D.J. Cram and C.S. Hammond
• Organic Chemistry by R.T. Morison and R.N. Boyd
• Pharmaceutical Microbiology by Malcolm Harris, Balliere Tindall and Cox
• Pharmaceutical Sciences by Remington
• Pharmacopoeia of India
• Physical Pharmaceutics by Shotton and Ridgeway
• Physical Pharmacy by Martin
• Physiochemical principles of Pharmacy by A.T. Florence and D. Attwood W
• Statistics by Yule and Kendell
• Textbook of pharmaceutical chemistry by L.M. Atherdon, Bently and Drivers
• Textbook of Pharmaceutical Formulation by B.M. Mittal
• The Extra Pharmacopoeia-Martindale by S.J Carter
• The theory and practice of Professional Pharmacy by N.K.Jain and S.N.Sharma

What to do after B.Pharm?

After completing B.Pharm program, the aspirants can go for a Post graduation or opt for a job in the related field. The best options are M.Pharm and MBA. Both of the programs are offering better career chances. Candidates can decide the course based on their interest. For the post graduation programs, there will be entrance tests. For getting admission into the M.Pharm and MBA programs, the aspirants are selected based on the scores obtained in the entrance test. Once the candidate completed the post graduation in M.Pharm, students can work in health care centers, food and drug administration, sales and marketing department etc.

Job and Career options for B.Pharm

The candidates will get jobs in drug manufacturing companies, research field, chemist shops etc. Some other jobs available for the B.Pharm candidates are drug inspector, medical representatives, lectures etc. After B.Pharm, the candidates can go for M.Pharm or MBA. Teaching is a better choice. The students will get job openings in the government as well as private sector.

Job types

• Analytical chemist
• Customs officer
• Data manger
• Drug inspect
• Medical transcriptionist
• Regulatory manger
• Researcher
• Teacher

Employment areas

• Chemist
• Drug control administration
• Educational institutions
• Food and drug administration
• Health centers
• Hospitals
• Medical dispensing store
• Pharmaceutical firms
• Research agencies
• Sales and marketing departments

Remuneration after B.Pharm

As B.Pharm is a professional program, there are lot many chances for those who finished the course successfully. As a fresher in the pharmacy sector, there are various jobs which will fetch one around Rs.8000 to Rs.10000 per month. Based on the candidate’s performance they will get more salary. In the teaching field, aspirants can earn Rs.10000 to Rs.15000. An M.Pharm student will get 3 to 6 lakhs per year. After 5 years of experience, the candidate may get 9 to 12 lakhs per year.