The Kerala Commissioner of Entrance Examination is responsible for the conduct of different professional Entrance Exam in the state. The Kerala CEE conducts the Post Graduate Pharmacy (M Pharm) Entrance test for the graduates in the field. The score obtained in the common entrance test is the basic criteria for getting admission into the Medical colleges in the state. The entrance test will be carried out once in a year, usually in the month of January.

Structure and Syllabus for Kerala PG Pharmacy Test

The Kerala M.Pharm Entrance Test will consist of 200 objective type problems with three hours duration. There will be different options for the candidate and they need to specify the right answer on the given OMR sheet. The syllabi of the examination follow the standards of the B.Pharm program. The wrong response on the OMR sheet cause negative marking. The aspirants can expect questions from the areas of,

• Basic Electronics & Computer Applications
• Inorganic Pharmaceutical Chemistry
• Pharmacognosy
• Pharmaceutical Industrial Management
• Remedial Mathematical Biology
• Physical Pharmacy
• Pharmaceutical Analysis
• Advanced Mathematics
• Physical Chemistry
• Organic Chemistry
• Anatomy, Physiology & Health Education (APHE)
• Biochemistry
• Pharmaceucal Technology
• Hospital pharmacy
• Chemistry of Natural Products
• Medicinal Chemistry
• Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence & Ethics
• Biopharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetics
• Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
• Medicinal Chemistry
• Clinical Pharmacy & Drug Interactions
• Pharmaceutical Technology
• Medicinal Chemistry

Eligibility Criteria

The applicant should be an Indian National with Kerala Origin. For the sponsored seats any Indian citizen can apply. The applicant must have a B Pharm Degree from the University of Kerala or any universities recognized by the Kerala University with AICTE approval. They should also have a minimum of 55% marks in bachelor’s degree in pharmacy.

How to Apply?

The aspirants can register for the exam through the official portal. The application and the prospectus will be available in the official website of Kerala CEE, www.cee-kerala.org . The candidates can apply by visiting the web link. The applicants need to take the bank challan from the given website and pay the fee of examination Rs.800, through the SBT outlets.

How to fill the Form?

The candidates can find the guideline for filling the online form in the website itself.  They have to go through those instructions before filling the form. All the information provided should be correct and once after submitting the form no changes will be allowed in the submitted form. The candidates need to upload the scanned photo of required size and format in the given column. After submitting the online form, the applicants need to take the printout of the form and along with the attachments paste the photo and put their signature in the space provided. The candidates should pay the fee amount in the SBT and send the original fee receipt along with the application form. The application form should send through the registered post to the submission address before the specified date for submission.

Important Dates (Tentative)

Availability of application form in the Website: Last Week of December, 2011

Last date for receipt of filled-in application forms:  Mid of January, 2012

Date of Entrance Exam: Third Week of January, 2012

Declaration of Result: Last Week of January, 2012

Kerala PG Pharmacy Test center

Thiruvananthapuram

Contact Address for the Kerala PG Pharmacy Test

• Address : Commissioner for Entrance Examinations, Housing Board Buildings, Santhinagar, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala – 695 001
• Phone: 0471- 2332120, 2338487, Fax: 0471-2337228.
• E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.cee-kerala.org

College Accepting the Kerala PG Pharmacy Test score

• College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram,
• College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medical College, Kozhikode
• Al- Shifa College of Pharmacy, Perinthalmanna, Malappuram
• Nehru College of Pharmacy,Pampady, Thiruvilwamala, Thrissur
• Grace College of Pharmacy, Kodunthirappally, Palakkad
• Devakiamma Memorial College of Pharmacy, Chelembra, Malappuram
• National College of Pharmacy, Mukkam, Kozhikode

Reference Books for Kerala PG Pharmacy Test

• Comprehensive GATE Questions by Vidya Sagar
• Text Book of Pharmacognosy by Treas and Evans
• Comprehensive Pharmacy Review by Leon Shargel
• The Theory and Practice of Industrial Pharmacy by Lachman
• Pharmaceutical Sciences by Remington
• GATE – A Companion by N.N. Inamder
• Industrial microbiology by Cascida
• Statistics by Yule and Kendell
• Instrumental methods of Chemical Analysis by B. K. Sarma
• Physical Pharmacy by Martin
• Instrumental methods of Chemical Analysis by Chatwal
• Pharmaceutical Microbiology by Malcolm Harris, Balliere Tindall and Cox
• Microbiology by Pelzar
• Physiochemical principles of Pharmacy by A.T. Florence and D. Attwood W
• Spectroscopy by Silverstein
• Pharmaceutical Sciences by Remington
• Industrial microbiology by Prescott & Dunn
• Text Book of Pharmaceutical Analysis y K. A. Connors
• Pharmacopoeia of India
• The Extra Pharmacopoeia-Martindale by S.J Carter
• Text Book of Pharmacognosy by C. K. Kokate
• Pharmacopoeia of India
• Text Book of Pharmacognosy by T. E. Walis
• Physical Pharmaceutics by Shotton and Ridgeway
• Pharmaceutical Sciences by Remington
• The Science and Practice of Pharmacy by Alfonso R Gennaro
• Dispensing Pharmacy by Cooper and Gunn’s

Coaching Centers for Kerala PG Pharmacy Test

• Brilliant Tutorials Pvt. Ltd
• Aakash Institute
• Darshana Academy
• Giraffe Learning
• Tandem
• Sreekrishna Entrance Coaching Centre
• AGG Group of Institutes
• Excellent Institute
• Engineers Study Circle
• Prof. P.C.Thomas Classes

Study Plan

A comprehensive study plan will lead the candidates to score high in the entrance test. The preparation should be started early as possible. The M Pharm course offer new career avenues for the graduate and hence most of the graduate will take this entrance test. Only the candidates with good score will be able to make through the admission process, since the number of PG seats available in the medical colleges are less. You can make use of the study materials and text books of graduation. The coaching centers will be a good help for the candidates during the preparation time. The candidates must have a time management plan and so be well prepared with the previous year papers and model questions.

How and Where To Get the Results?

The result of the examination will be available in the Kerala CEE official website. The eligible candidates will also receive a detailed score report through mail in the given contact address. Keep update with the website for further information.

Score Validity

The score of the Kerala PG Pharmacy entrance test will be valid till the available seats for the academic year of the participating institutes get filled.