Pharmacy is a health profession that acts as a linkage between the health sciences and the chemical sciences and this field of education always had great attraction among students in India. Pharmacy colleges in India function with affiliation from the Pharmacy Council of India or respective state pharmacy councils. PCI is the pharmacy education regulatory body established by the Indian government with the objective of upgrading and strengthening the curriculum of pharmacy education in the nation. Like pharmacy colleges in other states, pharmacy colleges in the state of Maharashtra also offer pharmacy education only after the approval of the PCI.

Different pharmacy courses offered in Maharashtra:

Pharmacy colleges in Maharashtra offer pharmacy courses at different levels and the list of courses offered is given below:

• Bachelor of Pharmacy

• Pharm. D

• Pharm. D Post Baccalaureate

• Diploma in Pharmacy

• Master of Pharmacy with specialization in

o Industrial Pharmacognosy

o Pharmaceutical chemistry

o Pharmacology

o Quality assurance

o Pharmacy practice

o Industrial pharmacy

• Ph. D in Pharmacy

Most of the top multi-faculty universities in the state have their own pharmacy departments for conferring these pharmacy degrees on appropriate students.

Scope of pharmacy course from Maharashtra:

Since the Maharashtra Pharmacy Colleges offers the best knowledge to the students, pharmacy graduates can become their own boss by starting their own shops or these candidates can also find job opportunities in top pharmacy companies not only in the state of Maharashtra, but also in other states of the nation.

List of Pharmacy Colleges in Maharashtra:

University Deptt. of ChemicalTech. (U.D.C.T) University of Bombay

K.M. Kundnani College of Pharmacy

Bharati Vidyapeeth’s College of Pharmacy

N.D.M.V.P. Samaj’s College of Pharmacy

Poona District Education Associations Seth Govind Raghunath, Sable College of Pharmacy

Pravara Rural Education Society’s Pravara Rural College of Pharmacy

Mahatma Gandhi Vidyamandir Pharmacy College

Rajgad Dayanpeeth’s College ofPharmacy, Bhor Distt.

All India Shri Shivaji Memorial Society’s College of Pharmacy

The Shirpur Education Society H.R. Patel Women College of Pharmacy

Yash Institute of Pharmacy

Sinhgad Technical Education Society Sinhgad Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (SIPS)

Dr. D.Y. Patil Pratishthan Padmashree Dr. D.Y. Patil Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Research

M.C.E. Society’s Allana College of Pharmacy

Padmashri Dr. Vithalrao Vikhe Patil Foundation’s College of Pharmacy

Shivnagar Vidya Prasark Mandal College of Pharmacy

Govt. College of Pharmacy

Appasaheb Birnale College of Pharmacy

D.S.T.S. Mandal’s College of Pharmacy

Anuradha College of Pharmacy

Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Pharmacy, Morewadi

Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Deemed University, Poona College of Pharmacy

Kamla Nehru College of Pharmacy

Y.B. Chavan College of Pharmacy

Sharad Pawar College ofPharmacy, Wanadongri

Deptt. of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj Nagpur University

Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Borgaon

Lokmanya Tilak Jankalayan Shikshan Sanstha’s, J.L. Chaturvedi College of Pharmacy

Shri S.P.S. Sanstha Shrimati, Kishoritai Bhoyar College of Pharmacy

M.S.S. Maharashtra College of Pharmacy

Dhule Charitable Society’s A.R.A. College of Pharmacy

Tapi Valley Education Society’s College of Pharmacy

The Shirpur Education Society’s R.C. Patel College of Pharmacy

Smt. Sharadchandrika Suresh Patil, College of Pharmacy

Poojya Sane Guruji Vidya Prasarak Mandal’s College of Pharmacy

Mumbai Educational Trust’s Institute of Pharmacy

Vidyabharati College of Pharmacy

Janta Shikshan Prasarak Mandal Sudhakarrao Naik Institute of Pharmacy

C.U. Shah College of Pharmacy

Yavatmal Zilla Vikas Samiti’sPataldhamal Wadhwani College of Pharmacy

Sinhgad Tech. Education Society’s Sinhgad College of Pharmacy

Progressive Education Society’s Modern College of Pharmacy

Maharastra Academy of Engineering and Educational Research’s Maharastra Instutite of Pharmacy

Govt. College of Pharmacy

Shri Sharda Bhavan Education Society’s Nanded Pharmacy College

Govt. College of Pharmacy

Parshvanath Charitable Trust’s Veer Mata Hiraben P. Shah College of Pharmacy

Gaurishankar Education Society Satara College of Pharmacy

Shri Bhagwan College of Pharmacy

Agnihotri College of Pharmacy

Padmashree Dr. D.Y. Patil College of Pharmacy

SCSSS Sitabai Thite College of Pharmacy

Shri Neminath Jain Brahmacharyashram’s (Jain Gurukul), Shriman Sureshdada Jain College ofPharmacy

Adarsh Shikshan Prasarak Mandal K.T. Patil College of Pharmacy

S.G.S.P.S Institute of Pharmacy

Hyderabad (Sind) National Collegiate Board, Dr. L.H. Hiranandani College of Pharmacy

CAYM Education Trust Siddhant College of Pharmacy

SRES Sanjivani College of Pharmaceutical Education and Research

Jagdamba Education Society S.N.D. College of Pharmacy

Oriental College of Pharmacy

Rajaramprabapu College of Pharmacy

Singhad Technical Education Society , Smt. Kashibai Navale College of Pharmacy

Mula Education Society College of Pharmacy

Manoharbhai Patel Institute of Pharmacy

Sinhgad Institute of Pharmacy

Dr.Bhanuben Nanavati College of Pharmacy

Sree Santkrupa Shiksha Sanstha’s College of Pharmacy

Progressive Education Society’s Modern College of Pharmacy (For Ladies)

Amrutvahini Sheti & Shikshan Vikas Sanstha’s Amrutvahini College of Pharmacy

Alard College of Pharmacy

Guru Nanak College of Pharmacy

Marathwada Mitra Mandal’s College of Pharmacy

Ravi Bahu-Uddeshiya Shikshanik Sanstha, Sonekar College of Pharmacy

Yadavrao Tasgaonkar Institute of Pharmacy

Tatyasaheb Kore College ofPharmacy, Warananagar

Indira College of Pharmacy

S.M.B.T. Sevabhavi Trust S.M.B.T. College of Pharmacy

Sahyadri Shikshan Sanstha Degree College of Pharmacy

Vishal Junnar Seva Mandals, Vishal Institute of Pharmaceutical, Education & Research

Abhinav Education Societys College of Pharmacy

Pravara Rural Education Societys College of Pharmacy

K.B.H.S.S Trusts Institute of Pharmacy

Jayawant Shikshan Prasarak Mandals, Jayawantrao Sawant College of Pharmacy and Research

The Jammer Taluka Education Societys Shree Sureshdada Jain Institute of Pharmaceutical Education &Research

Kisan Vidya Prasarak Sansthas Institute of Pharmaceutical Education

NCRDs Sterling Institute of Pharmacy

Shivlingeshwar College of Pharmacy

Shri Vithal Educaiton & Research Institutes College of Pharmacy

Rajarshi Shahu College of Pharmacy and Research

Sharadchandra Pawar College of Pharmacy, Otur

Bajiraoji Karanjekar College of Pharmacy