A Pharmacist is a medical Professional, who dispense medicines to patient as per the prescription of a doctor. For doing this job, pharmacist should possess an in-depth knowledge of the chemistry of different drugs and their reactions on human body. Pharmacist should also possess the knowledge of educating the patients on how to take the medication prescribed by the doctor. To take up such a profession of Pharmacist, pharmacy courses are offered by many colleges in the state of Punjab. Pharmacy colleges in the state strive to offer the best education to the aspiring candidates in such a way that they can shine in the field of pharmacy and can become successful pharmacists.

Pharmacy courses in Punjab:

Pharmacy colleges in Punjab offer pharmacy courses at different levels of education like diploma in pharmacy, Bachelor of Pharmacy, Master of Pharmacy and even some colleges offers Pharm. D Post Baccalaureate course as well. Admission capacity for Pharmacy courses differ from one college to another on the basis of the approval of the Pharmacy Council of India, AICTE and affiliating university. However, most of the colleges have an admission capacity of either 30 students or 60 students for the Diploma and Bachelor of Pharmacy courses.

Admission to Pharmacy colleges in Punjab:

Pharmacy colleges in the state of Punjab offer admission to the UG course in pharmacy to students on the basis of merit secured in the higher secondary science stream examination and based on their merit in the Common Entrance Test conducted in the state of Punjab for admissions to professional courses.

List of Pharmacy Colleges in Punjab:

Adesh Polytechnic

Akal College of Pharmacy & Technical Education

Amar Shaheed Baba Ajit Singh

Baba Isher Singh College of Pharmacy

Baba Isher Singh Polytechnic

C.T. College of Pharmacy

Deptt. of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University

Deptt. of Pharmacy, Govt. Medical College

G.G.N. Khalsa College of Pharmacy

G.H.G. Khalsa College of Pharmacy

Govt. Polytechnic, Bathinda

Govt. Polytechnic, Amritsar

Govt. Polytechnic for Women, Jalandhar

Govt. Polytechnic Instt. for Women, Rupnagar

Indo-Soviet Friendship Pharmacy College

J.R.M. Adarsh Bhartiya College of Pharmacy

Longowal College of Pharmacy

Lovely Institute of Technology

Mehr Chand Polytechnic

Punjabi University, Deptt. of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Drug Research

Rayat Polytechnic

Saint Kabir Polytechnic

S.D. College of Pharmacy

Shaheed Bhagat Singh Polytechnic & Pharmacy College