Doctor of Pharmacy(PHARM. D)

Eligibility for Admission to the course

a. Qualifying Examination

Candidates who have passed two year P.U.C. examination of Karnataka P.U.C. Board or an equivalent examination of any other approved Board or University with English as one of the subjects and Physics, Chemistry as compulsory subjects along with one of the following subject-Mathematics or Biology or P.C.M.B. Minimum eligibility should be based on P.C.M./P.C.M.B. or P.C.B. with 40% in aggregate. For SC/ST students, the minimum requirement in percentage of marks for the admission will be 35% in PUC or its equivalent examination (PCMB/PCB/PCM),
Candidates who have passed D.Pharm course with 40% in aggregate from institutions approved by Pharmacy Council of India U/S 12 of Pharmacy Act, 1948, are only eligible to be admitted to first year Pharm. D course.

These regulations shall be called as “The Revised Regulations for the B. Pharm. Degree Program (CBCS)of the Pharmacy Council of India, New Delhi”. They shall come into effect from the Academic Year 2016-17. The regulations framed are subject to modifications from time to time by Pharmacy Council of India.

b. Age

The candidate should have completed 17 years of age on or before 31st day of December of the year of admission to the course.

Duration of the course

The duration of the course shall be six academic years (five years of study and one year of internship or residency) full time with each academic year spread over a period of not less than two hundred working days. The period of six years duration is divided into two phases:

Phase I-consisting of First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth academic year.
Phase II-consisting of internship or residency training during sixth year involving posting in speciality units. It is a phase of training wherein a student is exposed to actual pharmacy practice or clinical pharmacy services and acquires skill under supervision so that he or she may become capable of functioning independently.

Course of Study

The course of study for Pharm.D. shall include the subjects as given below

FIRST YEAR PHARM.D

Human Anatomy and Physiology
Pharmaceutics
Medicinal Biochemistry
Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry
Pharmaceutical Inorganic Chemistry
Remedial Mathematics/ Biology**

SECOND YEAR PHARM.D

Pathophysiology
Pharmaceutical Microbiology
Pharmacognosy & Phytopharmaceuticals
Pharmacology-I
Community Pharmacy
Pharmacotherapeutics-I

THIRD YEAR PHARM.D

Pharmacology-II
Pharmaceutical Analysis
Pharmacotherapeutics-II
Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence
Medicinal Chemistry
Pharmaceutical Formulations

FOURTH YEAR PHARM.D

Pharmacotherapeutics-III
Hospital Pharmacy
Clinical Pharmacy
Biostatistics & Research Methodology
Biopharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetics
Clinical Toxicology

FIFTH YEAR PHARM.D

Clinical Research
Pharmacoepidemiology & Pharmacoeconomics
Clinical Pharmacokinetics & Pharmacotherapeutic Drug Monitoring
Clerkship*
Project work (Six Months)

SIXTH YEAR PHARM.D / INTERNSHIP

Internship or residency training including postings in special ity units. Student should independently provide the clinical pharmacy services to the allotted wards.

Six months in General Medicine department, and
Two months each in three other specialty departments
Internship is a phase of training wherein a student is expected to conduct actual practice of pharmacy and health care and acquires skills under the supervision so that he or she may become capable of functioning independently.
A student shall be permitted to start the internship only after having passed in theory and practical of all subjects of all the previous years.
Every student has to undergo one-year internship as per Appendix-C to these regulations.