St Anns College of Pharmacy, Vizianagaram: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

St. Ann's College of Pharmacy, Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh, was established in the year 2007. This affiliated college delivesr both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the field of pharmacy and is approved by the Pharmacy Council of India. The institute is located on a 2.5-acre land, with a total student intake of 183, out of which 33 are males and 146 are females. It has a faculty strength of 23 members. It offers 2 degree programmes across 2 courses. St. Ann's College of Pharmacy specialises in the area of pharmaceutical education and, therefore, provides a very concentrated type of atmosphere to the students to learn the same.

St. Ann's College of Pharmacy offers a range of facilities available for the improvement of the student's experience. The library consists of 3589 volumes, 6 international journals, 6 national journals, and an online facility to access other journals via Delnet. Boys' and girls' hostels have been made separately to make good living conditions for students in the institute, who come from far-off places. The college has well-equipped, modern laboratories for practical training, supported by excellent information technology infrastructure. Sports facilities, an auditorium for events and seminars make part of the extracurricular activity facilities. A cafeteria aids for the dietary needs of students and staff. The college also has a health center with first aid facilities and a parking space for faculty, staff, and students. The Training and Placement Cell acts as a facilitator of campus recruitment to assist students in starting their professional career.

It contains a total of 2 full-time courses among St. Ann's College of Pharmacy: one at the undergraduate and one at the postgraduate level. The total approved student intake for all the courses is 75 seats. As such, specific graduation data for the most recent year was not available. It seems that the college management was precisely focusing on one sure thing, quality education in the field of pharmacy.

Admission process to St. Ann's College of Pharmacy is done mainly through entrance examination. However, B.Pharma course admissions are based on the AP EAPCET examination, which stands for Andhra Pradesh Engineering, Agriculture, and Pharmacy Common Entrance Test, and the following is counseling. For M.Pharma Pharmaceutical Technology admissions are through GPAT (Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test) or AP PGECET (Andhra Pradesh Post Graduate Engineering Common Entrance Test) scores and counseling will be done by APSCHE (Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education). Management Quota seats under both these programs are as per the APSCHE guidelines. The college is also a part of the fee reimbursement scheme of the state, of which 117 out of 151 undergraduate students and 20 out of 28 postgraduate students are beneficiaries in the academic year 2020. Although scholarship details are unavailable, this scheme of reimbursement helps students to a remarkable extent in pursuing their pharmacy education at St. Ann's College of Pharmacy.