I want to know about b-pharma course. what is there in it exactly. its scope and everything. Thank you.

Pharmacy, as we know, is a Science that connects Medical Sciences with Chemistry. This field of Health Science plays a huge role in the testing, discovery, production, research, and use of medicines and drugs. This course gives the students an understanding of different aspects of medicines, drugs, chemical structure, formulation, etc.

With the rapid growth in the Pharmaceutical industry and research, the interest of students in this field of study has also increased to purse Pharmacy as a profession. There are about 1,359 B.Pharma colleges in India, out of which approximately 57% are private, 4% are public/government and only 1% are public-private.

Numerous jobs are available for pharmacists in government as well as private organizations. After completing your studies, you can easily find jobs in pharmaceutical industries, government departments, colleges and universities, hospitals, investigation and research institute etc.

Pharmacists can practice in community pharmacies, hospitals, clinics, extended care facilities, psychiatric hospitals, and regulatory agencies. Sales & Marketing job sector also hires maximum number of pharmacy graduates.

One can also work in retail stores of medicines. After registering with the state Pharmacy Council, you can open chemist/drug shop and sell medicines as per doctors prescription.

There are 2188 colleges like BIT, Ranchi,NIPER,Kolkata,Lovely Professional University,Jalandhar, Amity university,Noida,SIPS, Madhya pradesh, Shoolini University, Solan and many more are counted in reputed instituions that  offers pharmacy course.You can also think of doing it from best reputed university.

LPU has a stellar record of placements in almost all programmes and School of Pharmacy is one among them. As per NIRF-MHRD Government of India, LPU Pharmacy School comes under best 30 pharmacy colleges in the country due to best placements, infrastructure, research oriented faculty and yes industry oriented curriculum.

The placement scene in Pharmacy is very bright in LPU because the students are being exposed to a lot research and their research papers being published. Students can attain career as Drug Inspector, Food Inspector, Research Scientist in production of drugs, cosmetics & nutraceuticals, quality control, quality assurance and auditing of GMP, EU-GMP, USFDA, ISO certification, HACCP, MHRA like organisations. Top class faculty is provided to the students as a result of which most of the students are getting placed in companies like Ranbaxy, Biocon, Sunpharma, Cipla, Wockard, Jubliant, Quantam Solutions etc. Having good job profiles in research and development, quality control, process development, formulation development, novel drug delivery, production, drug inspection to name a few. The average salary of a student doing Pharma from Lovely Professional University is 5 LPA.

LPU is one of the best universities in the country with world class infrastructure, modern facilities and highly qualified faculty from concerned field with years of teaching and research experience. The university is having tie ups with many foreign universities and reputed companies thus facilitating higher education abroad and good placements respectively for their students. Big companies like DR LAL PATH LAB, BIOCLINICA, ARTECH INFOSYSTEM PRIVATE LIMITED, ROOTS ANALYSIS PRIVATE LIMITED, etc come for recruitment purpose. University prepares its students for placements through special inputs in the form of placement classes.

Students have been offered good packages. Not only this, but the university has also set up a high tech labs and studios for the benefit of students. Regular workshops, conferences and seminars are organised for the benefit of students.

Many educational websites have ranked LPU as one of the top universities for Pharma studies.

LPU has a stellar record of placements in almost all programmes and School of Pharmacy is one among them. As per NIRF-MHRD Government of India, LPU Pharmacy School comes under best 30 pharmacy colleges in the country due to best placements, infrastructure, research oriented faculty and yes industry oriented curriculum.

The placement scene in Pharmacy is very bright in LPU because the students are being exposed to a lot research and their research papers being published. Students can attain career as Drug Inspector, Food Inspector, Research Scientist in production of drugs, cosmetics & nutraceuticals, quality control, quality assurance and auditing of GMP, EU-GMP, USFDA, ISO certification, HACCP, MHRA like organisations. Top class faculty is provided to the students as a result of which most of the students are getting placed in companies like Ranbaxy, Biocon, Sunpharma, Cipla, Wockard, Jubliant, Quantam Solutions etc. Having good job profiles in research and development, quality control, process development, formulation development, novel drug delivery, production, drug inspection to name a few. The average salary of a student doing Pharma from Lovely Professional University is 5 LPA.

LPU is one of the best universities in the country with world class infrastructure, modern facilities and highly qualified faculty from concerned field with years of teaching and research experience. The university is having tie ups with many foreign universities and reputed companies thus facilitating higher education abroad and good placements respectively for their students. Big companies like DR LAL PATH LAB, BIOCLINICA, ARTECH INFOSYSTEM PRIVATE LIMITED, ROOTS ANALYSIS PRIVATE LIMITED, etc come for recruitment purpose. University prepares its students for placements through special inputs in the form of placement classes.

Students have been offered good packages. Not only this, but the university has also set up a high tech labs and studios for the benefit of students. Regular workshops, conferences and seminars are organised for the benefit of students.

Many educational websites have ranked LPU as one of the top universities for Pharma studies.

Bachelor of Pharmacy ( B . Pharma ) is a four-year undergraduate program in which students study the methods and process of preparing drugs and how does the dispensing of medicine and drugs take place.The various career prospects are:

• Consultant Pharmacists
• Clinical Pharmacist
• Dispensary Manager
• Dispensary Pharmacist
• Community Pharmacist
• Hospital Pharmacist
• Medicines Safety Manager
• Medicines Management Technician
• Pharmacy Assistant
• Senior Clinical Pharmacists

LPU is one of the leading private universities providing quality education, innovative pedagogy and unbeatable placements both national and international. LPU provides a great academic exposure to its students. It provides a chance to the students to attend guest lectures or workshops, so that they get to learn as much as they can. The students also work on live projects, so that they are able to apply their knowledge to practical settings. It is one of the few that has embraced international practices when it comes to designing a curriculum. Instead of using old school books and lectures, LPU has experimented with books, interactive problem-solving interactions and working through real-world applications. LPU provides ample opportunities to each and every eligible student to secure good placement with the help of a dedicated Division of Career Services. The university has been ranked high by various outer agencies with regard to placements. LPU is conferred with National Employ-ability Award 2020 by Aspiring Minds for the 7th time in a row for having Most Employable Students and being one among the top colleges and universities in India with one of the highest Employ-ability rates.
Many pharma majors like Ranbaxy, Abbott, Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK), Freyr, Pharmazz India Private Limited, India, Eric Life Sciences are regular campus recruiters.

Recently MHRD has released NIRF ranking for 2020. Where LPU is considered among one of top and best institutes of India:
1. Among top 100 universities overall (Including all institutions)
2. Among top 30 in Pharmacy
3. Among top 50 in Management
4. Among top 100 in Engineering
Hope I have answered your query.

Dear Zeba,

Choosing a University is a big decision, as our career fully depends upon that. There are some key parameters that we should keep in mind before choosing any University, like, faculty, placements, international exposure, curriculum, alumni of that university.

I am alumni of Lovely professional University,I did MBA from LPU and I had few friends from B.Pharma, Sometimes I use to visit their labs,they also use discussed everything with me like placements, curriculum etc. So (http://etc.so/) I have about this course.

Lovely Professional University Ranked among Top 30 Pharmacy colleges in India by NIRF 2019, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences is among the best colleges in Punjab and India that provides its students with practice based teaching in advanced medicine labs making them readily employable pharmacists. Wide participation in global research and conferences rewards our students with an international exposure in the fields of Medicine, Drugs and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Few points told by my friends that will help you to make your decision:

• The timely updated curriculum provides in-depth knowledge of the theoretical as well as practical aspects of traditional as well as modern health services and emerging pharmaceutical needs.
• With quality education, students are provided industry internships and workshops on various courses and studies like Drug Regulatory Affairs, Computer-Aided Drug Designing (CADD), etc, which helps students get the practical and industrial experience and happenings.
• Industry visits and guest lectures are an integral part of the course curriculum which does give students the practical approach needed to understand the course.
• Students are also provided with holistic development to improve student's interpersonal skills, communication skills, teamwork, confidence so that they can be able to challenge the competitive market.
• There are more number of workshops being conducted on Drug Regulatory Affairs (DRA), Intellectual Property Rights(IPR), Computer Aided Drug Designing (CADD), validation and instrumentation's helps develop research skills in students.
• LPU provides students with platforms to get their research paper to find the correct platform and get it verified and patented as well.Industry visits and guest lectures are an integral part of the course curriculum which does give students the practical approach needed to understand the course.
• The placement scene in Pharmacy is very bright in LPU because the students are being exposed to a lot research and their research papers being published. There are many patents are being filed for the M.Pharmacy Student’s for presenting the research paper’s. Students can attain career as Drug Inspector, Food Inspector, Research Scientist in production of drugs, cosmetics & nutraceuticals, quality control, quality assurance and auditing of GMP, EU-GMP, USFDA, ISO certification, HACCP, MHRA like organisations.
• B. Pharmacy students selected for Queen Elizabeth II Golden jubilee scholarship for higher studies in Canada. B. Pharm students secured Gold medal awarded by the President of India (Shri Pranab Mukherjee) and by the Vice President of India (Shri Venkaiah Naidu)
• Pharmacy students of LPU are getting the placement opportunities from companies like Nestle India Limited, Abbott, Cipla, Ranbaxy, SunPharma, Jubilant, etc having profiles like Quality Control officer, Process development, drug inspection, Medical Representative, etc with an average salary ranging from 4–7 LPA.

Hope this answer will help you!

hello aspirant,

B.Pharmacy or Bachelor of Pharmacy, also known as B.Pharma, is a 4-year undergraduate degree course in India, which offered by various government and private colleges in India. now the eligibility criteria for the course is candidates must have studied physics, chemistry and biology/mathematics as  a subject in 10+2 course. some of the institute has separate entrance test or in some state admission is based on state wise entrance test score.

bachelor of pharmacy course deals with chemical bonding and process of making drugs, their effects on human body, manufacturing details, modern technology courses  to detect the various diseases and working process of medical software  use for pharmacy.  however there is lots of application of chemistry and it is the core subject of pharmacy. so you should choose the course if you have the interest to work on chemistry oriented field.

bachelor of pharmacy has wide career scope both in india and in abroad.

some of the roles you may work for after completing b.pharma course is,

pharmacist

manufacturing supervisor

sales executive

drug inspector

some of the best college which offer bachelor in pharmacy course is,

Jamia hamdard university

Panjab University

Institute of Chemical Technology

Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS)

Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences

JSS College of Pharmacy

Annamalai University

Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

Amrita School of Pharmacy

Birla Institute of Technology

SRM Institute of Science and Technology

Banasthali Vidyapith

Poona College of Pharmacy

Hi aspirant,

Pharmacy is one of the popular field among the students. Education in pharmacy varies from one country to another. Career Scope & Job Opportunities in Pharmacy field are huge. You can work as:

• Consultant Pharmacists
• Clinical Pharmacist
• Dispensary Manager
• Dispensary Pharmacist
• Community Pharmacist
• Hospital Pharmacist
• Medicines Safety Manager
• Medicines Management Technician
• Pharmacy Assistant
• Senior Clinical Pharmacists

The salary depends on the quality, skill and experience of a candidate. The salary ranges from Rs 15000 to 25000 per month.

For any query on this course fwel free to ask more.