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Bachelor of Pharmacy

Bachelor of Pharmacy

B Pharm ·
Bachelors
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4 years

Nine pharmacy colleges affiliated with Purbanchal University are offering the B.Pharma program.

Fee (Tentative)NPR 777,000

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The Bachelor of Pharmacy (Bpharm) degree is designed to provide graduates with the core skills and knowledge required for effective delivery of pharmaceutical care and the ability to proceed to research. Eight pharmacy colleges offers Bachelor of Pharmacy (Bpharm) course with affiliation from Purbanchal University.

The degree covers the study of the chemical, physical, pharmaceutical, and pharmacological properties of medicinal substances and the application of these in the pharmacy profession.The course provides knowledge and skills that enable on safe and rational use, quality and economic production, quality control/quality assurance of drugs and research and development of new drugs.

Objectives

The overall objective of the B. Pharm program is to prepare competent pharmacist required for the country who can provide leadership in community and hospital pharmacy, critically assessing and resolving pharmacy problems and promotion of national drugs policies and rules/regulations for improving quality of health services.

  • Produce internationally competent human resources in pharmaceutical field.
  • Prepare basic human resources for research, development, quality control and management of drugs and medicines.
  • Provide advance knowledge and skills to ensure better pharmacy practice in hospital, pharmaceutical industries as well as community settings.
  • Develop the professional leadership quality for health promotion and programming.

Eligibility

  • Must have studied Physics, Chemistry and Biology subjects from a recognized educational institution and passed with a minimum of 50% or 2.4 CGPA in the Proficiency Certificate Level or Grade 12 Science Group.

or

  • Students from A-level or other similar programs with different grading systems should have studied Physics, Chemistry and Biology subjects and passed with a minimum of 50 percent or 2.4 CGPA.

or

  • Proficiency Certificate Level / Diploma in Health Science (Ayurveda or Medical Lab Technology or Radiography or Physiotherapy or Pharmacy or Ophthalmic Science) with minimum 50% marks in aggregate (for applying in related academic program like BSc MLT from CMLT, B Pharm from Diploma in Pharmacy)

or

  • Proficiency Certificate/Diploma in Health Science (Medical Lab Technology or Ophthalmic Science or Dental Science or Pharmacy or Radiography or Ayurveda or Physiotherapy) with minimum 50% marks in aggregate and having studied Physics, Chemistry and Biology subject with minimum 50% in aggregate from National Examination Board Percent or 2.4 CGPA (CGPA) marks and obtained the equivalence of class 12th science group and should be registered in the concerned council.

Admission Criteria

Provisions for Admission Process

  1. In order to pass the integrated admission process, a minimum of 50 percentile should be obtained.

  2. One mark will be awarded for each correct answer and marks will be deducted at the rate of 0.25 for each wrong answer.

Candidates who have been successfully selected in the admission process will have to submit the following original and 1/1 photocopy of the following documents to the concerned educational institution at the time of admission.

  1. Certificate of qualification, Transcript and Character Certificate of 10+2 and SLC/SEE or Equivalent.

  2. Copy of Citizenship / Passport.

  3. Admit card of the Entrance Examination.

  4. Documents submitted for reservation.

  5. Certificate of Equivalence for the students with certificates from foreign institutions.

Foreign candidates wishing to study in the vacated seat for foreign students must fill in the online application form mentioning the academic program of their choice within the time limit mentioned in this notice.

Provisions for Scholarships in Bachelor in Pharmacy (B.Pharm)

Sub-Sections (4), (6), and (7) of Section 17 of the National Medical Education Act, 2018 and Section 20 of the National Medical Education Regulations 2020 has outlined this process for B. Pharma Scholarships in Nepal. For details visit: 

Medical Education Scholarships Provision of the Government of Nepal

Bachelor in Pharmacy (B.Pharma) Scholarships Seats in Nepal

Bachelor in Pharmacy Entrance Examination Format

The entrance examination format for enrollment in the B.Pharma program at Purbanchal University and all the affiliated pharmacy colleges under Purbanchal University is MECEE-BL.  Read more about MECEE-BL here.

 

Job Prospects

  • Since the B.Pharmacy course is designed to cope with the demand of national and international standard in pharmacy, there is wide range of scope of pharmacist profession in national and international markets.
  • The graduates can get easily access for further career development education in foreign universities. The graduates have job opportunities in government, national and international non-government organizations, pharmaceutical company as a production officer, quality control officer, hospital pharmacist, community pharmacist and teaching faculty in educational institutions.
  • Apart this as a self employment, the graduates can develop their own business entrepreneurship related to pharmacy.

Curricular Structure

Course Structure of Bachelor of Pharmacy...

The course has a total of 4 years duration with a semester based academia

Curriculum for B. Pharma

First Year First Semester

S.No Code No Subjects Credit
1 CHEM 111 BP Pharmaceutical Chemistry- I ( Inorganic) 3
2 COG 111 BP Pharmacognosy - I 4
3 CHEM 112 BP Pharmaceutical Chemistry- II ( Physical) 4
4 MATH 111 BP Remedial Mathematics 3
5 COM 111 BP Basic Electronics & Computer Applications 3
6 ENG 111 BP Communication Skill 2
Total 19

First  Year Second Semester

 

S.No Code No Subjects Credit
1 CHEM 123 BP Pharmaceutical Chemistry- III (Organic Chemistry) 4
2 COG 122 BP Pharmacognosy - II 4
3 PCEU 121 BP Pharmaceutics - I ( Physical Pharmacy) 4
4 ANAL 121 BP Pharmaceutical Analysis- I 4
5 MATH 122 BP Advance Mathematics 4
Total 20

 

Second Year First Semester
 
S.No Code No Subjects Credit
1 CHEM 214 BP Pharmaceutical Chemistry- IV

(Organic Chemistry)

4
2 CNP 211 BP Chemistry of Natural Products

4
3 PCEU 211 BP Pharmaceutics - II

(Unit Operations I)

4
4 ANAL 212 BP Pharmaceutical Analysis- II

4
5 APHY 211 BP Anatomy & Physiology I

5
Total

21
 

Second Year Second Semester
 
S.No Code No Subjects Credit

1

BCHEM 221 BP

Pharmaceutical Chemistry- V

(Biochemistry)

4

2

PCEU 223 BP

Pharmaceutics - III

(Unit Operations II)

4

3

MBIO 221 BP

Pharmaceutical Microbiology

4

4

APHY 222 BP

Anatomy & Physiology II

4

5

CNP 222 BP

Chemistry of Natural Products

II

5
Total

21
 

Third Year First Semester
 
S.No Code No Subjects Credit
1 MCHEM 311 BP Pharmaceutical Chemistry- VI

(Medicinal Chemistry I)

4
2 PCEU 314 BP Pharmaceutics - V

(Pharmaceutical Technology I )

4
3 PATH 311 BP Pathophysiology

3
4 PCOL 311 BP Pharmacology -I

5
5 PHP 311 BP Public Health Pharmacy

4
Total

20
 

Third Year Second Semester
 
S.No Code No Subjects Credit
1 MCHEM 322 BP Pharmaceutical Chemistry- VII

(Medicinal Chemistry II)

4
2 PCEU 325 BP Pharmaceutics - VI

(Pharmaceutical Technology II )

4
3 PCOL 322 BP Pharmacology -II

4
4 PKIN 321 BP Biopharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetics

4
5 BTEC 321 BP Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

4
Total

20

Fourth Year First Semester

 

S.No Code No Subjects Credit
1 PCEU 416 BP Pharmaceutics - VIII (Dispensing & Community Pharmacy) 4
2 PCEU 417 BP Pharmaceutics - IX (Dosage form Design) 3
3 MGMT 411 BP Pharmaceutical Management & Entrepreneurship 4
4 EDRAW 411 BP Engineering Drawing 1
5 PCOL 413 BP Pharmacology -III 3
6 THEP 411 BP Pharmacotherapeutics 3
7 RMPD 411 BP Research Methodology & Project Design 3
Total 21

Fourth Year Second Semester

S.No Code No Subjects Credit
1 CPDI 421 BP Clinical Pharmacy & Drug Interaction 2
2 HP 421 BP Hospital Pharmacy 3
3 SPPJ 421 BP Social Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence 3
4 ANAL 423 BP Quality Assurance & Instrumental Analysis 4
5 THES 421 BP Project Work 6

Total Credits: 160 (Theory 119 credits, practical 35 credits and project work 6 credits)

Prospect Careers

Pharmacists