Community & retail pharmacy
Registered pharmacist in retail and chain pharmacies; eligible to own and operate a licensed medical store.
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Diploma in Pharmacy (D.Pharm)
A two-year diploma — the quickest route to a registered-pharmacist qualification, focused on dispensing, community and hospital pharmacy practice.
- Duration
- 2 years
- Intake
- 60 seats
- Eligibility
- Intermediate (10+2) with Physics, Chemistry and Biology / Mathematics
Overview
About the program.
Diploma in Pharmacy (D.Pharm)Diploma in Pharmacy is a two-year programme approved by the Pharmacy Council of India and the State Board of Technical Education & Training. It is the entry qualification for registration as a pharmacist with the State Pharmacy Council and to practise in community and hospital pharmacies.
The course pairs classroom teaching with extensive practical and dispensing work, plus 500 hours of practical training in a hospital or community pharmacy. Diploma holders can also lateral-enter the second year of B.Pharmacy to continue toward a degree.
Year-by-year structure.
Topic outline per year — actual subject codes follow the latest PCI / KU syllabus.
Year 1
Pharmaceutics · Pharmaceutical Chemistry · Pharmacognosy · Biochemistry & Clinical Pathology · Human Anatomy & Physiology · Health Education & Community Pharmacy
Year 2
Pharmaceutics II · Pharmaceutical Chemistry II · Pharmacology & Toxicology · Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence · Drug Store & Business Management · Hospital & Clinical Pharmacy · Practical training (500 hours)
Where graduates go.
Hospital pharmacy
Pharmacist roles in hospital drug stores and dispensing units across government and private hospitals.
Further study
Lateral entry into the second year of B.Pharmacy to continue toward a degree.
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