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Doctor of Pharmacy — Post Baccalaureate (Pharm.D PB)

A three-year clinical doctorate for B.Pharmacy graduates — direct entry into the Pharm.D programme's clinical phase, leading to the same Pharm.D qualification.

Duration
3 years (2 years academic + 1 year internship)
Intake
10 seats
Eligibility
B
Overview

About the program.

Doctor of Pharmacy — Post Baccalaureate (Pharm.D PB)

Pharm.D (Post Baccalaureate) lets B.Pharmacy graduates convert their degree into the clinical Doctor of Pharmacy qualification. Students enter directly into the clinical phase of the Pharm.D curriculum, joining ward rounds and clinical postings from the first year.

The programme runs two years of academic instruction and clinical clerkships followed by a one-year hospital internship at affiliated tertiary-care facilities, closing with a clinical research project. Graduates earn the same Pharm.D title and are eligible for the same clinical, regulatory and academic roles.

Curriculum

Year-by-year structure.

Topic outline per year — actual subject codes follow the latest PCI / KU syllabus.

Year 1

Pharmacotherapeutics · Hospital Pharmacy · Clinical Pharmacy · Clinical Toxicology · Biostatistics & Research Methodology

Year 2

Clinical Pharmacokinetics & TDM · Clinical Research · Pharmacoepidemiology & Pharmacoeconomics · Clinical Pharmacy practice · Project work

Year 3

Hospital internship (12 months) · Ward rounds across medicine, surgery and speciality units · Case-based learning under preceptor

Career outcomes

Where graduates go.

Hospital clinical pharmacy

Bedside clinical pharmacist roles in tertiary hospitals — therapeutic drug monitoring, patient counselling, drug-information services.

Clinical research & pharmacovigilance

Clinical trial coordination and drug-safety surveillance at CROs and pharma companies.

Academia & regulatory

Teaching positions and regulatory / medical-affairs roles in the pharmaceutical industry.

Clinical attachments

Affiliated hospitals.

Pharm.D students rotate through these tertiary-care hospitals from year three onward.

  • MGM Hospital, Warangal
  • Rohini Superspeciality Hospital
  • Mamata General Hospital
  • Vaagdevi Super Specialty Hospital
  • Sri Sai Krishna Hospital
Take the next step

Apply for Doctor of Pharmacy — Post Baccalaureate (Pharm.D PB) 2026-27.