B-Pharma or Bachelor of Pharmacy is an academic degree offered at the undergraduate level in India. This qualification is the fundamental requirement for getting the license to work as a pharmacist. If the students are interested to pursue higher studies on pharmacy in India like M.Pharma (Master of Pharmacy), then they will have to pass the B.Pharm examination.
The B.Pharma course typically comprises six subject areas and they are as follows:
In order to become eligible for a B-Pharma course, the students should have minimum 50% marks in their higher secondary examinations or 10 + 2 examinations or any examination which is equivalent with Mathematics or Biology as one of the subjects.
In India, a number of states make it compulsory for the students to appear for an extra Pharmacy entrance exam so that they can qualify for the B-Pharma study program.
Alternatively, students who have passed D.Pharma or Diploma in Pharmacy will qualify for enrolment into the B-Pharma course in the second year straightaway through lateral entry. It has been laid down by the Union Government of India that the colleges offering degrees or diplomas in pharmacy (B.Pharma, D.Pharma, M.Pharma or Pharm D) should have the accreditation of the Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) or All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE).
There are a number of career opportunities in India when students complete their B.Pharma course. The pharmacists can work in different domains at the start of their career and they are listed below:
Entrance Exams For Admission in B Pharma |
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| Conducted By | Name of Entrance Exam | |||
| Banaras Hindu University BAMS/B. Pharma (Ay) Entrance Test | Banaras Hindu University BAMS/B. Pharma (Ay) Entrance Test | |||
| Maharshi Dayanand University | B.Sc Pharma Entrance Exam Rohtak | |||
| VELS University | VELS University Entrance Examination | |||
| SRMEE | SRM Engineering Entrance Examination 2012 | |||
| MHT-CET | Maharashtra B.Pharm Common Entrance Test | |||
| HPU | Himachal Pradesh University Shimla B.Pharma Entrance Test | |||
| Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) | BITSAT - 2012 | |||
| IIT JEE | Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination (IIT JEE) | |||
| Guru Jambheshwar University | B.Sc Pharma Entrance Exam Hissar | |||
| Poona College of Pharmacy (under Bharati Vidyapith University) | Poona College of Pharmacy B. Pharm Entrance Exam | |||
| Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University | B. Pharma Common Entrance Test (CET) | |||
| State of Kerala | B.Sc Pharma Common Entrance Exam, Kerala | |||
| State of Punjab | B.Sc Pharma Entrance Exam in Punjab | |||
| Uttar Pradesh | State Entrance Examination Uttar Pradesh (SEE-UPTU) | |||
| Rajasthan | Rajasthan Pre Entrance Test for Pharmacy (RPETEAP) | |||
| Institute of Engineering and Technology Bareilly | B.Sc Pharma Entrance Exam Bareilly | |||
B.Pharma entrance test is conducted both at the national and state levels. Only students from the Science Stream at the 10+2 level are allowed to get admission in a B.Pharma course.
