The standard duration for a Bachelor of Pharmacy (B. Pharm) degree is four years, divided into eight semesters. Students entering through the lateral entry option, typically with a diploma in pharmacy, complete the course in three years (six semesters).

Four-year program: The standard course of study for direct entry students is eight semesters over four academic years.

Three-year program (Lateral Entry): For students with a Diploma in Pharmacy (D. Pharm), the program is six semesters over three academic years.

Semester structure: Each semester is generally about six months long and includes a mix of theoretical classes, laboratory work, and practical training.

Attendance

The candidate is required to put in a minimum of 80% of attendance in both theory and practical separately in each subject before admission to the examination. A candidate lacking the prescribed attendance in any one subject, in theory, or practical, shall not be permitted to admit for the entire examination. He/she will have to make up for the shortage subsequently to appear for the next university examinations.

Sessional Exams

Theory: Two sessional examinations (evenly placed) shall be conducted during the semester. The average marks of the examinations shall be computed and constitute the internal assessment marks of theory.

Practical: Students are expected to perform the number of experiments listed in the respective syllabus. Students are required to maintain practical records for each practical subject, which should be produced at the time of practical examination to be certified by the external examiner. While awarding the sessional marks for practical experiments, the following consideration should be taken into account. Marks for practical experiments shall be awarded on the basis of the preparedness of the candidate, manipulative skill, results, knowledge of the experiments, regularity in recording the reports and viva-voce. A regular record of theory and practical sessional marks shall be maintained for each student in the institution.

Project work evaluation: The project shall be submitted for evaluation towards the end of the Final semester.

A candidate will be permitted to register for the university examination only if He/she acquires the required attendance for each subject as per the university regulations.

A student shall be eligible to carry forward all the courses of I, II and III semesters till the IV semester examinations. However, he/she shall not be eligible to attend the courses of V semester until all the courses of I and II semesters are success fully completed.

A student shall be eligible to carry forward all the courses of III, IV and V semesters till the VI semester examinations. However, he/she shall not be eligible to attend the courses of VII semester until all the courses of I, II, III and IV semesters are successfully completed.

A student shall be eligible to carry forward all the courses of V, VI semesters till the VII semester examinations. However, he/she shall not be eligible to get the course completion until all the courses of I to VIII semesters are successfully completed.

A lateral entry student shall be eligible to carry forward all the courses of III, IV and V semesters till the VI semester examinations. However, he/she shall not be eligible to attend the courses of VII semester until all the courses of III and IV semesters are successfully completed.

A lateral entry student shall be eligible to carry forward all the courses of V, VI semesters till the VII semester examinations. However, he/she shall not be eligible to get the course completion certificate until all the courses of all semesters are successfully completed.

Every candidate shall be required to work for at least 150 hours spread over four weeks in a Pharmaceutical Industry/Hospital. It includes Production unit, Quality Control department, Quality Assurance department, Analytical laboratory, Chemical manufacturing unit, Pharmaceutical R&D, Hospital (Clinical Pharmacy), Clinical Research Organization, Community Pharmacy, etc. After the Semester−VI and before the commencement of Semester−VII, and shall submit satisfactory report of such work and certificate duly signed by the authority of training organization to the head of the institute.

In the VII semester, every candidate shall undergo practice school for a period of 150 hours evenly distributed throughout the semester.

In the VIII semester, all the students shall undertake a project under the supervision of a teacher and submit a report.