Course overview
A clinically focused professional pharmacy programme that prepares you to work with healthcare teams on safe and effective medicine use.
Duration: 6 years (5 years of study plus a 1-year internship / residency). Durations and structures can vary between institutions and under NEP 2020 frameworks.
Eligibility
Class 12 with Physics and Chemistry plus Mathematics or Biology, meeting the minimum marks set by the Pharmacy Council of India and the institution.
Entrance examinations commonly used
- KCET and other state CETs
- Institution-level tests
Eligibility rules, minimum marks and accepted exams are set by regulators and each institution, and may change each year. Always check the official admission notice.
Curriculum overview
- Pharmacotherapeutics
- Clinical pharmacy
- Hospital pharmacy
- Clinical research
- Hospital internship / residency
This is a general outline. Each institution publishes its own syllabus.
Potential career pathways
- Clinical pharmacist
- Clinical research
- Pharmacovigilance
- Medical information
- Academia
Career outcomes depend on many factors, including individual effort, institution, specialisation and the job market. No course guarantees a particular role or salary.
Where to study Pharm.D
We work with 21 partner institutions. Programme availability changes each year, so a counsellor will confirm which partners offer Pharm.D for your intake and help you compare them.
- Exclusive partnerJAIN University — Kochi CampusKochi
- Exclusive partnerIBMR BangaloreBengaluru
- Exclusive partnerAcharya Bangalore B-SchoolBengaluru
- Exclusive partnerEbenezer Group of InstitutionsBengaluru
- Exclusive partnerBanaswadi Group of InstitutionsBengaluru
Tuition fees vary by institution, programme and category. We share current figures from each institution's official fee notice during counselling.
Application requirements
Documents commonly requested at application or admission:
- Class 10 and Class 12 mark sheets and certificates
- Entrance examination scorecard, where applicable
- Transfer and migration certificates, where applicable
- Government-issued photo identification
- Recent passport-size photographs
- Category or domicile certificates, if claiming a reservation
