India's Best Pharmacy Colleges

Updated on Apr 12, 2016 - 11:54 a.m. IST by Sreehari

Like every other profession, pharmacy, too, is heavily regulated in our country. While the AICTE is mandated to provide approval to institutions for academic programmes, the Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) is a statutory body constituted to regulate the profession and practice of pharmacy in the country. The approved pharmacy qualifications for registration as a Pharmacist under the Pharmacy Act 1948 comprise the following courses:

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Diploma in Pharmacy (D.Pharm) - 2 years
Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm) - 4 years
Pharm.D & Pharm.D (Post Baccalaureate) - 6 years

There are a number of public as well as private pharma institutes in the country. Here, Careers360 presents a list of top public and private pharma colleges in India.

Top Public Pharma Institutes*:

Rank	Public Institutes	Research Output (150)	Impact (150)	Student & Faculty Quality (100)	Learning (100)	Total (500)
1	National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Mohali	150.00	95.88	90.91	95.55	432.34
2	Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi	79.22	77.99	77.27	43.32	277.80
3	University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chandigarh	55.85	95.84	40.91	58.13	250.73
4	Jadavpur University, Kolkata	71.40	78.04	38.64	61.22	249.30
5	Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai	56.88	55.22	34.09	100.00	246.19
6	Department of Pharmaceutics, IIT BHU, Varanasi	37.28	73.13	31.82	26.46	168.69
7	Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara	26.14	74.73	29.55	35.21	165.63
8	National institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hyderabad	7.48	75.51	54.55	4.37	141.91
9	Delhi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, New Delhi	21.12	60.86	13.64	44.90	140.52
10	Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam	25.71	54.24	20.45	39.77	140.17
11	Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur	16.96	44.80	25.00	14.97	101.73
12	University College of Pharmaceutial Science, Kakatiya University, Warangal	12.55	55.15	20.45	13.08	101.23
13	School of Pharmacy, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore	8.90	59.27	20.45	12.56	101.18
14	Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh	14.58	48.46	20.45	9.42	92.91
15	Dr Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar	6.82	34.56	18.18	30.05	89.61
16	Government College of Pharmacy, Bengaluru	2.36	45.21	31.82	4.91	84.30
17	Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak	6.03	30.57	29.55	4.80	70.95
18	National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Raebareli	2.89	32.69	6.82	11.66	54.06
19	National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Kolkata	2.98	39.97	4.55	2.27	49.77
20	National institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Ahmedabad	2.68	17.07	20.45	3.14	43.34

Top Private Pharma Institutes*:

Rank	Private Institutes	Research Output (150)	Impact (150)	Student & Faculty Quality (100)	Learning (100)	Total (500)
1	Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal	58.20	69.76	98.00	26.22	252.18
2	JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty	25.97	65.06	81.82	11.73	184.58
3	Bombay College of Pharmacy, Mumbai	29.27	71.01	50.00	29.83	180.11
4	Poona College of Pharmacy, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune	25.78	63.58	70.45	16.33	176.14
5	Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai	2.45	96.43	72.73	0.57	172.18
6	Nirma University, Ahmedabad	27.43	71.29	47.73	21.22	167.67
7	Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra	26.57	51.70	56.82	20.41	155.50
8	JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysuru	22.45	39.25	79.55	11.86	153.11
9	Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy, Bangalore	12.09	59.51	70.45	6.41	148.46
10	Amrita School of Pharmacy, Kochi	10.94	50.69	68.18	7.60	137.41
11	PSG College of Pharmacy, Coimbatore	11.06	54.17	63.64	8.29	137.16
12	RC Patel Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Shirpur	11.33	44.15	79.55	0.17	135.20
13	SRM University, Chennai	4.53	31.97	79.55	3.31	119.36
14	SLT Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Bilaspur	8.12	50.45	56.82	2.58	117.97
15	Sinhgad College of Pharmacy, Pune	10.90	45.27	54.55	5.34	116.06
16	KLE University College of Pharmacy, Belgaum	8.19	41.02	61.36	3.51	114.08
17	Chitkara University, Patiala	12.75	40.73	50.00	6.54	110.02
18	Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani	8.30	44.68	31.82	23.81	108.61
19	Soniya Education Trust's College of Pharmacy, Dharwad	7.00	54.68	43.18	0.89	105.75
20	Seemanta Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jharpokharia	7.87	44.25	43.18	6.80	102.10

*The list is based on Careers360 ranking released in May 2016.

Refer below for the career option in the filed of Pharmacy:

CAREER OPTIONS
Course	Duration	Eligibility	Job Profiles
D.Pharm	2 years	PUC/+2	Retail Pharmacy, Hospital Pharmacy, Community Pharmacy and Industry
B.Pharm	4 years	PUC/+2	Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, Marketing, Entrepreneurship
Pharm D	6 years	PUC/+2	Hospital/ Clinical/ Community Pharmacists, Clinical Research Organisations, Clinical trial Management, Medical Writing, Entrepreneurship
M.Pharm	2 years	B.Pharm	Drugs control department, Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, Marketing, Regulatory department, Intellectual Property Rights, Quality Assurance, Clinical Research, Community/ Hospital Pharmacist, Entrepreneurship
Pharm D Post Baccalaureate	3 years	B.Pharm	Hospital/ Clinical/ Community Pharmacists, Clinical Research Organisations, Clinical trial Management, Medical Writing, Entrepreneurship
PhD	Depends on the university norms and project undertaken	M.Pharm	Senior positions in Industry, Advanced Research, Scientist, in the areas like Pharmaceutical Pharmacology, Chemistry Pharmacognosy, Pharmaceutical Marketing and Administration, Regulatory Affairs, Intellectual Property Rights