Pharmacy is a branch of health sciences that deals with the preparation, dispensing and proper utilization of drugs. A pharmacist is required to explain the mode and precautions regarding the use of medicines dispensed in a hospital pharmacy, prepare special formulations normally not available in the market, assist the physician in rendering necessary information about various drugs, their contra-indications, incompatibility, etc.
There are various programs in Pharmacy conducted by different universities in India. The main courses in Pharmacy are 2 years Diploma in Pharmacy (D.Pharm), 4 years Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm), 2 years Master of Pharmacy (M.Pharm) and Ph.d programmes.
Careers360 presents a list of public and private pharmacology colleges in India.
Top public pharmacology institutes in India*:
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
13.08
101.23
13
School of Pharmacy, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore
8.90
59.27
12.56
101.18
14
Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh
14.58
48.46
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
4.91
84.30
17
Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak
6.03
30.57
4.80
70.95
18
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Raebareli
2.89
32.69
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
3.14
43.34
Top private pharmacology institutes in India*:
Private Institutes
Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal
58.20
69.76
98.00
26.22
252.18
JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty
25.97
65.06
81.82
11.73
184.58
Bombay College of Pharmacy, Mumbai
29.27
71.01
50.00
29.83
180.11
Poona College of Pharmacy, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune
25.78
63.58
70.45
16.33
176.14
Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai
2.45
96.43
72.73
0.57
172.18
Nirma University, Ahmedabad
27.43
71.29
47.73
21.22
167.67
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
26.57
51.70
56.82
20.41
155.50
JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysuru
22.45
39.25
79.55
11.86
153.11
Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy, Bangalore
12.09
59.51
6.41
148.46
Amrita School of Pharmacy, Kochi
10.94
50.69
68.18
7.60
137.41
PSG College of Pharmacy, Coimbatore
11.06
54.17
63.64
8.29
137.16
RC Patel Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Shirpur
11.33
44.15
0.17
135.20
SRM University, Chennai
4.53
31.97
3.31
119.36
SLT Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Bilaspur
8.12
50.45
2.58
117.97
Sinhgad College of Pharmacy, Pune
10.90
45.27
5.34
116.06
KLE University College of Pharmacy, Belgaum
8.19
41.02
61.36
3.51
114.08
Chitkara University, Patiala
12.75
40.73
6.54
110.02
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
8.30
44.68
23.81
108.61
Soniya Education Trust's College of Pharmacy, Dharwad
7.00
54.68
43.18
0.89
105.75
Seemanta Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jharpokharia
7.87
44.25
6.80
102.10
*The list is based on Careers360 ranking released in May 2016.
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