Placement Analysis: Graduates At Top Pharma Colleges In India Opt For Higher Studies

Edited By aditi.narendra | Updated on Dec 13, 2023 08:59 AM IST

Under the pharmacy category, National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) evaluated 435 colleges within the pharmacy category in their latest report. The list included colleges that offer a four-year undergraduate (UG) programme, a two-year postgraduate (PG)programme, or both in pharmacy.

In this analysis however, Careers360 has considered top 10 colleges with a four-year UG programme in pharmacy. National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research located in Hyderabad, Mohali, Guwahati, Ahmedabad and Raebareli have been left out as these institutes only provide a two-year PG programme in pharmacy.

Placement Analysis: Graduates At Top Pharma Colleges In India Opt For Higher Studies

Our analysis studies the percentage of student graduates, their placement status, and the number of students pursuing higher education. This article will investigate the said parameters over the last four years. We have also analysed the percentage of enrolled students from the same state, different states or from different countries studying in the pharmaceutical institutes.

The result of our analysis shows that students are focusing on acquiring higher education after their graduation rather than taking employment. The participation of female students in the programme is highly commendable.

Graduated With Higher Numbers

The average percentage of students graduating in 2021-22 has just increased by 0.20 percentage points since 2020-21. Percentage points here refer to the difference between percentage values. The growth in the percentage of students was much higher in previous years.

Graduate Students Over The Last Four Years (In %)

Name of College	2021-22	2020-21	2019-20	2018-19
Jamia Hamdard	96.97	96.21	92.42	89.63
Birla Institute of Technology & Science -Pilani	93.41	93.51	79.41	91.89
JSS College of Pharmacy	98.18	99.11	86.24	95.15
Institute of Chemical Technology	100.00	89.66	100	93.33
JSS College of Pharmacy	100.00	100	100	97.09
Panjab University	100.00	97.92	100	100
Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences,	90.91	95.28	94.17	75
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham	100.00	98.33	96.72	86.67
SVKM`s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies	96.55	100	100	100
SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai	96.00	100	96	94

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College Placement

Pharmacy graduates prioritise receiving higher education over getting placed. On average 43.98 graduated students were placed in 2021-22. This however is higher than the average placement of 38.35 percent the previous year.

Panjab University which had zero placements in the last two years placed four per cent of its graduates in 2021-22. This marks the lowest placement rate among the top 10 colleges for students.

Placed Students Over The Last Four Years (In %)

College	2021-22	2020-21	2019-20	2018-19
Jamia Hamdard	36.72	29.13	25.41	27.27
Birla Institute of Technology & Science -Pilani	64.71	63.89	81.48	55.88
JSS College of Pharmacy	82.41	43.24	29.79	44.9
Institute of Chemical Technology	14.81	19.23	53.33	25
JSS College of Pharmacy	40.00	47.27	50.47	48
Panjab University	4.00	0	0	2.27
Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal	23.00	15.84	10.31	10.67
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham	38.33	42.37	42.37	59.62
VKM`s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies	78.57	65.52	46.43	35
SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai	57.29	57	57.29	68.09

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Students Opting For Higher Education

On an average, 51 per cent of graduated students went for higher studies in 2021-22. This is however less than 55.75 per cent of graduating students who opted for higher studies in 2020-21. Since only four per cent of graduates of Panjab University were placed, the rest 96 per cent went for higher studies in 2021-22.

SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies has the least number of students opting for higher studies among the top 10 colleges as per the NIRF ranking.

Student Opted For Higher Studies Over The Last Four Years(In %)

College	2021-22	2020-21	2019-20	2018-19
Jamia Hamdard	55.47	59.8	49.2	57.9
Birla Institute of Technology & Science -Pilani	12.94	19.4	18.5	29.4
JSS College of Pharmacy	16.67	55	70.2	55.1
Institute of Chemical Technology	81.48	69.2	33.3	60.7
JSS College of Pharmacy	60.00	48.2	49.5	52
Panjab University	96.00	100	100	97.7
Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal	77.00	82.2	72.2	89.3
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham	61.67	57.6	52.5	40.4
SVKM`s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies	7.14	24.1	39.3	60
SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai	41.67	42	42.7	31.9

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Gender Diversity

The majority of the colleges showed female student domination as per the NIRF 2023. The percentage of female students across all four years in the UG programme of pharmacy programme.

Female Student Over The Last Four Years(In %)

College	Female Students
Jamia Hamdard	46.60
Birla Institute of Technology & Science -Pilani	59.22
JSS College of Pharmacy	61.27
Institute of Chemical Technology	39.52
JSS College of Pharmacy	57.60
Panjab University	60.19
Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal	55.50
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham	82.92
VKM`s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies	65.42
S.R.M. Institute of Science and Technology	43.69

Geographical Diversity

Jamia Hamdard again had the highest participation of international students with 92 non-Indian students enrolled for the programme.

Local, National And International Student (In %)

College	Local	National	International
Jamia Hamdard	30.44	53.91	15.65
Birla Institute of Technology & Science -Pilani	28.37	71.28	0.35
JSS College of Pharmacy	5.63	92.96	1.41
Institute of Chemical Technology	91.94	6.45	1.61
JSS College of Pharmacy	42.40	53.29	4.31
Panjab University	12.04	80.56	7.41
Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal	42.43	54.36	3.21
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham	2.50	94.58	2.92
VKM`s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies	65.42	34.58	0.00
S.R.M. Institute of Science and Technology	83.33	13.38	3.28