Eligibility :

Candidates who have passed two years P.U.C examination of Karnataka P.U.C Board or any equivalent examination of any other approved Board or university with not less than 40% marks in any combination comprising P.C.M or P.C.B (minimum eligibility should be based on the aggregate of P.C.M. or P.C.B) or P.C.M..B, PC and computer Sciences, P.C and Electronic

In the case of students belonging to SC/ST/ or Category-I, the minimum percentage of marks for admission to the B.pharma Course shall be not less than 35% in P.U.C or its equivalent examination (P.C.B. or P.C.M. or P.C.M.B) P.C and Computer Science, P.C and Electronics.

Candidates who have passed the D.Pharmacy course with not less than 50% aggregate approved by the Pharmacy Council of India shall also be eligible for this course and shall be admitted directly to II B.Pharm course 10% over and above the sanctioned intake and shall have to study Mathematics, Computer science & Statistics of I B.Pharm in addition to the II.B.Pharm subjects.

Duration of the Course:
The course of study for B.Pharm shall extend over a period of four academic years and three academic years for those admitted to the second B. Pharma directly.

Medium of Instruction and Examination shall be English

A candidate is required to put in at least 80% attendance in theory and practical subjects separately in a recognized institution approved by and affiliated with Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka. The candidate shall complete the prescribed course satisfactorily to be eligible to appear for the respective examinations.

Internal Assessment Marks :

Three Sessional examinations evenly spread during the academic year shall be conducted. The average marks of the best two examinations shall be computed out of a maximum of 30 marks and shall constitute the sessional award in theory.

Students are expected to perform the experiments listed in the respective syllabus. The number of experiments is also listed. Marks shall be awarded out of a maximum of 10 to each of the practical exercises and an average of those shall be computed out of a maximum of 10 marks. In addition, three practical sessional examinations evenly spread during each academic year shall be conducted. The average marks of the best two practical examinations shall be computed out of a maximum of 20 marks. A total of 30 marks shall constitute the sessional award in practicals.

The annual examination shall be conducted for 70 marks in both Theory & Practical

Candidates who have secured a minimum of 50% marks in the Theory (including sessional) and practical (including sessionals ) separately in any subject or subjects shall be declared to have passed in the subject and exempted from appearing in that subjects at the subsequent examination.

Theory and practical exams of a particular subject are considered as individual subjects to pass criteria Every candidate shall undergo practical training in pharmaceutical Manufacturing House / Approved Hospital / CSIR research labs for a period of not less than one hundred and fifty hours to be covered in not less than 45 days after completing III B.Pharm or IV B.Pharm course.

First-year B.Pharma: Human Anatomy & Physiology, Pharmaceutics, Pharmacognosy-I, Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry-I, Pharmaceutical Inorganic Chemistry , Mathematics or Biology, Computer Science & Statistics. Second year B.Pharma: Physical Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical Microbiology & Biotech, Pathophysiology, Applied Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry – II, Third year B.Pharma: Pharmaceutical Technology & Biopharmaceutics, Instrumental and Biomedical Analysis, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medicinal Chemistry – II, Industrial Pharmacognosy, Industrial Pharmacy, Advanced Industrial Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Marketing & Management or Pharmacy Practice, Pharmacokinetics and Therapeutic drug monitoring, Clinical and Hospital Pharmacy & more.