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Bachelor of Pharmacy


A Bachelor of Pharmacy (abbreviated B Pharm or BS Pharm) is an undergraduate academic degree in the field of pharmacy. In many countries, this degree is a prerequisite for registration to practice as a pharmacist. It is training to understand the properties and impacts of medicines and developing the skills required to counsel patients about their use.
B Pharm holders can work in several fields such as being a pharmacist, patient counseling, doing further studies such as master's degree, working in a university as a lecturer, or working as a drug information specialist.
In some countries, it has been superseded by the Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) and Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) degrees. In the United States, this degree was granted as the baccalaureate pharmacy degree only at Washington State University, where it has now been superseded by the PharmD degree. The degree previously offered in the US—and the required degree in Canada—is the Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy.
Asia and Oceania
Australia
In Australia, the BPharm degree is awarded following a four-year undergraduate pharmacy program. Australian undergraduate pharmacy courses were previously three years but were increased to four years during the 1990s with an increased emphasis on pharmacy practice education. During the early 2000s, two-year postgraduate Master of Pharmacy courses were established by many universities, but to date these have accounted for a relatively minor proportion of pharmacy graduates.
All BPharm programs in Australia are accredited by the New Zealand and Australian Pharmacy Schools Accreditation Committee (NAPSAC). Programs provide training in fields including pharmacology, chemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacy practice (including pharmacotherapeutics, disease state management, etc.), pharmaceutics, ethics, pharmacy law, pharmacy management, physiology, anatomy, biochemistry, kinetics, and compounding medications.
At present, either the BPharm degree or the MPharm degree are acceptable for registration as a practicing pharmacist. See list of pharmacy schools: Australia for institutions offering the BPharm degree.
Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours)
As with most honours degrees at Australian universities, the awarding of a Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) (abbreviated BPharm(Hons)) is based on the completion of original research and a high-level of academic performance. All other graduates are awarded a pass degree. Unlike most Honours degrees in Australia, an additional year of study is not required for a BPharm(Hons) as most universities integrate research and coursework in the fourth year of BPharm(Hons) programs.
Bachelor of Pharmacy (Rural)
In 2003, The University of Sydney began offering a four-year Bachelor of Pharmacy (Rural) (abbreviated BPharm (Rural)) program at its Orange campus. It was designed to address the continuing shortage of pharmacists in rural areas and placed greater emphasis on rural aspects of pharmacy practice. Since most of the units-of-study were common to both the BPharm and BPharm (Rural), many of the lectures were delivered by academics at the main campus in Sydney with a live video broadcast to students at Orange.
The program was not offered in 2005, following the transfer of Orange campus to Charles Sturt University. Following a review, a new BPharm (Rural) program was offered from 2006 onwards at the university's main campus (Camperdown/Darlington campus).
Universities
Australian universities offering Bachelor or Master of Pharmacy programs (circa June 2010):
Charles Sturt University – Wagga Wagga and Orange, New South Wales
Curtin University of Technology – Perth, Western Australia
James Cook University – Townsville, Queensland
La Trobe University – Bendigo, Victoria[1]
Monash University – Parkville, Victoria (formerly the Victorian College of Pharmacy)
Queensland University of Technology – Brisbane, Australia
University of Queensland – Brisbane, Queensland
University of South Australia – Adelaide, South Australia
University of Sydney – Sydney, New South Wales
University of Tasmania – Hobart, Tasmania
University of New England - Provisional Government Approval – Armidale, New South Wales
Griffith University + MPharm for Registration – Gold Coast, Queensland
University of Canberra + MPharm with Registration – Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
University of Newcastle + MPharm with Registration – Newcastle, New South Wales
Hong Kong
In Hong Kong, Bachelor of Pharmacy is offered by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) under the Faculty of Medicine. The CUHK Bachelor of Pharmacy programme started in 1992 and had been the only pharmacy degree programme available in Hong Kong until 2009. It aims to train graduates to function independently as professional health care providers who, as part of the health care team, can provide first class pharmaceutical and health-related care for the health of Hong Kong citizens.
The Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm) degree is awarded on satisfactory completion of at least three/four years of full-time study. To be considered for registration by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board Hong Kong as practising pharmacist in Hong Kong, the student must complete a further year of pre-registration training as required by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board.
Starting from 2009, the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has also implemented the Bachelor of Pharmacy programme under the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine.
CUHK offers 55 places while HKU offers 25 places in 2013.
India
The Bachelor of Pharmacy degree is popularly known as B-Pharm in India. It is a four-year program with both annual and semester schemes available. To be eligible, one must pass with at least 50% marks in 10 + 2  (or an equivalent examination) with biology or biotechnology as one of the subjects. In some states it is mandatory to give an additional pharmacy entrance examination to be eligible for the course. D.Pharm (Diploma of Pharmacy) holders are eligible for admission into B.Pharm into the second year directly via lateral entry in India.
Colleges imparting pharmaceutical education (D.Pharm, B.Pharm, m.Pharm or Pharm D) must be approved by All Indian Council of Technical Education (AICTE) or  Pharmacy Council Of India (PCI).
For a student to be eligible for registration as a pharmacist in India,the college from which he or she graduated must be approved by the PCI. B.Pharm is often superseded by M.Pharm and PhD-level courses although the minimum qualification required for registration as a pharmacist is D.Pharm.
In addition to Govt. Colleges,some of the private self-financing colleges imparting B.Pharm in India approved by PCI are

Faculty of Pharmacy, Hamdard University, New Delhi[2]
Singh Institute of Professional Studies,[3] Dehradun
Nims Institute of Pharmacy, Nims College of Pharmacy, NIMS University, Shobha Nagar, Jaipur-303121[4]
Institute of Research Technology & Science - Pharmacy, Bhopal[5]
ISF College of Pharmacy, Moga 
Bahra Institute of Pharmacy, Patiala, Punjab
HIMT College of Pharmacy
Dr. Hari Singh Gour Central University, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh
, Dehradun
Alwar Pharmacy college, Alwar, Rajasthan
Bihar College of Pharmacy (established 1979), Patna, Bihar                                                                                                                                                              * Abhilashi college of pharmacy (established 2007) <mandi> , himachal Pradesh
Birla Institute of Technology and Science,Pilani
Nirma Institute of Pharmacy, Ahmedabad
Madurai Medical College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Bharti Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Bihar
Delhi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research (DIPSAR), New Delhi
Shri Baba Mast Nath Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Research, Asthal Bohar, Rohtak[6]
Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
SGRR Institute of Pharmacy, Dehradun, Uttarakhand
Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
, Nalgonda
Noida institute of Engineering & technology, Greater Noida, Uttar pradesh
Bombay College of Pharmacy, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Gyan Vihar School of Pharmacy, Jaipur, Rajasthan
Srinivas College of Pharmacy,Valachil,Mangalore
Smt.Vidyawati college of Pharmacy, Uttar Pradesh, Jhansi
Indira College Of Pharmacy, Pune-33
Alard College of Pharmacy, Hinjewadi,Pune-411057
AISSMS College of Pharmacy, Pune. 01
Charak College Of Pharmacy & Research, Pune, Maharashtra

Nims University, Shobha Nagar, Jaipur-303121[7]
VNS Institute of Pharmacy,Bhopal
H.N.B.Garhwal (Central) University Uttarakhand
Department of Pharmaceutical sciences and drug research Punjabi University Patiala
Sagar Institute of research and Technology-Pharmacy Bhopal
Truba Institute of Pharmacy, Bhopal
Nalanda college of Pharmacy,Cherlapally,Nalgonda
KIET School of Pharmacy, Ghaziabad 201 206 www.kiet.edu
H.R.Institute of Pharmacy, Ghaziabad, NCR Delhi
Bharat Institute of Technology, Meerut
Kalka Institute for Research & Advanced Studies, Meerut
Meerut Institute of Engineering & Technology, Meerut
Venkateshwara Group of Institutions, Meerut
NKBR College of Pharmacy & Research Center, Meerut
IIMT College of Medical Sciences, Meerut
Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut
Translam Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, Meerut
S.S.M College Of Pharmacy, Chinniyam Palayam pudur,jambai,Bhavani,Erode
Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
Guru Nanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Kolkata
Dr. B.C. Roy College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences, Durgapur
Al-ameen College of Pharmacy, Bangalore, Karnataka
ITS College of pharmacy
Ezhuthachan College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Neyyattinkara, Kerala
Ujjain  institute of pharmaceutical sciences, Ujjain, Madhya pradesh
Rajeev Gandhi College of Pharmacy, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Al Shiffa college of pharmacy, Malapuram,Kerala
Devaki Amma Memorial college of Pharmacy,Malappuram, Kerala
Sree Krishna college of pharmacetical sciences, Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala
National college of Pharmacy,Kannur,Kerala
Mookambika Institute of Pharmaceutical sciences and research,Ernakulam,Kerala
DIT university,Dehradun
GRD College of Pharmacy,Dehradun
Glocal Pharmacy School, The Glocal University, Saharanpur[8]
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pratap University, Jaipur
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh
Girijananda Chowdhury Institute Of Pharmaceutical Sciences(GIPS), Azara, Guwahati
Department Of Pharmacy, Assam Down Town University
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Assam University, Silchar

Shadan college of Pharmacy,Hyderabad
College of Pharmacy, Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, Saifai, Etawah district, Uttar Pradesh
Bangladesh
The Bachelor of Pharmacy degree is popularly known as B.Pharm (Honors) in Bangladesh. It is a four-year program with both annual and semester schemes available. In order to be eligible, one must pass with at least 50% marks in 10 + 2  (or an equivalent examination) with biology subject. D.Pharm (Diploma of Pharmacy) holders are eligible for admission into B.Pharm (Bachelor of Pharmacy) after completing the degree D.Pharm.
Colleges imparting pharmaceutical education (D.Pharm, B.Pharm, M.Pharm and Pharm D) must be approved by the Pharmacy Council of Bangladesh (PCB)
.
For a student to be eligible for registration as a pharmacist in Bangladesh, the university from which he/she graduated must be approved by the PCB and have to follow the rules and regulations of PCB.
Prominent universities imparting B.Pharm in Bangladesh approved by PCB are 
, University of Dhaka 
, BRAC University 
Department of Pharmacy, Pabna University of Science & Technology 
, ASA University Bangladesh
, Gono Bishwabidyalay, 
Department of Pharmacy, State University of Bangladesh 
Department of Pharmacy, BGC Trust University Bangladesh 
Department of Pharmacy, University Of Development Alternative (UODA) 
Department of Pharmacy, Northern University Bangladesh.
[9] 
and so on.
Pakistan
PharmD is the only basic pharmacy degree (5 years program) awarded by universities in Pakistan. The program is approved by the Pharmacy Council of Pakistan. Old 4 years BPharmacy (Bachelor of Pharmacy) degree holders who are registered as Pharmacists with the Pharmacy Councils of Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa can study at any university for a one-year evening and/or weekend condensed course leading to (post-B.Pharmacy) Doctor of Pharmacy which is approved by the Pharmacy Council of Pakistan.
Europe
Norway
In Norway, the Bachelor of Pharmacy degree is awarded by Oslo Metropolitan University, The University of Tromsø and Nord University. The degree makes one eligible to work as a pharmacist in Norway. Norway also offers the Master of Pharmacy degree, which often offers higher payment and more job opportunities than the Bachelor of Pharmacy degree.
Ireland
MPharm (Hons) degrees in the Republic of Ireland are offered by:
Trinity College, Dublin
University College Cork
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin
However, in Northern Ireland (which is part of the United Kingdom) MPharm degrees (as opposed to BSc or BPharm degrees) are offered at Queen's University Belfast as in the rest of the UK.
Finland
In Finland, pharmacy is taught in University of Helsinki and University of Eastern Finland. Bachelor of Pharmacy is called farmaseutti (pharmacist) and Master of Pharmacy is called proviisori. Proviisori degree (MPharm) is required in order to be a druggist.
United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, the BPharm degree was awarded following a three-year undergraduate pharmacy program. It was superseded in 1997 by the Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) degree, awarded following a four-year program, as a result of European Union harmonisation.
North America
Canada
Canadian universities that have BPharm programs:
Dalhousie University
Memorial University of Newfoundland
University of Manitoba
University of Saskatchewan
Université de Montréal, Université Laval, University of Toronto, University of Waterloo, University of British Columbia, and University of Alberta formerly offered the degree and replaced it with Doctor of Pharmacy.
Africa
South Africa
South African universities that have BPharm programs:[10]
Nelson Mandela University - Department of Pharmacy
North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus) - School of Pharmacy
Rhodes University - School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of KwaZulu-Natal (Westville Campus) - School of Pharmacy
University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus) in collaboration with Tshwane University of Technology - School of Pharmacy
University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus) - School of Pharmacy
University of the Western Cape - School of Pharmacy
University of the Witwatersrand - Department of Pharmacy
Lesotho
The following universities have BPharm programs in Lesotho:
National University of Lesotho - Department of Pharmacy
Kenya
The following Kenyan universities offer BPharm programs:[11]
University of Nairobi - School of Pharmacy, KNH Campus
Mount Kenya University
Kenyatta University
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
Kenya Methodist University
United States International University Africa
Uganda
The following Ugandan universities offer BPharm programs:
Mbarara University of Science and Technology[12]
Makerere University School of Health Sciences
Kampala International University School of Health Sciences
See also
Doctor of Pharmacy
Master of Pharmacy
Pharmacist
Pharmaconomist
List of pharmacy schools