Pharm D Syllabus
Pharm D (Doctor of Pharmacy) is the six year doctorate level pharmacy course of India, prescribed by the Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) in the Pharm.D. Regulations 2008. This page gives the complete course structure at a glance: every year, every subject, with a link to the full syllabus of each year, reproduced word for word from the PCI syllabus.
How the course is structured
As printed in regulation 3 of the Pharm.D. Regulations 2008:
Pharm.D: The duration of the course shall be six academic years (five years of study and one year of internship or residency) full time. The period of six years duration is divided into two phases: Phase I, consisting of First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth academic year, and Phase II, consisting of internship or residency training during sixth year involving posting in speciality units.
Pharm.D. (Post Baccalaureate): The duration of the course shall be for three academic years (two years of study and one year internship or residency) full time. The period of three years duration is divided into two phases: Phase I, consisting of First and Second academic year, and Phase II, consisting of Internship or residency training during third year involving posting in speciality units.
Who can join
As printed in regulation 4 of the Pharm.D. Regulations 2008:
Pharm.D. Part-I Course: a pass in 10+2 examination with Physics and Chemistry as compulsory subjects along with one of the following subjects: Mathematics or Biology; or a pass in D.Pharm course from an institution approved by the Pharmacy Council of India under section 12 of the Pharmacy Act; or any other qualification approved by the Pharmacy Council of India as equivalent to any of the above examinations. A student should complete the age of 17 years on or before 31st December of the year of admission to the course.
Pharm.D. (Post Baccalaureate) Course: a pass in B.Pharm from an institution approved by the Pharmacy Council of India under section 12 of the Pharmacy Act.
Course structure at a glance
Year 1
| Code | Subject | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | Human Anatomy and Physiology | Theory and Practical |
| 1.2 | Pharmaceutics | Theory and Practical |
| 1.3 | Medicinal Biochemistry | Theory and Practical |
| 1.4 | Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry | Theory and Practical |
| 1.5 | Pharmaceutical Inorganic Chemistry | Theory and Practical |
| 1.6 | Remedial Mathematics / Biology | Theory and Practical* |
- The practical under 1.6 is for Biology, as marked in the PCI course table for this year.
Year 2
| Code | Subject | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | Pathophysiology | Theory |
| 2.2 | Pharmaceutical Microbiology | Theory and Practical |
| 2.3 | Pharmacognosy & Phytopharmaceuticals | Theory and Practical |
| 2.4 | Pharmacology-I | Theory |
| 2.5 | Community Pharmacy | Theory |
| 2.6 | Pharmacotherapeutics-I | Theory and Practical |
Year 3
| Code | Subject | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | Pharmacology-II | Theory and Practical |
| 3.2 | Pharmaceutical Analysis | Theory and Practical |
| 3.3 | Pharmacotherapeutics-II | Theory and Practical |
| 3.4 | Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence | Theory |
| 3.5 | Medicinal Chemistry | Theory and Practical |
| 3.6 | Pharmaceutical Formulations | Theory and Practical |
Year 4
| Code | Subject | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4.1 | Pharmacotherapeutics-III | Theory and Practical / Hospital Posting |
| 4.2 | Hospital Pharmacy | Theory and Practical / Hospital Posting |
| 4.3 | Clinical Pharmacy | Theory and Practical / Hospital Posting |
| 4.4 | Biostatistics & Research Methodology | Theory |
| 4.5 | Biopharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetics | Theory and Practical / Hospital Posting |
| 4.6 | Clinical Toxicology | Theory |
Year 5
| Code | Subject | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5.1 | Clinical Research | Theory |
| 5.2 | Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics | Theory |
| 5.3 | Clinical Pharmacokinetics & Pharmacotherapeutic Drug Monitoring | Theory |
| 5.4 | Clerkship* | Hospital posting |
| 5.5 | Project work (Six Months) | Project |
- Attending ward rounds on daily basis, as noted in the PCI course table for this year.
Year 6
The sixth year is internship or residency training including postings in speciality units: six months in the General Medicine department, and two months each in three other speciality departments. There are no theory or practical subjects in this year.
View the full Year 6 syllabus: Internship
A note on Pharm D (Post Baccalaureate)
The Pharm.D. Regulations 2008 carry the Post Baccalaureate route in the regulations themselves: its three year duration, its two phases and its admission qualification (a pass in B.Pharm) are given above exactly as printed. The regulations do not print a separate course of study table or a separate Appendix-A syllabus for the Post Baccalaureate route, so no separate subject list is shown for it here. What the regulations print for that route is presented above, and nothing has been added to it.
Source: Pharmacy Council of India, New Delhi, Pharm.D. Regulations 2008 (published in the Gazette of India, No.19, Part III, Section 4, New Delhi, 10th May, 2008). Syllabus text on the linked year pages is reproduced from the PCI syllabus in Appendix-A to the regulations.