Diploma in Pharmacy (D.Pharma.) 

at LM College of Pharmacy, Navrangpura

If you have a diploma in pharmacy you can apply for to Diploma to Degree programme (D to D) in the university and enrol yourself in the Bachelor’s in Pharmacy programme of the institution. You can also continue your diploma into a bachelor’s programme if you’re a diploma student at the same university.

If you’re a native of the state of Gujarat and have completed your diploma degree from an educational institute based in Gujarat, you can apply for the Mukhyamantri Yuva Swavalamban Yojana (MYSY) scholarship to help fund your education while you make the transition from Diploma to Bachelors.

Yes, since BPharm is an undergraduate programme. You can apply for the course if you have done your Diploma in Pharmacy. You can take lateral-entry admission into the BPharm programme through the Diploma to Degree admission programme of the university.

LM College of Pharmacy provides a fresher’s admission programme and a Diploma to Degree programme (D to D) for students applying for admission after their Diploma. This helps the students to carry forward their education after getting an experiential understanding of the field of Pharmacy.

Yes, there are multiple Pharmacy colleges better ranked than LM College of Pharmacy in India. As per NIRF rankings 2024, LM College of Pharmacy is ranked #52 in the Pharmacy category which means there are 51 colleges in India which are ranked better ranked than LM College of Pharmacy this year. Some of them include Jamia Hamdard, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, JSS College of Pharmacy, etc.

It is to be noted that colleges ranked better than LM College of Pharmacy also have higher tuition fees and higher minimum cut-offs. Candidates can compare pharmacy colleges and make a decision taking into account the rank, tuition fees, cut-offs etc.

LM College of Pharmacy offers diploma, postgraduate, and undergraduate courses to students. These courses are provided across the Pharmacy and various other streams. At the undergraduate level, the LM College of Pharmacy offers full-time, four-year BPharm courses to students. At the postgraduate level, the LM College of Pharmacy offers a two-year MPharm course to students. LM College of Pharmacy also provides Pharm.D, Pharm.D (PB), DPharm, and other courses to students

The alumni of LM College of Pharmacy are working in Healthcare Services (20%) followed by Business Development (19%), Research (14%) among others. To know the function-wise alumni placements, students can check out the pie chart below:

NOTE: The 'Others' category illustrates the combined data of diverse domains such as Quality Assurance, IT, Marketing, Media and Communication, Program and Project Management, Product Management, Community and Social Services and Engineering sectors.

DISCLAIMER: The statistics on alumni placements presented above were compiled from various online sources and hence, are indicative.

LM College of Pharmacy has multiple different courses of Pharmacy which consist each of diploma, under graduate and post graduate courses and has different fees structure for all of them. Depending on the course the fees curriculum has been designed. The fees is liable to change by the time and is not fixed. But for a better view let me introduce with a current fees structure.

If we talk about B.Pharma course, then the fees is around 8.5 thousand Indian rupees, which seems affordable if we compare it with other colleges. Whereas, the D.Pharma course is even more cheaper that is around 3 thousand rupees. Then comes the most expensive courses of the institutes that is Pharma.D and M.Pharma. The Pharma.D courses is of 6 years and the course comes up with 1.75 Lacs rupees per annum and The M.Pharma courses is of 2 years and comes with 1.65 Lacs rupees per annum. As per most of the feedback the fees is good to go with facilities and training.

Although reservation policy is not mandated for private institutions, LM College of Pharmacy follows the admission process laid out by the Admission Council for Professional Courses (ACPC), which is a public institution. Thus, it has to follow the reservation policy laid down by the government of India.

According to the current reservation policy, 49.5% of seats are reserved for SC/ST/OBC categories, whereas 10% are reserved for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) and 4% of seats are reserved for persons with benchmark disabilities (PwD). Along with the reservation of seats, ACPC also releases category-wise cut-offs.

The university has not released the highest package offered to BPharma and MPharma students for the year 2023. However, the highest package offered to BPharma students was INR 6 LPA during the recent placement drive. The same has been outlined below:

Note: The placement stats mentioned above are gathered from Shiksha review. Hence, the stats may vary further.

The university has not released the average package offered to BPharma and MPharma students for the year 2023. As per NIRF report 2023, students can check course-wise median package offered in the last three years: