Medicine & Health Sciences

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Bachelor of Pharmacy is an undergraduate degree course. Let us check out the course duration details now.
Duration: Course duration is 4 years. The 4 years duration is divided into 8 semesters, with each semester lasting for a period of 6 months. In case of each semester, students will have to face one theoretical external examination (main exam). In case of some semesters, practical examinations will also be held, with the subjects being hospital pharmacy, clinical pharmacy and community pharmacy.
Eligibility criteria:
Science stream students (both mathematics and biology groups- PCM/B), who have cleared 12th standard board examination from a recognized board are eligible to pursue this course.
Admission process:
To get admission, candidates must satisfy the minimum marks criteria, which is 50% marks (in PCM/B subjects). Most institutes follow the merit based admission process, where deserving candidates are allotted seats based on the marks scored by them in board examination and entrance test. In case of some deemed universities and reputed private institutes, private entrance tests are used to allot seats to deserving students.