Pharmacy

LM College of Pharmacy admissions happens through the GUJCET/NEET/JEE Main entrance exams. These exams happen on different dates from March to June. Candidates should be up to date with cut-offs and the exam dates of these entrance exams if they want to apply for LM College of Pharmacy.

Once the exam results are announced, the counselling process begins. This year the counselling process will start from Sep 10, 2024, and the academic term starts from September 17, 2024. If there are vacant seats to be filled in the BPharm programme subsequent rounds of counselling will follow.

LM College of Pharmacy was set up in 1947 by the philanthropic trust, Ahmedabad Education Society, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad. Its first programme was the Bachelor of Pharmacy programme and at the time it was affiliated with Bombay University.

This makes the institution more than 77 years old. LM College of Pharmacy is now affiliated with Gujarat Technical University and is approved by both the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and the Pharmacy Council of India (PCI). Now the university carries close to 10 courses ranging from a diploma in pharmacy to a doctorate in pharmacy.

Yes, LM College of Pharmacy is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Pharmacy Council of India (PCI). Furthermore, the LM College of Pharmacy is affiliated with Gujarat Technical University.

LM College of Pharmacy offers diploma and undergraduate programmes in Pharmacy as grant-in-aid programmes, as well as, programmes like Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D), Pharm.D Post Baccalaureate (PB), Post-graduation in Pharmacy as self-financed programmes. The grant-in-aid programmes are funded by public institutions and the self-financed programmes are self-financed by the institution.

BPharm at LM College of Pharmacy is offered through offline mode. The classes happen on the campus and there are practical hours one needs to commit to in the campus laboratory. The examinations and viva also happen in offline mode.

Classes are divided into theory, practical and tutorials depending on the course. A student needs to complete the requisite hours to appear for the exam and secure the credits for the course each course contains credits in the range of two to six.

LM College of Pharmacy offers more seats for the BPharm programme than MSU Baroda. The student intake for BPharm for LM College of Pharmacy is 90 whereas the student intake for MSU Baroda in BPharm is only 40.

Although the cutoff rank of 2023 for both universities was almost the same, MSU Baroda saw a higher salary package in placements 2023 than LM College of Pharmacy. The reason for that might be that fewer candidates are appearing for placements at MSU Baroda than at LM College of Pharmacy.

The average salary package offered in BPharm placements 2023 by Nirma University is INR 7 lakh while for the same placements period average salary for LM College of Pharmacy is INR 2.5 lakh. This means that Nirma University saw a higher average salary package offered for BPharm in placements 2023 than other universities.

Although Nirma University might have a higher salary package offered, the tuition fees to study BPharm at Nirma University are much higher than at LM College of Pharmacy. The tuition fees of LM College of Pharmacy is INR 8,400, whereas, the tuition fees for BPharm at Nirma University is INR 8.8 lakh.

The BPharm programme has courses that are taught over semesters, such as Human Anatomy and Physiology, Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceuticals, etc. In addition to that, there are other courses as well which are taught only once, such as Computer Application in Pharmacy and Pathophysiology.

There are varying courses with varying credits depending on the lecture hours or if they have practical hours. In the first semester, there are courses with only two credits with two theoretical teaching hours, whereas, in the last semester the minimum credit for a course is four.