About D.Pharmacy Department

D. Pharmacy course is the ideal choice for the student who wants a quick start in their pharmacy career. Pursuing D. Pharm can be a good beginning to understand the fundamentals of pharmacy programme and then pursue advanced courses like B. Pharm & Pharm.D.

The D.Pharmacy (Diploma in Pharmacy) department offers a two-year diploma program focused on foundational pharmaceutical sciences. It equips students with the knowledge and skills needed for entry-level roles in the pharmacy field, such as in hospitals, community pharmacies and the pharmaceutical industry. It follows ER-2020 D.Pharm Syllabus, In which after having appeared in second year examination for Diploma in Pharmacy, students eligible to undergo practical training. As per the Pharmacy Council of India (PCI), practical training for D.Pharm students involves a minimum of 500 hours spread over 3 months, with at least 250 hours dedicated to dispensing prescriptions.

The goal of the practical training for the students is to provide a real-time, supervised experience on the professional tasks emphasised in their course of study. Further, it helps them to apply their acquired knowledge and skills in the professional working environment.

Thus, the ER 2020 D.Pharm syllabus is designed to nurture the students in all the three domains of Bloom's Taxonomy viz. cognitive (knowledge), affective (attitude) and psychomotor (skills). Further, it also provides ample of scope to the students for different learning styles viz, visual, auditory and kinaesthetic, i.e., 'see, hear and do'.