Bachelor in Pharmacy (B. Pharm) at Kathmandu University, Bachelor in Pharmacy (B. Pharm) Colleges in Nepal

Bachelor In Pharmacy (B. Pharm)

Affiliated to: Kathmandu University

About Course

Course Title : Bachelor In Pharmacy (B. Pharm)
Category/Level : Bachelors
Course Duration (months) : 48 months
Cost Range (NPR) : NA
Affiliated to : Kathmandu University

Course Description:

Department of Pharmacy at Kathmandu University was established in 1994, first of its kind in Nepal, in response to acute shortage of graduate pharmacists in the national health care systems in the country with a mission to cater and supply steady stream of highly competent pharmacy graduates required for the country and to contribute knowledge in pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences. In order to achieve the mission the programs and activities of the Department of Pharmacy are designed to achieve the following objectives:

Provide educational facilities to students for careers in pharmacy profession.
Study and strengthen the existing pharmacy practices in the private and public sector organizations through continuing education and training programs.
Assist pharmaceutical and related organizations in solving their problems by providing consultancy services.

Contribute to pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences literature relevant to Nepal through research and publications.

Subsequently Department of Pharmacy also commenced its postgraduate education in Pharmacy (MPharm) in two specializations, Pharmaceutical Care and Industrial Pharmacy in 2000 to cater more specialized human resource in the field of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences in Nepal . From 2004, it started Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). At present this is the only department that has post graduation and PhD education in Pharmacy in Nepal.

Career Opportunities:

After obtaining the BPharm degree, the graduates will be eligible for rewarding employment in the following situations:

Pharmaceutical Industry
Hospitals
Drug Dispensing Establishment
Governmental Drug Administrations
Academia
Drug Research Laboratory
Health Research Council

Admission info

To be eligible for applying to the program, one must meet the following criteria:

Must have passed 12 years (10+2) of formal education.
Must have passed Higher Secondary Level Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (PCM) OR Physics, Chemistry and Biology (PCB) with an average grade of 50%.
Must appear in the entrance examination and selection interview.

The entrance examination and interview is highly competitive and the successful candidates in both are eligible to get admission.

Admission Procedure
Notification for admission to all undergraduate programs offered by the school under the pharmacy department is published in major dailies and is in the website: www.ku.edu.np/pharmacy in the month of June/July seeking applications from eligible candidates.Collection of applications is followed by an entrance examination designed to test applicants' command over mathematics, physics,Chemistry and biology. Candidates qualifying in the entrance examination are called for an interview. The interview is aimed at testing individual's aptitude in the field in which one is seeking admission and is taken by the relevant department.

Application Checklist
Applicants are required to submit the following documents with the application.

Attested copy of Mark sheets of Secondary and Higher Secondary education.
Official document showing the average grades in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics OR Physics, Chemistry and Biology.
Character certificates issued by the school last attended.
Attested copy of citizenship.

Syllabus

BPharm; 1^st Year

Semester - I

Course Code	Title	Credits
MATH 111	Calculus and Algebra	3
PHYS 101	General Physics I	3
CHEM 101	General Chemistry	3
BIOL 101	General Biology	2
COMP 101	Computer Foundation	2
ENGG 101	Engineering Project	2
EDRG 101	Engineering Drawing I	2
ENGT 101	Communication Skills I	2
	Total Credit Hours	19

Semester - II

Course Code	Title	Credits
MATH 101	Statistics and Probability	3
PHYS 102	General Physics II	3
COMP 102	Computer Programming	2
ENGG 102	Engineering Project	3
EDRG 102	Engineering Drawing II	2
ENGT 102	Communication Skills II	2
CHEM 102	Inorganic Chemistry	2
PHAR 111	Foundation Course in Pharmacy	3
	Total Credit Hours	20

BPharm; 2^nd Year

Semester - I

Course Code	Title	Credits
MATH 206	Statistical Analysis	3
PHAR 201	Pharmaceutical Microbiology	3
PHAR 202	Pharmaceutical Microbiology Lab	1
PHAR 203	Human Physiology and Pathophysiology I	3
PHAR 204	Pharmacognosy I	2
PHAR 205	Pharmacognosy Lab	1
CHEM 201	Reaction Mechanism and Stereochemistry	3
CHEM 208	Quantitative Analysis I	2
CHEM 210	Quantitative Analysis Lab I	1
	Total Credit Hours	19

Semester - II

Course Code	Title	Credits
BIOL 206	Biochemistry	2
PHAR 211	Biochemistry Laboratory	1
PHAR 212	Human Physiology and Pathophysiology II	3
PHAR 213	Human Physiology & Pathophysiology Lab	1
PHAR 214	Pharmacognosy II	2
PHAR 215	Pharmacognosy Lab	1
PHAR 216	Inorganic Pharmaceutical Chemistry	2
PHAR 217	Inorganic Pharmaceutical Chemistry Lab	1
CHEM 203	Organic Chemistry	3
CHEM 209	Quantitative Analysis II	3
	Total Credit Hours	19

BPharm; 3^rd Year

Semester - I

Course Code	Title	Credits
PHAR 301	Physical Pharmacy	3
PHAR 302	Physical Pharmacy Lab	1
PHAR 303	Pharmacology & Toxicology I	3
PHAR 304	Pharmaceutical Chemistry of Natural Products	3
PHAR 305	Pharmaceutical Chemistry Lab	1
INAN 301	Instrumental Analysis	3
INAN 302	Instrumental Analysis Laboratory	2
MGTS 301	Economics	3
	Total Credit Hours	19

Semester - II

Course Code	Title	Credits
PHAR 311	Pharmacology and Toxicology II	3
PHAR 312	Pharmacology and Toxicology Lab	1
PHAR 313	Biological Pharmacy	2
PHAR 314	Biological Pharmacy Lab	1
PHAR 315	Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics	3
PHAR 316	Medicinal Chemistry	4
PHAR 317	Medicinal Chemistry Lab	1
MGTS 302	Business Management	3
	Total Credit Hours	18

BPharm; 4^th Year

Semester - I

Course Code	Title	Credits
PHAR 401	Pharmacy Practice I	2
PHAR 402	Hospital Pharmacy	2
PHAR 403	Pharmacy practice & Hospital Pharmacy Lab	1
PHAR 404	Industrial Pharmacy I	3
PHAR 405	Industrial Pharmacy Lab	1
PHAR 406	Quality Assurance and GMP	2
PHAR 407	Quality Assurance Lab	2
PHAR 408	Pharmacotherapeutics	3
MGTS 402	Entrepreneurship Development	3
	Total Credit Hours	19

Note: Preliminary work for second semester project must be completed in the first semester in consultation with the department. Semester - II

Course Code	Title	Credits
PHAR 411	Pharmacy Practice II	2
PHAR 412	Clinical Pharmacy	2
PHAR 413	Pharmacy practice & Clinical Pharmacy Lab	1
PHAR 414	Industrial Pharmacy II	3
PHAR 415	Industrial Pharmacy and Pharmceutical Biotechnology Lab	1
PHAR 416	Forensic Pharmacy	1
PHAR 422	Pharmaceutical Biotechnology	2
PHAR ***	Elective	3
PHAR 418	Project Work	4
	Total Credit Hours	19

Final year students are required to undergo 6 weeks in-plant training in the pharmaceutical industry as arranged by the department
The Designated supervisor and HOD shall approve the proposal for the project work.
PHAR ***: Electives courses:PHAR 417 Pharmaceutical Care, PHAR 419 Cosmetology; PHAR 420 Social and Behavioural Pharmacy; PHAR 421 Pharmacoeconomics; PHAR 423 Recent Advances in Pharmacology; PHAR 424 Chronopharmaceutics; PHAR 425 Herbal Formulation; PHAR 426 Complementary Medicines.
The list of electives shall be updated as per the requirement and shall be offered only at the final discretion of the Department.