Pharm D

This course trains the students to endow them with the skills required for patient care. The course curriculum of Pharm. D program entails pharmaceutical, biological, social, and clinical services information emphasizing on utilizing this knowledge to patient health care. The Pharm.D program at Chandigarh College of Pharmacy is a 6 years doctoral program in Pharmacy, approved by the Pharmacy Council of India, New Delhi, and affiliated to IKGPTU, Jalandhar, Punjab.
The course was started in India to advance clinical and hospital pharmacy services. Further, this is the only Pharmacy course that provides direct contact with the patient-healthcare system and certifies the professionals to take vital decisions in prescribed medicines. The Pharm. D program consists of a classroom-based and hospital-based informative study followed by a one-year internship in a hospital for clinical management of in-patients on top of ongoing practical and a research project.

Career options

Ever-expanding fields of Pharmacovigilance, medical writing, and business development are the core areas of Pharm D holders. On completion of the course, students have ample scope in several job segments such as clinical pharmacists in the hospitals and Application scientists. This course provides opportunities like carrying out projects in collaboration with many reputed universities in India and abroad. Marketing and insurance sector, Pharmaceutical industry, medical affairs, teaching line always have a high demand for professionals from this field.

Eligibility

10+2 with a minimum aggregate of 60% with Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Mathematics as compulsory subjects