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B. Pharmacy

Academics

Affiliation: Kathmandu University

Faculty: Pharmacy

Duration: 4 years and 0 months

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Bachelor of pharmacy course aims to fulfill the acute shortage of graduate pharmacists in the national health care systems in Nepal 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.

Eligibility

To be eligible for applying to the Bachelor of Pharmacy (B Pharm.) 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.

Career Opportunities:

After obtaining the BPharm and MPharm degree, the pharmacy 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