What is the Difference Between D. Pharm, B. Pharm, M. Pharm and Pharm.D? #WhatBuddy

What is the Difference Between D. Pharm, B. Pharm, M. Pharm and Pharm.D? #WhatBuddy

Qualifications required for each program:
D. Pharm: Minimum 10th std.
B.pharm: D.pharm or 12 th std with required Entrance exam score.
M. Pharm: B.pharm with entrance exam score.

Duration of each program:
D. Pharm : 2 years
B. Pharm : 4 years
M. Pharm : minimum 2 years. Can be extended depending on thesis and research work. I have friends who even required 4 years to complete M. Pharm!

Future prospects for each program:
D. Pharm: can obtain license for medical shop. Job in industry.
B. Pharm: can obtain license for medical shop. Job in industry. Slightly better positions than D. Pharm.
M. Pharm: industrial positions as scientist with better pay than above. (And of course, can also obtain license for medical store).

D-Pharma is the Diploma of Pharmacy.It’s a 2 years course. The minimum qualification required is 10 +2 from science stream. After this you can go for a Bachelor’ s degree. You will get a lateral entry in 2nd year of B-Pharma course. But it will take you 5 years to do a Bachelor degree as compared to B-Pharma. In this you will also get a Pharmacy Shop License.

Note:- D.Pharm {Duration 2 year} ==Diploma in Pharmacy (Good For Medical Shop,Business)

B-Pharma is the Bachelor of Pharmacy. It is a 4 years course. The minimum qualification required is 10+2 from science stream. This will also lead you to get a Pharmacy Shop License.

Note:- B.Pharma {duration 4 year ,3 years after D.Pharma }== Bachelor of Pharmacy (Good for Job ,Production , Business, Marketing , Now in IT companies)

Note:- M.Pharma{2 year after B.Pharma} = = Master of Pharmacy (Good for Job in Pharma Industry, Academics ,Now in IT companies )

Pharm D is the Doctor of Pharmacy. The Pharm.D program is a pre-PhD, post-graduate professional doctoral program of 6 years. It is introduced by the Government of India and the Pharmacy Council of India in 2008. Pharm.D is a post graduate degree and passed out students can directly register for Ph.D. The minimum qualification required is 10+2 from a science stream.

Note:- Pharm.D.{6 year after 12th} = = Doctorate of Pharmacy (Just Lunched in north India ,Having Limited Scope in North Region but Good for Future).

Conclusion:-

The difference between Diploma in Pharmacy (D.Pharm), Bachelors in Pharmacy (B.Pharm) and Doctor in Pharmacy (Pharm.D) are -

1. Course Duration - Diploma in Pharmacy is a two year course. Bachelors in Pharmacy is a three year course and Doctor in Pharmacy is a six year course.
2. Scope & Opportunities - You can open up your drug store and practice pharmacy once you complete Diploma in Pharmacy. If you wish to work in the pharmaceutical industries such as Sun Pharmaceutical, Lupin Ltd, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories etc then a Bachelors degree in Pharmacy is must. Doctor in Pharmacy program is a pre-PhD which involves five years of clinical and community-based theoretical study, with ward rounds and a one-year internship in hospitals. This course involves clinical orientation.
3. Admissions - For Diploma, admission to universities happens through Interview/ Entrance Test conducted by the respective universities. For Bachelors, admissions to universities happen through entrance exams such as All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT), All India Manipal University Online Entrance Test (MU-OET), Panjab University Common Entrance Test (P.U. CET) etc. For Doctor in Pharmacy, admission to universities happens through the norms of Pharmacy Council of India (PCI).
4. Top Colleges - For Diploma, some of the top institutes are Jamia Hamdard University (Delhi), Delhi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Research (Delhi) etc. For Bachelors, some of the top institutes are University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Chandigarh), Bombay College of Pharmacy (Mumbai) etc. For Doctor in Pharmacy, some of the top institutes are VELS University (Chennai), Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeshwara University (Mysore, Karnataka) etc.