Undergraduate Program

Doctor of Pharmacy

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Introduction to
Doctor of Pharmacy

Doctor of Pharmacy prepares students for a multitude of pharmaceutical professions. They gain skills necessary in successfully managing medicinal distribution systems, monitoring drug responses, promoting public health, and analyzing product quality. A major part of our curriculum focuses on giving students hands-on clinical training, where they get a chance to practice skills learned in the classroom.

Learning Outcomes

  • Detailed study of physical and functional features of musculoskeletal system in humans.

  • Detailed study on the physiological and pathophysiological conditions of human body.

  • Basic science to help understand the biochemical reactions occurring inside the human body in normal and disease conditions.

  • There are numerous and diversified career areas one can pursue following a Pharm.D.

  • Based on compounding, dispensing and labelling of medications according to patient specific dosage requirements.

  • Study of Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics of drugs with specifics of drug-drug, drug-body and drug-disease interactions.

  • These include governmental and private organizations which include but are not limited to the following career options

Curriculum Overview

Courses

  • English-A (Functional English)

  • Islamic Studies

  • Pakistan Studies

  • Pharmaceutics-IA (Physical Pharmacy)

  • Pharmaceutical Chemistry-IA (Organic)

  • Pharmaceutical Chemistry-IIA (Biochemistry)

  • Physiology-A

  • Anatomy & Histology

  • Pharmaceutics-IIA (Dosage Forms Science)

  • Pharmaceutics-IIIA (Pharmaceutical Microbiology & Immunology)

  • Pharmacology and Therapeutics-IA

  • Pharmacognosy-IA (Basic)

  • Pharmacy Practice-IA (Pharmaceutical Mathematics)

  • Pharmacy Practice-IIA (Dispensing Pharmacy)

  • Pharmaceutical Chemistry-IIIA (Pharmaceutical Analysis)

  • Pharmacology and Therapeutics-IIA

  • Pharmacognosy-IIA (Advanced)

  • Pathology

  • Pharmacy Practice-IVA (Hospital Pharmacy)

  • Pharmacy Practice-VA (Clinical Pharmacy-I)

  • Pharmaceutics-IVA (Industrial Pharmacy)

  • Pharmaceutics-VA (Biopharmaceutics& Pharmacokinetics)

  • Pharmaceutics-VIA (Pharmaceutical Quality Management)

  • Pharmaceutics-VIIA (Pharmaceutical Technology)

  • Pharmacy Practice-VIA (Advanced Clinical Pharmacy-II)

  • Pharmacy Practice-VIIA (Forensic Pharmacy)

  • Pharmacy Practice-VIIIA (Pharmaceutical Management & Marketing)

  • Pharmaceutical Chemistry-IVA (Medicinal Chemistry)

  • English-B (Communication & Writing skills)

  • Pharmaceutics-IB(Physical Pharmacy)

  • Pharmaceutical Chemistry-IB (Organic)

  • Pharmaceutical Chemistry-IIB (Biochemistry)

  • Physiology-B

  • Pharmaceutics-IIB (Dosage Forms Science)

  • Pharmaceutics-IIIB (Pharmaceutical Microbiology & Immunology)

  • Pharmacology and Therapeutics-IB

  • Pharmacognosy-IB (Basic)

  • Pharmacy Practice-IB (Bio-statistics)

  • Pharmacognosy-IB (Basic)

  • Pharmacy Practice-IIB (Community,Social & Administrative Pharmacy)

  • Pharmaceutical Chemistry-IIIB (Pharmaceutical Analysis)

  • Pharmacology and Therapeutics-IIB

  • Pharmacognosy-IIB (Advanced)

  • Pharmacy Practice-III (Computer and its Applications in Pharmacy)

  • Pharmacy Practice-IVB (Hospital Pharmacy)

  • Pharmacy Practice-VB (Clinical Pharmacy-I)

  • Pharmaceutics-IVB (Industrial Pharmacy)

  • Pharmaceutics-VB(Biopharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetics)

  • Pharmaceutics-VIB (Pharmaceutical Quality Management)

  • Pharmaceutics- VIIB (Pharmaceutical Technology)

  • Pharmacy Practice-VIB (Advanced Clinical Pharmacy-II)

  • Pharmacy Practice-VIIB (Forensic Pharmacy)

  • Pharmacy Practice-VIIIB (Pharmaceutical Management & Marketing)

  • Pharmaceutical Chemistry-IVB (Medicinal Chemistry)

Career Opportunities

There are numerous and diversified career areas one can pursue following a Pharm.D. degree. These include governmental and private organizations which include but are not limited to the following career options:

Hospital Pharmacy

Quality Assurance / Quality Control

Department of Regulatory Affairs

Pharmaceutical Marketing

Pharmaceutical Sales and Business Development

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