Bachelor in Pharmacy (B.Pharm)
A 4-year full time degree course affiliated to the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, recognized by Government of Karnataka and Pharmacy Council of India, New Delhi. The course is designed to impart thorough training in all theoretical and practical aspects of Pharmacy.
The Oxford College/Institute of Pharmacy was started in year 1992 under the flagship of Oxford Group of Institutions managed by Children's Education Society.
A pharmacist is a vital link between patient and Doctors. He formulates various drugs dosage forms like Capsules, Tablets, Syrups, Injectables etc., whether of Synthetic or natural origin. Development of drug involves sound knowledge at molecular level, its synthesis, designing, pharmacological and toxicological studies, analytical methods, post marketing surveillance and Clinical investigations converging with this field is three great technologies like Bio-technology, Information-technology and Nano-Technology.
Intake of Candidates
No. of student per academic year: 100 each in B.Pharm
The Oxford College of Pharmacy is Affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, Recognized by Government of Karnataka, Approved by Pharmacy Council of India, New Delhi.
Pharmacy curriculum at the graduate level in India offers a battery of subject expanded over a period of 4 years. Equal emphasis is given to subjects in Basic Sciences, Medical Sciences, Traditional and Advanced professional subjects and various ancillary subjects like Elementary Computer Knowledge, Pharmaceutical Management and Marketing Procedures
Minimum qualification for admission
First Year B. Pharm
Candidate shall have passed 10+2 examination conducted by the respective State/Central Government authorities recognised as equivalent to 10+2 examination by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) with English as one of the subjects and Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics (PCM) and or Biology (PCB)/PCMB) as optional subjects individually. Any other qualification approved by the Pharmacy Council of India as equivalent to any of the above examinations.
Note: Provided that a student should have completed 17 years of the age on the date of admission or should complete the of 17 years on or before 31st December of the year of the admission to the program.
B. Pharm Lateral Entry (to Third Semester)
A pass in D. Pharm course from an institution approved by the Pharmacy Council of India under Section 12 of the Pharmacy Act.
Medium of instruction and examinations
Medium of instruction and examination shall be in English.
Working days in each semester
Each semester shall consist of not less than 100 working days. The odd semesters shall be conducted from the month of June/July to November/December and the even semesters shall be conducted from December/January to May/June in every calendar year.
Attendance and progress
A candidate is required to put in at least 80% attendance in individual courses considering theory and practical separately. The candidate shall complete the prescribed course satisfactorily to be eligible to appear for the respective examinations.
Program/Course Credit Structure
As per the philosophy of Credit Based Semester System, certain quantum of academic work viz. theory classes, tutorial hours, practical classes, etc. are measured in terms of credits. On satisfactory completion of the courses, a candidate earns credits. The amount of credit associated with a course is dependent upon the number of hours of instruction per week in that course. Similarly, the credit associated with any of the other academic, co/extra-curricular activities is dependent upon the quantum of work expected to be put in for each of these activities per week.
Credit assignment
Theory and Laboratory courses
Courses are broadly classified as Theory and Practical. Theory courses consist of lecture (L) and /or tutorial (T) hours, and Practical (P) courses consist of hours spent in the laboratory. Credits (C) for a course is dependent on the number of hours of instruction per week in that course, and is obtained by using a multiplier of one (1) for lecture and tutorial hours, and a multiplier of half (1/2) for practical (laboratory) hours. Thus, for example, a theory course having three lectures and one tutorial per week throughout the semester carries a credit of 4. Similarly, a practical having four laboratory hours per week throughout semester carries a credit of 2.
Minimum credit requirements
The minimum credit points required for award of a B. Pharm. degree is 208. These credits are divided into Theory courses, Tutorials, Practical, Practice School and Project over the duration of eight semesters. Courses generally progress in sequences, building competencies and their positioning indicates certain academic maturity on the part of the learners. Learners are expected to follow the semester-wise schedule of courses given in the syllabus. The lateral entry students shall get 52 credit points transferred from their D. Pharm program. Such students shall take up additional remedial courses of ‘Communication Skills’ (Theory and Practical) and ‘Computer Applications in Pharmacy’ (Theory and Practical) equivalent to 3 and 4 credit points respectively, a total of 7 credit points to attain 59 credit points, the maximum of I and II semesters.
Academic work
A regular record of attendance both in Theory and Practical shall be maintained by the teaching staff of respective courses
Course of study
The course of study for B. Pharm shall include Semester Wise Theory & Practical as given in Table – I to VIII. The number of hours to be devoted to each theory, tutorial and practical course in any semester shall not be less than that shown in Table – I to VIII.
Table-I: Course of study for semester I
| Course code | Name of the course | No. of hours | Tutorial | Credit points |
| BP101T | Human Anatomy and Physiology I– Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP102T | Pharmaceutical Analysis I – Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP103T | Pharmaceutics I – Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP104T | Pharmaceutical Inorganic Chemistry – Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP105T | Communication skills – Theory * | 2 | - | 2 |
| BP106RBT BP106RMT | Remedial Biology/ Remedial Mathematics – Theory* | 2 | - | 2 |
| BP107P | Human Anatomy and Physiology – Practical | 4 | - | 2 |
| BP108P | Pharmaceutical Analysis I – Practical | 4 | - | 2 |
| BP109P | Pharmaceutics I – Practical | 4 | - | 2 |
| BP110P | Pharmaceutical Inorganic Chemistry – Practical | 4 | - | 2 |
| BP111P | Communication skills – Practical* | 2 | - | 1 |
| BP112RBP | Remedial Biology – Practical* | 2 | - | 1 |
| Total | 32/34$/36# | 4 | 27/29$/30# | |
#Applicable ONLY for the students who have studied Mathematics / Physics / Chemistry at HSC and appearing for Remedial Biology (RB)course.
$Applicable ONLY for the students who have studied Physics / Chemistry / Botany / Zoology at HSC and appearing for Remedial Mathematics (RM)course.
*Non University Examination (NUE)
Table-II: Course of study for semester II
| Course Code | Name of the course | No. of hours | Tutorial | Credit points |
| BP201T | Human Anatomy and Physiology II – Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP202T | Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry I – Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP203T | Biochemistry– Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP204T | Pathophysiology– Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP205T | Computer Applications in Pharmacy – Theory * | 3 | - | 3 |
| BP206T | Environmental sciences – Theory * | 3 | - | 3 |
| BP207P | Human Anatomy and Physiology II –Practical | 4 | - | 2 |
| BP208P | Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry I– Practical | 4 | - | 2 |
| BP209P | Biochemistry– Practical | 4 | - | 2 |
| BP210P | Computer Applications in Pharmacy – Practical* | 2 | - | 1 |
| Total | 32 | 4 | 29 | |
*Non University Examination (NUE)
Table-III: Course of study for semester III
| Course code | Name of the course | No. of hours | Tutorial | Credit points |
| BP301T | Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry II – Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP302T | Physical Pharmaceutics I – Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP303T | Pharmaceutical Microbiology– Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP304T | Pharmaceutical Engineering – Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP305P | Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry II – Practical | 4 | - | 2 |
| BP306P | Physical Pharmaceutics I – Practical | 4 | - | 2 |
| BP307P | Pharmaceutical Microbiology – Practical | 4 | - | 2 |
| BP 308P | Pharmaceutical Engineering –Practical | 4 | - | 2 |
| Total | 28 | 4 | 24 | |
Table-IV: Course of study for semester IV
| Course code | Name of the course | No. of hours | Tutorial | Credit points | |||||
| BP401T | Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry III– Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| BP402T | Medicinal Chemistry I – Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| BP403T | Physical Pharmaceutics II – Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| BP404T | Pharmacology I – Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| BP405T | Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry I– Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| BP406P | Medicinal Chemistry I – Practical | 4 | - | 2 | |||||
| BP407P | Physical Pharmaceutics II – Practical | 4 | - | 2 | |||||
| BP408P | Pharmacology I – Practical | 4 | - | 2 | |||||
| BP409P | Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry I – Practical | 4 | - | 2 | |||||
| Total | 31 | 5 | 28 | ||||||
| Table-V: Course of study for semester V | |||||||||
| Course code | Name of the course | No. of hours | Tutorial | Credit points | |||||
| BP501T | Medicinal Chemistry II – Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| BP502T | Industrial Pharmacy I– Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| BP503T | Pharmacology II – Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| BP504T | Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry II– Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| BP505T | Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence – Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| BP506P | Industrial Pharmacy I – Practical | 4 | - | 2 | |||||
| BP507P | Pharmacology II – Practical | 4 | - | 2 | |||||
| BP508P | Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry II – Practical | 4 | - | 2 | |||||
| Total | 27 | 5 | 26 | ||||||
| Table-VI: Course of study for semester VI | |||||||||
| Course code | Name of the course | No. of hours | Tutorial | Credit points | |||||
| BP601T | Medicinal Chemistry III – Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| BP602T | Pharmacology III – Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| BP603T | Herbal Drug Technology – Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| BP604T | Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics – Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| BP605T | Pharmaceutical Biotechnology – Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| BP606T | Quality Assurance –Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| BP607P | Medicinal chemistry III – Practical | 4 | - | 2 | |||||
| BP608P | Pharmacology III – Practical | 4 | - | 2 | |||||
| BP609P | Herbal Drug Technology – Practical | 4 | - | 2 | |||||
| Total | 30 | 6 | 30 | ||||||
Table-VII: Course of study for semester VII
| Course code | Name of the course | No. of hours | Tutorial | Credit points | |||||
| BP701T | Instrumental Methods of Analysis – Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| BP702T | Industrial Pharmacy – Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| BP703T | Pharmacy Practice – Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| BP704T | Novel Drug Delivery System – Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| BP705P | Instrumental Methods of Analysis – Practical | 4 | - | 2 | |||||
| BP706PS | Practice School* | 12 | - | 6 | |||||
| Total | 28 | 5 | 24 | ||||||
| *Non University Examination (NUE)Table-VIII: Course of study for semester VIII | |||||||||
| Course code | Name of the course | No. of hours | Tutorial | Credit points | |||||
| BP801T | Biostatistics and Research Methodology | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| BP802T | Social and Preventive Pharmacy | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| BP803ET | Pharma Marketing Management | 3 + 3 = 6 | 1 + 1 = 2 | 4 + 4 = 8 | |||||
| BP804ET | Pharmaceutical Regulatory Science | ||||||||
| BP805ET | Pharmacovigilance | ||||||||
| BP806ET | Quality Control and Standardization of Herbals | ||||||||
| BP807ET | Computer Aided Drug Design | ||||||||
| BP808ET | Cell and Molecular Biology | ||||||||
| BP809ET | Cosmetic Science | ||||||||
| BP810ET | Experimental Pharmacology | ||||||||
| BP811ET | Advanced Instrumentation Techniques | ||||||||
| BP812ET | Dietary Supplements and Nutraceuticals | ||||||||
| BP813PW | Project Work | 12 | - | 6 | |||||
| Total | 24 | 4 | 22 | ||||||
| Table-IX: Semester wise credits distribution | |||||||||
| Semester | Credit Points | ||||||||
| I | 27/29$/30# | ||||||||
| II | 29 | ||||||||
| III | 26 | ||||||||
| IV | 28 | ||||||||
| V | 26 | ||||||||
| VI | 26 | ||||||||
| VII | 24 | ||||||||
| VIII | 22 | ||||||||
| Extracurricular/ Co-curricular activities | 01* | ||||||||
Total credit points for the program |
209/211$/212# |
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* The credit points assigned for extracurricular and or co-curricular activities shall be given by the Principals of the colleges and the same shall be submitted to the University. The criteria to acquire this credit point shall be defined by the colleges from time to time
$Applicable ONLY for the students studied Physics / Chemistry / Botany / Zoology at HSC and appearing for Remedial Mathematics course.
#Applicable ONLY for the students studied Mathematics / Physics / Chemistry at HSC and appearing for Remedial Biology course
Internal Assessment
Sessional exam shall be conducted for 30 marks for theory and shall be computed for 15 marks. Similarly Sessional exam for practical shall be conducted for 40 marks and shall be computed for 10 marks.
- THEORY:
Two Sessional examination (evenly spaced) will be conducted during the semester. The average marks of best two examinations will be computed and will be considered as the Sessional award in THEORY.
- PRACTICALS:
Students are expected to perform the number of experiments listed in respective syllabus. The number of experiments are also listed. Marks will be awarded to each of the practical exercise and continuous assessment. In addition, two practical sessional examinations evenly spread during semester shall be conducted. The average marks of the best two practical examinations shall be computed out. While awarding the sessional marks for practical experiments, the following consideration will be taken into account. - Preparation of the candidate.
- Manipulative skill
- Results of the experiment
- Knowledge of the experiment
- Viva-voce pertaining to the experiments only.
End semester examinations
The End Semester Examinations for each theory and practical course through semesters I to VIII shall be conducted by the university as per the schedule given by the University.
Promotion and award of grades
A student shall be declared PASSand eligible for getting gradein a course of B.Pharm.program if he/she secures at least 50% marks in that particular course including internal assessment.For example, to be declared as PASS and to get grade, the student has to secure a minimum of 50 marks for the total of 100 including continuous mode of assessment and end semester theory examination and has to secure a minimum of 25 marks for the total 50 including internal assessment and end semester practical examination.
Academic Progression:
No student shall be admitted to any examination unless he/she fulfills the norms given in 6. Academic progression rules are applicable as follows:
A student shall be eligible to carry forward all the courses of I, II and III semesters till the IV semester examinations. However, he/she shall not be eligible to attend the courses of V semester until all the courses of I and II semesters are successfully completed.
A student shall be eligible to carry forward all the courses of III, IV and V semesters till the VI semester examinations. However, he/she shall not be eligible to attend the courses of VII semester until all the courses of I, II, III and IV semesters are successfully completed.
A student shall be eligible to carry forward all the courses of V, VI and VII semesters till the VIII semester examinations. However, he/she shall not be eligible to get the course completion certificate until all the courses of I, II, III, IV, V and VI semesters are successfully completed.
A student shall be eligible to get his/her CGPA upon successful completion of the courses of I to VIII semesters within the stipulated time period as per the norms specified in 26.
A lateral entry student shall be eligible to carry forward all the courses of III, IV and V semesters till the VI semester examinations. However, he/she shall not be eligible to attend the courses of VII semester until all the courses of III and IV semesters are successfully completed.
A lateral entry student shall be eligible to carry forward all the courses of V, VI and VII semesters till the VIII semester examinations. However, he/she shall not be eligible to get the course completion certificate until all the courses of III, IV, V and VI semesters are successfully completed.
A lateral entry student shall be eligible to get his/her CGPA upon successful completion of the courses of III to VIII semesters within the stipulated time period as per the norms specified in 26.
Any student who has given more than 4 chances for successful completion of I / III semester courses and more than 3 chances for successful completion of II / IV semester courses shall be permitted to attend V / VII semester classes ONLY during the subsequent academic year as the case may be. In simpler terms there shall NOT be any ODD BATCH for any semester.
Letter grades and grade points allocations:
Based on the performances, each student shall be awarded a final letter grade at the end of the semester for each course.The letter grades and their corresponding grade points are given in Table.
Table: Letter grades and grade points equivalent to Percentage of marks and performances
| Percentage of Marks obtained | Letter Grade | Grade Point | performance |
| 90.00 - 100 | O | 10 | Outstanding |
| 80.00 - 89.99 | A | 9 | Excellent |
| 70.00 - 79.99 | B | 8 | Good |
| 60.00 - 69.99 | C | 7 | Fair |
| 50.00 – 59.99 | D | 6 | Average |
| Less than 50 | F | 0 | Fail |
| Absent | AB | 0 | Fail |
A learner who remains absent for any end semester examination shall be assigned a letter grade of AB and a corresponding grade point of zero. He/she should reappear for the said evaluation/examination in due course.
The Semester grade point average (SGPA)
The performance of a student in a semester is indicated by a number called ‘Semester Grade Point Average’ (SGPA). The SGPA is the weighted average of the grade points obtainedin all the courses by the student during the semester. For example, if a student takes five courses(Theory/Practical) in a semester with credits C1, C2, C3, C4 and C5 and the student’s grade pointsin these courses are G1, G2, G3, G4 and G5, respectively, and then students’ SGPA is equal to:
C1G1 + C2G2 + C3G3 + C4G4+ C5G5
SGPA = --------------------------------------------------
C1 + C2 + C3 + C4+ C5
The SGPA is calculated to two decimal points.
Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA)
The CGPA is calculated with the SGPA of all the VIII semesters to two decimal points and is indicated in final grade report card/final transcript showing the grades of all VIII semesters and their courses. The CGPA shall reflect the failed statusin case of F grade(s),till the course(s) is/are passed. When the course(s)is/are passed by obtaining a pass grade on subsequent examination(s) theCGPA shall only reflect the new grade and not the fail grades earned earlier.The CGPA is calculated as:
C1S1 + C2S2 + C3S3 + C4S4+ C5S5+ C6S6+ C7S7+ C8S8
CGPA = -------------------------------------------------------------------------
C1 + C2 + C3 + C4+ C5+ C6+ C7+ C8
where C1, C2, C3,…. is the total number of credits for semester I,II,III,…. and S1,S2, S3,….is the SGPA of semester I,II,III,…. .
Declaration of class
The class shall be awarded on the basis of CGPA as follows:
First Class with Distinction = CGPA of. 7.50 and above
First Class = CGPA of 6.00 to 7.49
Second Class = CGPA of 5.00 to 5.99
Award of Ranks
Ranks and Medals shall be awarded on the basis of final CGPA. However, candidates who fail in one or more courses during the B.Pharm program shall not be eligible for award of ranks.Moreover, the candidates should have completed the B. Pharm program in minimum prescribed number of years, (four years) for the award of Ranks.
Award of degree
Candidates who fulfil the requirements mentioned above shall be eligible for award of degree during the ensuing convocation.
Duration for completion of the program of study
The duration for the completion of the program shall be fixed as double the actual duration of the program and the students have to pass within the said period, otherwise they have to get fresh Registration.
Re-admission after break of study
Candidate who seeks re-admission to the program after break of study has to get the approval from the university by paying a condonation fee. No condonation is allowed for the candidate who has more than 2 years of break up period and he/she has to rejoin the program by paying the required fees.