- Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm-D)
Duration
5 years / 10 Terms
Qualification
Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm-D)
Course Code
10250101
Start Date
October, 2024
Program Overview
Modules
Teaching
Assessment
Duration
Entry Requirement
Careers
Tuition Fee
Departments
Life at Chenab
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Program Overview
The pharmacy field is a cornerstone of healthcare, dedicated to innovating and enhancing pharmaceutical products to alleviate patient ailments. This dynamic and ever-evolving sector not only serves as a critical component of healthcare systems but also contributes significantly to the financial health of nations, given its vast and perpetual market demand.
The Department of Pharmacy at our university is committed to excellence in pharmaceutical education and offers the following programs:
- Pharm-D (Doctor of Pharmacy): A comprehensive 5-year program.
- MPhil Pharmaceutics: A specialized 2-year program.
- MPhil Pharmacology: Another focused 2-year program.
These programs are designed to meet the rigorous standards set by the Pharmacy Council of Pakistan, ensuring our graduates are well-prepared for the demands of the field. Pharmacy, pharmaceutics, and pharmacology each have rich historical backgrounds and have evolved significantly over time. Today, pharmacists are integral to various healthcare settings, including:
- Clinical pharmaceutical settings in hospitals and communities.
- Pharmaceutical manufacturing.
- Drug administrative organizations.
- Research and development (discovery, manufacture, and delivery of drugs).
- Training and coaching of healthcare staff.
Our Pharmaceutical Sciences unit is equipped with:
- Upgraded lecture halls.
- Conference and meeting rooms with high-end audio-visual setups.
- State-of-the-art research laboratories with advanced supplies.
We emphasize practical experience through internship programs and research projects, allowing students to apply their learning in real-world settings. Our department ensures students receive rigorous training to work with precision in the field. Students are trained to:
- Acquire ethical and technical skills.
- Distinguish between technical and non-technical credentials in a regulated environment.
- Develop strong decision-making abilities.
- Work efficiently in crises.
- Cultivate leadership qualities and problem-solving skills.
- Handle administrative tasks effectively.
- Ensure proper communication among healthcare departments, the community, and patients.
Teamwork is a hallmark of our institution. We prepare students to work collaboratively, ensuring seamless communication and cooperation between all components of the healthcare system.
Modules
Our institution offers students a variety of flexible options, allowing them to explore and shift between numerous courses throughout their five-year study duration. To build a solid foundation, the first two years are dedicated to a comprehensive core module.
Years 1 and 2: Focus on a vast core module to establish a strong groundwork in pharmaceutical sciences.
Year 3 Onward: Students apply their foundational knowledge to select specialized courses tailored to their interests and career goals.
By the third year, students will have a clear understanding of the significance of pharmacy in:
- Solving medicinal problems.
- Analyzing scientific content.
- Delving into case histories.
- Utilizing polymers to enhance drug delivery systems.
Teaching
1. Generally accepted Principles
Acquirement of factual and theoretical efficiency is the cornerstone for a graduate Doctor of Pharmacy. Learning on the graduate level is self-reliant process and essentially comprises on the knowledge acquired from studying research, performing practical tasks and from academic course work. The classes ensures that the core tasks are complemented by guidance from the teachers.
2. Coaching Sessions
All the coaching sessions and classes are conducted in the week days and no weekend classes are allowed on the weekends. Apart from this, team discussions, symposiums, demonstrations, quizzes, class activities, experimentation, outdoor hospital visits, research work and interdisciplinary meetings are also conducted.
3. Teaching Plan
The advised teaching plan is mentioned below:
1. Delivering lectures. Daily
2. Presentation. Twice a month
3. Quiz based activities Twice a month
4. Research work/ Practical’s Once a week
5. interdepartmental meeting: Once in a month
6. Guest lectures: From time to time
7. Library based assignments from time to time
Point to be noted:
- Each and every class will be coordinated by the staff.
- Every training session will be examined by the consultative body consultants & will be graded accordingly.
- Attendance percentage of the students should be at least 75% in the semesters.
- The quality assurance department will monitor the program components as per the scheme of the study.
Research activities dealing with segregation & production of biologically related materials for the sake of usage in selective and regulated drug distribution devices, binders, sedimentation reduction agents, capsule covering ingredient, and utilization of computational skills in drug manufacture is taught in this institute.
Pharmacy Unit is devoted to demonstrating the distinguishing characteristics c of The University of Chenab, Gujrat competence in inculcating the values of nationality, commitment to the profession and hard work.
Research is requisite in any well reputed institution. It ensures the communication between the student and the teaching faculty in order to give better results. For the sake coping with the increases challenges of the present era, inter-disciplinary working is necessary. Therefore, we are also focusing to build healthy working as well as learning environment.
Assessment
All the graduate students will be examined on a daily basis through academic activities. This assessment will continue periodically as well.
- General Principles
- The examination is assessment is conclusive, fair, and dependable.
- Developmental, continuous, and final examination is help for theory as well a practical work. Besides, assessment of research is a separate task.
- Formative Assessment
This examination is both continuous and end-of-term. The continuous one is for the theoretical course work as well as experimental skills. The latter in the end of each semester. The former is based on the theoretical and practical work concerned. End of term (semester exam) assessment is held at the end of each semester (up to the 10th semester).
This will ensure proper feedback to the students as well as to the faculty members to solve any academic problems/issues for further improvement.
3.Internal examination
The accomplishment of students within and after the study period will be examined continuously and will be recorded as well. This record will be an evidence of students hard work and performance throughout the semester and marks will be awarded on the basis of this record. - Summative Assessment
The division of the marks will be according to the subject and include theory and practical performance. Passing criteria is 50%. It will be compulsory for the student to pass both the practical as well as theory separately.
Duration
The minimum duration for completion of a Doctor of Pharmacy degree is five years (10 Semesters).
Entry Requirement
Before applying for a degree, you should first check that we recognize your higher secondary/tertiary education qualification. This can include:
- Pakistani Based Examinations: Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) or equivalent with Physics, Biology and Chemistry
- British System: GCE A Level with Physics, Biology and Chemistry
- International Baccalaureate (IB): The International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (DP) from external Examining body Geneva, Switzerland with five subjects (including English, Physics, Chemistry, Biology)
- 60% marks are required in all cases described above.
- Equivalence Certificate for A-Level/IB and other qualification holders from Inter Board Committee of Chairman (IBCC) Islamabad, Pakistan.
- Admission test administered by the university.
Careers
Pathways ahead of pharmacy:
- Chemical Science
- Drug invention and production
- Laboratory Technicians and administration
- Unit for Public well being
- Management Consultancy
- Research management and teaching
- Medicine production & paramedic unit
- Teaching in the Secondary educational units
Helping you find the right career
Our institution aids you to find your pathway and select your dream job by counseling you in a well-mannered by the counselors. These counselors make you understand about the skill sets and this aids the opting of career and the recruitment way easier than before. Moreover, symposiums help you interact with various people in your field, and this makes decision making even easier and smoother.
Know more about this at Office of Student Affairs, The University of Chenab, Gujrat.
Tuition Fee
Tuition Fee
Major expenses are for the Tuition fees. We charge the expenses in the very beginning and commencement of each semester. Moreover, you can choose between instalments as well as full fee payment.
Additional course costs
Additionally you may have to pay a small sum for some necessities such as stationary, books and other such equipment.
Fee Structure Fall 2024
| Semester | Courses | CrdHrs | Tuition Fee/CrdHr | Tuition Fee/Semester | Enrollment Fee (500 per Course) | Examination Fee (500 per Course) | Medical Diagnostic Charges (500 per Semester) | Societies & Club Fee (2500 per Semester) | Total Fee For Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 22 | 6,800 | 149,600 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 500 | 2,500 | 158,600 |
| 2 | 5 | 20 | 6,800 | 136,000 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 500 | 2,500 | 144,000 |
| 3 | 6 | 22 | 7,100 | 156,200 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 500 | 2,500 | 165,200 |
| 4 | 6 | 21 | 7,100 | 149,100 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 500 | 2,500 | 158,100 |
| 5 | 5 | 20 | 7,400 | 148,000 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 500 | 2,500 | 156,000 |
| 6 | 5 | 19 | 7,400 | 140,600 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 500 | 2,500 | 148,600 |
| 7 | 5 | 19 | 7,700 | 146,300 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 500 | 2,500 | 154,300 |
| 8 | 5 | 19 | 7,700 | 146,300 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 500 | 2,500 | 154,300 |
| 9 | 5 | 18 | 8,000 | 144,000 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 500 | 2,500 | 152,000 |
| 10 | 5 | 18 | 8,000 | 144,000 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 500 | 2,500 | 152,000 |
| Total | 53 | 198 | 1,460,100 | 1,543,100 | |||||
| Registration Fee (payable once – Non Refundable) | 20,000 | ||||||||
| Total Fee | 1,563,100 | ||||||||
Funding
We offer several fully and partially funded undergraduate scholarships to full-time undergraduate students. Visit Funding Policy.
Departments
The administration established Pharmacy department in order to make it the focal point for the department of pharmaceutical sciences. The Pharmaceutical Sciences unit comprises of upgraded lecture halls, conference halls and meeting rooms with high-end audio-visual set up, state-of-the-arts research laboratories along with progressive supplies. The department paves way for students to be a part of various industrial units in pharmaceutical set ups through internship programs and research projects so as to implement their learning in practical filed.
Pharmacy being a multi-faceted field of science strives to accomplish revolutionary alterations in order to enhance the production of pharmaceutical products and the utilization of these products in relieving the ailments of the community. Studies reveal pharmaceutical sector to be a lifesaving. Moreover, it has proved to be beneficial in pecuniary perspective as it has a broad market that can never decline. Besides, it is not only a significant prospect of health care units but is also contributing factor in any nations financial sector. Catering the clinical prospects of this field, the department of Pharmacy offers 5-years of Pharm-D (Doctor of Pharmacy), two rears of MPhil Pharmaceutic and, MPhil Pharmacology program in accordance with the exigencies of the Pharmacy council of Pakistan.
All the three fields in pharmaceutical sector i.e., pharmacy, pharmaceutics, & pharmacology hold a historical background as a field of arts and science that deals with manufacturing and distributing medicinal product. But over the time the role has been transformed and now the pharmacists also deal with various other activities in health care set ups for instance, clinical pharmaceutical settings in hospitals and community and aspects like pharmaceutical manufacturing, drug administrative organizations, research facilitation (discovery, manufacture, delivery of drugs) and last but not the least coaching of health care staff.
Pharmaceutical sciences unit ensures the students are equipped with the proper training that allows them to work with precision in the field. In addition to this, the department makes them capable to acquire a requisite level of ethical as well as technical skills, distinguishing technical & non-technical credentials in a regulated & reproducible ambience, and to enhance the verdict power. Apart from this, we train the students to work efficiently in the time of crisis, to develop the proper judgement, appropriate leadership qualities, essential problem solving abilities, requisite administrative and handling skills so that they can ensure proper communication between all the components of the community i.e., health care department, community, disciplines, and patients. Besides, team work is the highlight of our institution.
Pharmacy can be elaborated as the ability to create medications from both organic as well as anthropogenic sources, which are conducive in the sense of curing and preventing the ailments. It is referred to as the proficiency of recognizing, choosing, isolating, analyzing, standardizing, preventing, and ensuring safe and justified usage of drugs. For this purpose, the department is working to produce constitutionally and occupationally accomplished pharmacists that are crucial for the interconnected working of healthcare units, hospitals, research centers, teaching units, retail pharmaceutical industries and the quality control sections. Such professionals are called – for the healthcare units.
We offer certified courses in accordance with your aspirations and dreams.
- Dietetics and Nutritional Sciences (BS)
- Medical Imaging Sciences (BS)
- Medical Laboratory Sciences (BS)
- Doctor of Physical Therapy (Bachelor)
- Food Science and Technology (MPhil)
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The UChenab sculpts its graduates to become future leaders in their fields to inspire the next generation and to advance ideas that benefit the world.
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Our Vision
The University of Chenab, Gujrat aspires to become a nationally and internationally recognized university that distinguishes itself as an embedding center for outstanding ethical and moral values, teaching quality, learning outcomes, and richness of the student experience.
The University of Chenab, Gujrat envisions a transformative impact on society through its continual innovation in education, creativity, research, and entrepreneurship.
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