Alwar Pharmacy College, Alwar: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

Alwar Pharmacy College, the institution was set up in 2004, situated in Matsya Industrial Area, Alwar Rajasthan. This affiliated co-educational college recognised by the Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) has the following courses in the field of pharmacy: Situated in two and a half acre land the college offers the total student intake of 518 students and it has 34 members in its faculty. Alwar Pharmacy College offers 7 courses comprising 4 degree levels for different branches of pharmaceutical science such as Pharmaceutics, Pharmacology, and Pharmaceutical chemistry etc.

The college has a policy of maintaining high standards of learning facilities having conducive facilities for students. The campus at present has well equipped laboratory like Pharmaceutics lab, Pharmaceutical chemistry lab, pharmaceutical analysis lab, pharmacology lab, pharmacognosy lab, Pharmaceutical biotechnology lab and Instrumental analysis laboratory. These facilities help the students to gain practical experiences and undertake a research in any area of pharmacy. College library is quite rich, containing the amount of more than 6 520 book copies and 872 titles, 14 magazine titles and 9 newspaper titles with subscriptions. For each of the students’ health needs, the college has provided facilities such as basketball, football, volleyball, cricket and athletics fields, besides a gym for exercises.

Alwar Pharmacy College provides all the pharmacy courses that can be imagined. The institute offer full time course like B.Pharma with 100 admission capacity, D.Pharma with 60 admission capacity and B.Pharma Lateral Entry with only 10 admission capacity. At the post graduate level the two courses offered are M.Pharma in specialisation in Pharmaceutical Chemistry having 9 seats, Pharmaceutics having 9 seats and Pharmacology having 6 seats. In accordance with these goals, the college has initiated M.Pharma programmes in Quality Assurance and Pharmacognosy and has also started the Ph.D. programme in Pharmacy. All together, the college provides 7 courses in range of specialisations which are relevant to pharmaceutical fields and reflects different aspects of education and research in this sphere.

The admission to Alwar Pharmacy College differs in respect of the different categories as mentioned below. In many cases like undergraduate courses offered in B.Pharma, the admission procedure depends on the merit of the qualifying exam. The existing M.Pharma programmes as specialisations such as Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmaceutics, Pharmacology, Quality Assurance, Pharmaceutics, and Pharmacognosy accept scores in the Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT). 

A national level entrance test and one of the important parameters for entering into postgraduate course of pharmacy. Scholarship information is also provided but the college failed to give details of the same. When it comes to placement of its outgoing students, Alwar Pharmacy College keeps good relations with the industries. Although there is no information on experience of individual alumni, the college’s history of more than half a century in training of pharmacists points to its graduates’ engagement in the pharmaceutical industry.