Diploma in Pharmacy at DOC

Manipal

Where Pharmacy guides Healthcare

The Diploma in Pharmacy (D.Pharm) at Manipal Academy of Higher Education is a two-year program structured under PCI Education Regulations 2020, preparing you for evolving roles in healthcare. With a blend of theory, laboratory practice, tutorials, assignments, and field visits, we prepare you for pharmacy practice in both hospital and community settings.

At Manipal, you access modern laboratories, teaching hospitals, and innovation centres that connect learning to real-world application. Guided by expert faculty within a strong academic environment, you also benefit from sports, fitness, and student engagement facilities supporting holistic development.

Program Highlights

Curriculum Aligned with ER-2020: Structured to build competencies in pharmaceutical sciences, social pharmacy, pharmacotherapeutics, and community healthcare.

Competency-Based Learning: Courses mapped to ten professional competencies, including prescription review, patient counselling, and preventive healthcare.

Balanced Academic Structure: 11 theory courses, 10 practical courses, and 500 hours of practical training supported by tutorials, assignments, and field visits.

Hospital and Community Linkages: Direct exposure to real healthcare environments through partnerships with hospitals and primary health centres.

Research and Innovation Access: Opportunities to experience multi-disciplinary research at the Innovation Centre.

Lab Work

Build precision in formulation, dispensing, testing, and evaluation of medicines.

Industry Exposure

Assignments and field visits relevant to pharmaceutical manufacturing, community pharmacy practices, and hospital workflows.

Clinical Training

500 hours of practical training in hospital and community pharmacies for patient counselling, dispensing, and pharmacy management.

Lab Work

Build precision in formulation, dispensing, testing, and evaluation of medicines.

Lab Work

Build precision in formulation, dispensing, testing, and evaluation of medicines.

Program Eligibility

Indian Boards

You must successfully complete 10+2/Intermediate with Physics, Chemistry, and Biology or Mathematics, or the first year of a 3-year Science degree, or any other qualification approved by the Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) as equivalent.

A Levels

You must successfully complete: • Physics, Chemistry, and Biology or Mathematics at A Level. • English at AS Level/IGCSE/GCSE. • A minimum average of Grade D in PCB/PCM.

International Baccalaureate (IB)

You must successfully complete an IB Diploma or IB Certificate with: • English, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology or Mathematics. • A minimum average of 4 points in PCB or PCM. • A minimum overall score of 24 points. • At least 2 Science subjects at Higher Level (HL). • The third Science subject and English can be at HL or Standard Level (SL).

Scholarships

MAHE offers an interest subsidy scholarship on education loans for eligible students, including Konkani-speaking students, Merit-cum-Means scholarship holders, SAGES scheme students and children or spouses of MAHE employees.

Konkani Speaking Students
SAGES Scholarship

Degree / Marks/ Board

UG & PG programs; Mother tongue must be Konkani

Entrance Test

As applicable to the respective program

Scholarship on program fee

10% fee waiver on program fee

Scholarship on hostel fee

Not Applicable

Room type

Not Applicable

Monthly Stipend

Not Applicable

Continuation of Scholarship

The scholarship will be extended in subsequent years only to those students who have cleared all subjects in the University Examinations of the previous year before the due date for payment of the annual program fee.

Withdrawal Policy

In case the candidate leaves the course before the course completion (for any reason), he / she MUST reimburse the total program fee (as per Prospectus 2025) for the years of scholarship utilised, back to MAHE Manipal.

To Know More

Program Highlights

Curriculum Aligned with ER-2020: Structured to build competencies in pharmaceutical sciences, social pharmacy, pharmacotherapeutics, and community healthcare.

Competency-Based Learning: Courses mapped to ten professional competencies, including prescription review, patient counselling, and preventive healthcare.

Balanced Academic Structure: 11 theory courses, 10 practical courses, and 500 hours of practical training supported by tutorials, assignments, and field visits.

Hospital and Community Linkages: Direct exposure to real healthcare environments through partnerships with hospitals and primary health centres.

Research and Innovation Access: Opportunities to experience multi-disciplinary research at the Innovation Centre.

Lab Work

Build precision in formulation, dispensing, testing, and evaluation of medicines.

Industry Exposure

Assignments and field visits relevant to pharmaceutical manufacturing, community pharmacy practices, and hospital workflows.

Clinical Training

500 hours of practical training in hospital and community pharmacies for patient counselling, dispensing, and pharmacy management.

Lab Work

Build precision in formulation, dispensing, testing, and evaluation of medicines.

Lab Work

Build precision in formulation, dispensing, testing, and evaluation of medicines.

Program Details

Outcomes
Careers

Upon completion of this program, you can:

Master prescription handling, dispensing processes, and quality assurance standards.

Develop effective patient counselling and communication skills across healthcare contexts.

Enhance your expertise in medication, formulations, and pharmaceutical law.

Inculcate ethical practice, leadership qualities, and entrepreneurial skills in pharmacy operations.

Deliver preventive and primary healthcare services contributing to national health programs.

Become capable of continuous professional growth through lifelong learning and higher education.

Program Eligibility