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INTRODUCTION

The Department of Pharmacy is one of the best & most in-demand departments in the Faculty of Science & Engineering at present. The department has produced several eminent pharmacists who have made important contributions in the pharmaceutical companies and products, including many important medicines in the pharmaceutical companies of Bangladesh as well as abroad.

The Dhaka International University (also known as DIU) launched the educational activities of the Department of Pharmacy from January 2006 under the Faculty of Science and Engineering. Presently, the department has some highly qualified, experienced, sincere and dedicated teaching faculty members, actively participating in research work. Bachelor of Pharmacy (Hons). The B.Pharm program is running under a bi-semester system. The Department aims at providing students with exposure to the areas and aspects of the professional degree of pharmacy. It specifically seeks to further fine students’ sensibilities, sharpens their critical faculty and equips them with the knowledge and skills that will make them qualified and capable persons. B. Pharm (Hons) program at DIU tries to give the students not only the theoretical basis but also the practical and industrial knowledge that is compulsory for them. Our vision is to create leaders of pharmaceutical sciences.

MISSION

  • To build comprehensively trained, patient-orientated practitioners, programed to satisfy the demands of an ever-changing health care environment.
  • To develop self-learning strategies and good personal skills with sound research and academic concepts.
  • To apply contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety and legal issues along with the consequent responsibilities relevant to pharmaceutical industry, different governmental and non-governmental sectors.

VISION

To create concomitant professional experts on pharmacy practice, research, the pharmaceutical industry and relevant corporate sectors to meet the demands of the age.

DEPARTMENT HEAD

Md. Akbar Hossain Associate Professor & Chairman [email protected]

The faculty members of the Department of Pharmacy are highly qualified, energetic, young and friendly with the students and university authority is also trying their best to increase the existing facility of the students.
Students are engaged in various academic, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. Our students also participate in the seminar organized by the different private & public universities in our country regularly.Our graduates are successfully working in reputed national & multinational pharmaceutical companies and organizations likes Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Incepta Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Opsonin Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Sanofi Aventis Pharmaceuticals Bangladesh, Eskayef Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Nestle Bangladesh Limited etc.

After completing the graduation our graduate would be able to-

  • educate patients and healthcare professionals on safe use of medication.
  • demonstrate proper ethical and professional behaviour as well as adherence to all national pharmacy regulations.
  • apply basic IT skills and the knowledge of current technologies to fulfil their professional requirements and serve the community.
  • participate in continuous quality assessment projects to ensure quality pharmaceutical products.
  • show their professionalism in communication, leadership, critical thinking and problem- solving

PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

  • • Produce graduates who can competently deliver patient-centred care and medication therapy management to adapt to evolving healthcare models.
  • • Equip students with self-directed learning strategies and the ability to critically evaluate scientific literature to maintain contemporary practice standards.
  • • Develop graduates with effective interpersonal and communication skills for optimal collaboration with patients, peers, and other healthcare professionals.
  • • Train students to identify and resolve ethical, legal, and safety issues by applying contextual knowledge relevant to industrial and community pharmacy sectors.
  • • Foster the ability to assess and address societal health concerns, demonstrating responsibility towards public health within regulatory frameworks.

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GALLERY

Our students engage themselves in various interesting extra curricular activities all through the year.

SYLLABUS

Our vision is to create concomitant professional experts on pharmacy practice, research, pharmaceutical industry and relevant co-operate sectors to meet the demands of the age.

STRUCTURE OF THE CURRICULUM

 

General (Non-thesis) Group

 

M. Pharm.: 1st year 1st Semester

SN

Course Code

Course

Credit

Marks

CIE

SEE

Total

1

0916-5101-G

Advanced Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Technology

3

50

50

100

2

0916-5102-G

Advanced Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Technology Lab

1

20

80

100

3

0916-5103-G

Advanced Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Molecular Biology

3

50

50

100

4

0916-5104-G

Advanced Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Molecular Biology Lab

1

20

80

100

5

0916-5105-G

Advanced Pharmacology and Clinical Toxicology

3

50

50

100

6

0916-5106-G

Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) Synthesis

3

50

50

100

7

0916-5107-G

Advanced Clinical Pharmacy and Disease Management

3

50

50

100

8

0721-5108-G

Food Science and Technology

3

50

50

100

Total:

20

340

460

800

 

 

M. Pharm.: 1st year 2nd Semester

SN

Course Code

Course

Credit

Marks

CIE

SEE

Total

1

0916-5201-G

Advanced Pharmaceutical Analysis

3

50

50

100

2

0916-5202-G

Advanced Pharmaceutical Analysis Lab

1

20

80

100

3

0916-5203-G

Advanced Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics

3

50

50

100

4

0916-5204-G

Advanced Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics Lab

1

20

80

100

5

0916-5205-G

Hospital Pharmacy and Drug Regulatory Affairs

3

50

50

100

6

0413-5206-G

Pharmaceutical Product Management

3

50

50

100

7

0916-5207-G

Project Proposal Submission and Presentation

4

100

8

0916-5208-G

Presentation and Viva-Voce

2

100

Total:

20

800

Grand Total:

40 Credits

 

Structure of the Curriculum

The courses taught under the Bachelor of Pharmacy (Hons) Program are divided into two groups: 74.4% Pharmacy core courses and 25.6% General Education (GED) courses.

 

B. Pharm.: 1st year 1st Semester (Total: 17 Credits)

  1. 0916-1101: Physical Pharmacy-I (3 Credits)
  2. 0916-1102: Physical Pharmacy-I Lab (1 Credits)           
  3. 0531-1103: Inorganic Chemistry-I (2 Credits)   
  4. 0531-1104: Inorganic Chemistry-I Lab (1 Credits)         
  5. 0231-1105: Bengali Language and Literature (3 Credits)
  6. 0231-1107: Basic English Language (3 Credits)
  7. 0611-1109: Fundamentals of Computer (3 Credits)
  8. 0611-1110: Fundamentals of Computer Lab (1 Credits)

 

B. Pharm.: 1st year 2nd Semester (Total: 19 Credits)

  1. 0916-1201: Organic Pharmacy-I (3 Credits)
  2. 0916-1202: Organic Pharmacy-I Lab (1 Credits)
  3. 0916-1203: Physical Pharmacy-II (3 Credits)
  4. 0916-1204: Physical Pharmacy-II Lab (1 Credits)
  5. 0916-1205: Pharmacognosy-I (3 Credits)
  6. 0916-1206: Pharmacognosy-I Lab (1 Credits)
  7. 0531-1207: Inorganic Chemistry-II (3 Credits)
  8. 0531-1208: Inorganic Chemistry-II Lab (1 Credits)
  9. 0222-1209: History of The Emergence of Independent Bangladesh (3 Credits)    

 

B. Pharm.: 2nd year 1st Semester (Total: 19 Credits)

  1. 0916-2101: Organic Pharmacy-II (3 Credits)     
  2. 0916-2102: Organic Pharmacy-II-Lab (1 Credits)          
  3. 0916-2103: Pharmacognosy-II (3 Credits)
  4. 0916-2104: Pharmacognosy-II-Lab (1 Credits)
  5. 0916-2105: Basic Anatomy and Physiology (3 Credits)
  6. 0511-2107: Microbiology-I (2 Credits)
  7. 0511-2108: Microbiology-I-Lab (1 Credits)
  8. 0917-2109: Nutraceuticals, Dietary Supplements and Herbal Products (2 Credits)
  9. 0542-2111: Mathematics & Biostatistics (3 Credits)

 

B. Pharm.: 2nd year 2nd Semester (Total: 22 Credits)

  1. 0916-2201: Physiology-I (3 Credits)
  2. 0916-2202: Physiology-I-Lab (1 Credits)
  3. 0916-2203: Pharmaceutical Technology-I (3 Credits)
  4. 0916-2204: Pharmaceutical Technology-I-Lab (1 Credits)
  5. 0916-2205: Pharmacology-I (3 Credits)
  6. 0916-2206: Pharmacology-I-Lab (1 Credits)
  7. 0511-2207: Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (3 Credits)   
  8. 0914-2209: Microbiology-II (3 Credits)
  9. 0512-2211: Biochemistry & Cellular Biology (3 Credits)           
  10. 0512-2212: Biochemistry & Cellular Biology-Lab (1 Credits)    

 

B. Pharm.: 3rd year 1st Semester (Total: 20 Credits)

  1. 0916-3101: Physiology-II (3 Credits)
  2. 0916-3102: Physiology-II Lab (1 Credits)         
  3. 0916-3103: Pharmaceutical Analysis-I (3 Credits)         
  4. 0916-3104: Pharmaceutical Analysis-I Lab (1 Credits)   
  5. 0916-3105: Pharmaceutical Technology-II (3 Credits)    
  6. 0916-3106: Pharmaceutical Technology-II Lab (1 Credits)         
  7. 0916-3107: Pharmacology-II (3 Credits)
  8. 0916-3108: Pharmacology-II Lab (1 Credits)     
  9. 0916-3109: Medicinal Chemistry-I (3 Credits)  
  10. 0916-3110: Medicinal Chemistry-I Lab (1 Credits)        

 

B. Pharm.: 3rd year 2nd Semester (Total: 22 Credits)

  1. 0916-3201: Pharmaceutical Analysis-II (3 Credits)
  2. 0916-3202: Pharmaceutical Analysis-II Lab (1 Credits)
  3. 0916-3203: Pharmaceutical Technology-III (3 Credits)
  4. 0916-3204: Pharmaceutical Technology-III Lab (1 Credits)
  5. 0916-3205: Pharmacology-III (3 Credits)
  6. 0916-3206: Pharmacology-III Lab (1 Credits)
  7. 0916-3207: Medicinal Chemistry-II (3 Credits)
  8. 0916-3208: Medicinal Chemistry-II Lab (1 Credits)
  9. 0916-3209: Hospital & Community Pharmacy (3 Credits)
  10. 0916-3211: Clinical Pathology (3 Credits)

 

B. Pharm.: 4th year 1st Semester (Total: 20 Credits)

  1. 0916-4101: Pharmaceutical Analysis-III (3 Credits)
  2. 0916-4102: Pharmaceutical Analysis-III-Lab (1 Credits)
  3. 0916-4103: Medicinal Chemistry-III (3 Credits)
  4. 0916-4105: Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics-I (3 Credits)
  5. 0916-4106: Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics-I Lab (1 Credits)
  6. 0916-4107: Pharmaceutical Engineering (3 Credits)
  7. 0916-4109: Clinical Pharmacy (3 Credits)
  8. 1012-4111: Cosmetology (2 Credits)
  9. 1012-4112: Cosmetology-Lab (1 Credits)

 

B. Pharm.: 4th year 2nd Semester (Total: 21 Credits)

  1. 0916-4201: Advance Pharmacology and Toxicology (3 Credits)
  2. 0916-4203: Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics-II (3 Credits)
  3. 0916-4204: Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics-II Lab (1 Credits)
  4. 0916-4205: Pharmaceutical Quality Control and Analytical Method Validation (3 Credits)
  5. 0916-4206: Pharmaceutical Quality Control and Analytical Method Validation - Lab (1 Credits)
  6. 0916-4207: Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs (3 Credits)
  7. 0414-4209: Pharmaceutical Marketing & Management (3 Credits)
  8. 0916-4210: Project (3 Credits)
  9. 0916-4212: In-Plant Training (1 Credits)

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