The College of Pharmacy offers a four year program leading to the Bachelor of Pharmacy degree. The college is in academic partnership with West Virginia University USA and has been approved by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation. Our vision is to be recognized nationally and internationally for quality education in pharmacy and research in pharmaceutical and health-related topics. The curriculum is integrated throughout.
The Pharmacy Curriculum has significant focus on active student learning strategies enabling the students to be good learners while they pursue their academic program. Components on professional skills, ethics and values along with adequate provision for communication skills are embedded in the curriculum and assessment methods.
Bachelor of Pharmacy Program of the College of Pharmacy, National University of Science & Technology comprises 164 credits of coursework, including 600 hours of training components to graduate successfully with a degree Bachelor of Pharmacy.
The graduates of Pharmacy have a pivotal role in the healthcare system and are mostly employed as hospital pharmacists in the government and private sectors. There are also challenging job opportunities in community pharmacies, pharmaceutical marketing, and drug regulatory affairs. The Pharmacy graduates are appointed in the pharmaceutical industries as production chemists and quality control analysts. Most of the graduates pursue their higher education in specialized branches like clinical pharmacy, pharmacology, management, industrial pharmacy, biotechnology, and drug discovery to excel their career in health care sectors, research, academia and industry. The curriculum gives ample skills and knowledge to the graduates to evolve as entrepreneurs and start their own pharmaceutical businesses.
Year 1 – 34 Credits | ||
Course code | Course Name | Credit hour |
FALL SEMESTER (15 credits) | ||
PBIO0101 | Introduction to cell Biology with Lab | 4 |
PCHE0101 | General Chemistry with Lab | 4 |
PPRA0101 | Orientation to Pharmacy | 2 |
PMAT0101 | Introduction to Calculus | 2 |
UEL00101 | University English 1 | 3 |
SPRING SEMESTER (15 Credits) | ||
PBIO0102 | Human Anatomy and Physiology I | 2 |
PCHE0102 | Pharmaceutical Inorganic Chemistry with Lab | 4 |
PCEU0101 | Physical Pharmacy with lab | 4 |
PPRA0102 | Communication Skills for Pharmacists | 2 |
UEL00102 | University English 2 | 3 |
SUMMER SEMESTER ( 4 Credits) | ||
UHS00101 | Omani History and Islamic Culture | 3 |
UPD00101 | Entrepreneurship workshop and seminars | 1 |
Year 2 – 37 Credits | ||
FALL SEMSTER ( 17 Credits) | ||
PBIO0201 | Human Anatomy and Physiology-II with Lab | 4 |
PCHE0201 | Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry I | 3 |
PBIO0202 | Biochemistry with Lab | 4 |
PCEU0201 | Pharmaceutics I with Lab | 4 |
UEL00201 | University English 3 (Technical Writing Skills) | 2 |
SPRING SEMESTER (17 Credits) | ||
PCHE0202 | Pharmaceutical Organic chemistry II with lab | 4 |
UPD00201 | Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development | 2 |
PCEU0202 | Pharmaceutics II with lab | 4 |
PCOL0201 | Introduction to Pharmacology with lab | 3 |
PBIO0203 | Pharmaceutical Microbiology with lab | 4 |
SUMMER SEMESTER (3 Credits) | ||
PCHE0203 | Pharmacognosy & Complementary Medicines with Lab | 3 |
UHS00201 | Ethics at work place | 0 |
Year 3 – 43 Credits | ||
FALL SEMSTER (19 Credits) | ||
PCEU0301 | Dosage Forms & Quality control with Lab | 3 |
PCHE0301 | Medicinal Chemistry I | 3 |
PCOL0301 | Pharmacology I | 3 |
PTHE0301 | Pharmacotherapeutics I | 4 |
PBIO0301 | Pharmaceutical Biotechnology | 3 |
PPRA0301 | Pharmacy Practice – I (Community Pharmacy with Lab ) | 3 |
SPRING SEMESTER ( 20 Credits) | ||
PCEU0302 | Biopharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetics | 3 |
PCHE0302 | Medicinal Chemistry II | 3 |
PCOL0302 | Pharmacology –II | 3 |
PTHE0302 | Pharmacotherapeutics -II | 4 |
PMAT0301 | Biostatistics and Research methodology | 3 |
PCHE0303 | Pharmaceutical Analysis with lab | 4 |
SUMMER SEMESTER ( 4 Credits) | ||
PCOL0303 | Toxicology | 1 |
PPRA0302 | Public Health and Epidemiology | 2 |
PPRA0303 | Pharmacy Rules | 1 |
Year 4 – 32 Credits | ||
FALL SEMSTER ( 17 Credits) | ||
PCEU0401 | Clinical Pharmacokinetics | 3 |
PCOL0401 | Pharmacology III | 3 |
PTHE0401 | Pharmacotherapeutics III | 4 |
PPRA0401 | Pharmacy Practice – II (Hospital Pharmacy) with lab | 3 |
UHS00401 | Organizational Behavior and Management | 3 |
PRES0401 | Research Project A (study design and development) | 1 |
SPRING SEMESTER (15 Credits) | ||
PPRA0402 | Pharmacy Practice – III (Clinical Pharmacy) with lab | 3 |
PCEU0402 | Pharmaceutical Management | 1 |
PRES0402 | Research Project B (Data collection, analysis and submission of report) | 2 |
PCOL0402 | Pharmacology IV | 3 |
PTHE0402 | Pharmacotherapeutics -IV | 4 |
PPRA0403 | Clinical Practice Skills (OSCE) | 2 |
Total credit hours for Bachelor of Pharmacy | 146 |
Students need to successfully complete Professional Practice Experience I, II, III courses in the summer vacation of 1st Year, 2nd year and 3rd year respectively as observationalships for two weeks each (50 contact hours for each).
After completing all requisite coursework of 146 credits, the students have to successfully complete Experiential Training in Community Pharmacy, and Hospital Pharmacy for 8 weeks each (200 contacts hours each) and industrial pharmacy for 2 weeks (50 contact hours) accounting to 18 credits.
Year 1 – Summer Vacation | ||
PPPE0101 | Professional Practice Experience-I (Observational-ship in Community Pharmacy) |
50 hrs. |
Year 2 – Summer Vacation | ||
PPPE0201 | Professional Practice Experience-II (Observational-ship in Health center) |
50 hrs. |
Year 3 – Summer Vacation | ||
PPPE0301 | Professional Practice Experience-III (Observational-ship in medicine store) |
50 hrs. |
Year 4 – Summer semester and 5th year fall semester | ||
PPET0401 | Pharmacy Experiential Training (Community Pharmacy) |
200 hrs. |
PPPE0401 | Professional Practice Experience-IV ( Industrial Pharmacy ) |
50 hrs. |
PPET0403 | Pharmacy Experiential Training (Hospital Pharmacy ) |
200 hrs. |
Total Hours | 600 hrs. |
Summary of the course work: | |
Theory, labs and training: | 164 credits |
Program | Duration of Program | Fee for Credit Hour (OMR) | Approx. Credits Per Semester | ||
Total years | Total semesters per year |
Local Students | International Students | ||
Bachelor of Pharmacy | 4 | 3 | 140 | 165 | 15 & 6 (Summer) |