The degree provides training to understand the properties and impacts of medicines and develop the skills required to counsel patients about their use.
Bachelor of Pharmacy degree holders can choose various career paths, including being a pharmacist, doing patient counseling, doing further studies such as a master's degree, working in a university as a lecturer, or working as a drug information specialist.
In countries including Canada, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand, a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree is a prerequisite for practicing as a pharmacist.
In Australia, the BPharm degree is awarded following a four-year undergraduate pharmacy program.
The program was not offered in 2005, following the transfer of Orange campus to Charles Sturt University.
[3][4] Australian universities offering Bachelor or Master of Pharmacy program (circa June 2010): In Hong Kong, a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree is offered by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) under the Faculty of Medicine.
It aims to train graduates to function independently as professional healthcare providers who, as part of the healthcare team, can provide first-class pharmaceutical and health-related care for the health of Hong Kong citizens.
The Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm) degree is awarded on satisfactory completion of at least three/four years of full-time study.
To be considered for registration by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board Hong Kong as practising pharmacist in Hong Kong, the student must complete a further year of pre-registration training as required by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board.
Starting from 2009, the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has also implemented the Bachelor of Pharmacy program under the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine.
To be eligible, one must pass with at least 60% marks(First Division) in 10 + 2 (or an equivalent examination) with physics, chemistry, biology/ biotechnology/Maths as one of the subjects.
For a student to be eligible for registration as a Pharmacist/ Clinical pharmacist in India, the college from which they graduated must be approved by the PCI.
It is often superseded by M.Pharm., Pharm D (PB) and PhD-level courses although the minimum qualification required for registration as a pharmacist is D.Pharm.
To be eligible, one must pass with at least 50% marks in 10 + 2 (or an equivalent examination) with b Colleges imparting pharmaceutical education (D.Pharm., B.Pharm., M.Pharm.
In the United Kingdom, the BPharm degree was awarded following a three-year undergraduate pharmacy program.
It was superseded in 1997 by the Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) degree, awarded following a four-year program, as a result of European Union harmonisation.