Vivekananda College of Pharmacy, Bangalore institute which was established in 1983 under the umbrella of Janata Education Society. The institute is affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences and approved by AICTE and Pharmacy Council of India (PCI), New Delhi. The VCP offers courses like B. Pharm, M. Pharma and D. Pharm in the discipline of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutics. And admission to these courses is offered based on scores obtained by candidates in last year's qualifying exam. 

VCP Courses

The Vivekananda College of Pharmacy provides a 4 years B. Pharm course at the Undergraduate level, 2 years M. Pharm at the Postgraduate level, and a 2-year Diploma program in Pharmacy. Following are the details for the same.

Course Name Specializations Eligibility
B. Pharm Pharmacy 10+2 in Science stream with Physics and Chemistry as mandatory subjects along with one of these subjects as optional – Mathematics/Computer Science/Biotechnology/Biology with minimum 40% marks (35% for reserved categories) Check: VCP KCET Cut Off 2022
B. Pharm (Lateral) Pharmacy D. Pharm Degree from a recognized institute with decent marks 
M. Pharm Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmaceutics B. Pharm or equivalent Degree from a RGUHS or any recognized Indian University with minimum 50% aggregate marks (for reserved categories, passing percentage is ok)
D. Pharm Pharmacy PUC/10+2/PDC/HSC exam with Science stream OR Vocational course with Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Mathematics conducted by Government of Kerala only

VCP Admission

The admission process of VCP for its UG, PG and Diploma courses is through online mode and cited below are the details for the same.

How to Apply?

  1. Visit the official website of the college.
  2. Go to the admission section and click apply online.
  3. Fill in the application form by entering your correct personal and academic details.
  4. After filling all the details and attaching necessary documents, students need to submit the form.
  5. Once submitted successfully, candidates will receive a confirmation mail on registered email ID for further process and fee payment.

VCP Placement

The Vivekananda College of Pharmacy has a dedicated Placement and Training Center, whose responsibility is to train students for the actual interview process, pre-placement activities, group discussion, demo interviews, on-line tests etc. Apart from this, this cell is also accountable to give personality development and communication-related training to students in order to make them corporate-ready. 

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VCP Facilities

For the purpose of fulfilling students and faculties academic needs, health requirements and other requirements, VCP offers below cited amenities to them to ensure their overall growth and development and give them the best environment to study and learn.

Library and Information Center: To fulfill academic requirements of students and upgrade their knowledge and skills by the use of different sources, and to support learning-teaching-research-service activities, VCP has a full-fledged library. This library is a home of a wide collection of 7020 books including textbooks and reference books, 1415 titles, periodicals, 35 national journals, databases, 101 e-journals, e-books, 519 bound volumes of journals, magazines, newspapers, CD ROMS and GATE question papers. In addition to this, facilities like UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium, National Program on Technology Enhanced Learning, Open Access Institutional Repositories (Indian Universities), Open access E-Theaters and Dissertations are there for the benefit of students and faculties.

Laboratories: For the purpose of strengthening student’s theoretical knowledge, experiments are conducted after every lecture and to carry out those experiments, VCP has clean and well-ventilated labs and all of them are well-resourced with latest equipment like Fourier Transform Infra-Red Spectrometer, high performance liquid chromatography, UV-Visible spectrometer, digital melting point apparatus, shaker, incubator and laminar air flow unit. In addition to this, the college has a modernized pilot plant which is well-equipped with resources like GMP pilot tablet press, wet granulator, dry granulator, sieve shaker, pelletizer, ball mill, triple roller mill, coating pan and polishing drum etc. 

Computing Facilities: To make its students digitally proficient and make them updated with the latest industrial trends, VCP campus has computing facilities to house computers and all the computers are connected with each other through high speed internet connectivity. Students can also connect their personal devices like phones and laptops through college Wi-Fi.

VCP FAQs

Ques. Does VCP offer any kind of accommodation facility to students?

Ans. Yes, the Vivekananda College of Pharmacy offers a separate hostel facility for both girls and boys. And these rooms of these hostels are spacious enough, clean and well-ventilated along with sufficient space for students to study, and proper hygienic food is served to them by mess staff and lastly hostel warden responsibility is to ensure safety and security of students.

Ques. Why should I join VCP?

Ans. Vivekananda College of Pharmacy offers best quality education in the field of Pharmacy through its UG, PG and Diploma courses and all the facilities provided by the college are of top-notch quality. The institute focuses more on enhancing students’ industrial exposure through 150 day of mandatory training programs and events to make them aware about how corporations actually function.

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Ques. Which career options would be available for a student after pursuing M. Pharm course from VCP?

Ans. A lot of job opportunities are present in corporate world and students’ after successfully completing M. Pharm courses from VCP can work as the Pharmacist, Chemist, Medical Representative, Clinic Manager, Clinical Research Coordinator, Chemical Pathologist, Medical Practice Manager and General Physician, Intellectual property (IP) Analyst and Medical Writer and government sector also have tremendous scope for such students. 

Ques. Which Departments are present in Vivekananda College of Pharmacy?

Ans. Following 4 departments are present in Vivekananda College of Pharmacy.

  • Pharmaceutics Department
  • Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department
  • Pharmacology Department
  • Pharmacognosy Department