IIT BHU’s Pharmaceutical Engineering Course: A four-year BTech, a five-year Integrated Dual Degree MTech, a two-year MPharm, and PhD degrees are among the many programmes offered by the Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Technology at IIT BHU, Varanasi. The department was originally known as the Department of Pharmaceutics. The purpose of these courses is to provide knowledge on a range of topics related to drug research, testing, and the safe and efficient administration of medications, including drug delivery systems.
As per the institute’s claim, the courses offer a distinctive blend of biological concepts with engineering and technical ideas to create proficient methods for planning, acquiring, and assessing different medications and drug delivery systems.
The courses that IIT BHU offers
1. BTech programme offered by the Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Technology: Established in 2013, this four-year programme focuses on pharmacy. IIT BHU’s BTech degree offers a special combination of subjects from science, engineering, pharmacy, humanities, etc. The student will study foundational courses in pharmacy core over the first two years, as well as basic science and engineering courses. In the fourth semester, the student will work on an intriguing exploration project.
Apart from open elective courses from related or other engineering fields and a demanding project during the sixth and seventh semesters, students will be exposed to the advanced pharmacy core and stream courses in the subsequent two years.
Admissions are handled by the Joint IIT Entrance Exam (JEE).
2. Five years of coursework are available for the department’s Integrated Dual Degree (BTech and MTech) in Pharmacy. The courses are intended to teach students about a variety of topics related to pharmaceutical sciences and engineering, including as drug creation, testing, and the safe and efficient use of medications and drug delivery systems.
The five-year research-oriented IDD curriculum, which offers opportunities for research projects and thesis work, includes a number of advanced courses in various streams, including formulation design and development, drug design and development, drug evaluation and toxicology, and natural drug product development, in addition to the prerequisite courses of the four-year BTech programme. Admissions for this are also made through the JEE exam, which is jointly administered by the IITs.
3. Two-year M Pharm programmes are available in four specialty areas offered by the department: pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacology, and pharmacognosy.
The GATE score determines acceptance into the programme.
4. PhD Programme: Four research specialisations are available for the PhD programme: pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacology, and pharmacognosy.
GATE/NEET score or employer-sponsored interview process before the test.
Prominent alumni of IIT BHU
— Pearl Therapeutics Inc. was co-founded by Dr. Sarvajna Dwived.
— Padma Shri recipient Prof. Harkishan Singh
— Flowering Tree Investment Management Pvt. Ltd. was co-founded by Ajay Sharma.
— Dr. Gyanendra Nath Singh, the former Indian Drug Control Commissioner
Specialisation in courses
— Pharmaceuticals
— Chemistry of Pharmaceuticals
The study of pharmacology
— Pharmacy knowledge
