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INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION GUIDE for the assessment of education from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
The provincial Pharmacy Councils register pharmacists
and issue certificates of registration. They hold qualifying
examinations for the registration of pharmacists twice every
year. To sit the qualifying examination, one must have an
HSC or equivalent and at least two years’ experience as an
apprentice in pharmacy.
The first degree in pharmacy used to be the four-year
Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm). In 2004 the Higher
Education Commission upgraded the program to a fiveyear
Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD). Entry is based
on possession of the HSC in the required course group
(pre-medical) with minimum marks. Students must pass
annual university examinations, generally known as the
First Professional, Second Professional, Third Professional,
Fourth Professional and Final Professional. For programs
that adopt the semester credit system, the HEC model
curriculum prescribes a total of 192 credits. The HEC
curriculum also lists the “deficiency courses” that BPharm
graduates must take in order to upgrade to the new
PharmD. Some universities offer a one-year course by which
BPharm holders can upgrade to the PharmD.
The MPhil in pharmacy is a two-year course following
completion of either the BPharm or the PharmD.
This includes one year of coursework and one year of
thesis research. The degree is named after the area of
specialization, such as MPhil Pharmacology, MPhil
Pharmaceutics, MPhil Pharmaceutical Chemistry or MPhil
Pharmacognosy. Holders of the MPhil following PharmD
may pursue PhD study in pharmacy.
Refer to Appendix N for a sample PharmD program
structure.
Veterinary Medicine
Traditionally, three main types of programs for veterinary
medicine and animal husbandry were available:
• the four-year Bachelor of Science (Honours) in
Animal Husbandry (BSc AH)
• the four-year Bachelor of Veterinary Science (BVSc)
• the four-year Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM)
The PVMC Standards of Education Regulations of 2001
prescribe the curriculum and syllabi for the five-year
composite DVM degree covering both veterinary medicine
and animal husbandry. The five-year degree began to be
offered in 2002. The previous separate degrees in veterinary
medicine and animal husbandry are being phased out.
According to PVMC regulations, the main features of the
five-year DVM degree are:
• Entry is based on possession of the HSC or
Intermediate Certificate with physics, chemistry,
biology and English, or equivalent.
• Duration of study is five years (ten semesters), including
a compulsory six-month internship (10 semesters + one
summer session).
• Course of study includes training in a teaching
veterinary hospital and livestock farm, and field
training in veterinary production and technology
institutions.
• University examinations are held at the end of each
year.
• The university issues a provisional course completion
certificate to students who pass the final examination
and awards the degree after they complete the
compulsory internship.
Students who receive their four-year BSc AH after 2001
are no longer eligible to work as veterinary officers in public
and private sectors, nor will they be licensed to practice
as veterinarians, unless they take the one-year deficiency
DVM course.
See Appendix O for sample program structures for the
five-year DVM and the one-year deficiency course leading
to DVM.
Entry was based on possession of the HSC in the relevant
course group (pre-medical). When the Pakistan Veterinary
Medical Council was constituted in 1996, it recognized all
those degrees.