Best Pharmacy Colleges Myeducationwire has partnered with market research company NextWave Research to develop the ranking of the top 50 emerging colleges in the field of engineering, MBA, and pharma
Best Pharmacy Colleges
The ranking of the emerging colleges was done based on a consolidated score focused on the following key parameters:
Best Pharmacy Colleges Performance in the NIRF ranking of the college over the past four years (2020–2023). The focus was to identify the colleges that are showing an improvement trend in the ranking.
NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework) is a ranking methodology adopted by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, to rank institutions of higher education in India
Best Pharmacy Colleges NAAC grade received by the college
Best Pharmacy Colleges The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) is a government organization in India that assesses and accredits Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)
Best Pharmacy Colleges The admissions process is competitive. The selection process used by the college (JEE/state/internal admission test scores)
Best Pharmacy Colleges Placement performance. The percentage of students placed and the average salary offered for the batch of 2022. The year 2022 was considered as several colleges have not yet published the details regarding the placement of 2023.
| S.No. | College | Location | MEW Ranking | NIRF Ranking – 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | NAAC Grade | Admission process competitiveness | Placement result (2022) |
| 1 | JSS College of Pharmacy | Ooty | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | A+ | JSSAHER-UG, interview, CBSE 12th score | % students placed – 99 Average salary – 7.8 |
| 2 | Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences | Manipal | 2 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | A++ | Manipal Entrance Test (MET) | % students placed -NA Average salary – 3 (23 students placed, most do masters) |
| 3 | JSS College of Pharmacy | Mysore | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | A+ | JSSAHER, Mysuru | % students placed – 100 Average salary -8 |
| 4 | Amrita School of Pharmacy, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham | Kochi | 4 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 10 | A+ | 12th score | % students placed – NA Average salary – 4 |
| 5 | School of Pharmacy SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies | Mumbai | 5 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 11 | A+ | NMIMS-CET | % students placed – NA Average salary – NA |
| 6 | Lovely Professional University (LPU) School of Pharmaceutical Sciences | Phagwara | 6 | 29 | 23 | 19 | 17 | A++ | LPUNEST | % students placed – NA Average salary – 3.5 |
| 7 | Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University | Rajpura | 7 | 38 | 35 | 20 | 16 | A+ | Merit and PI | % students placed – 40 Average salary – 7.75 |
| 8 | SRM College of Pharmacy, SRM Institute of Science and Technology | Chennai | 8 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 15 | A+ | 12th score | % students placed – NA Average salary – 4 |
| 9 | Department of Pharmacy, Jadavpur University | Kolkata | 9 | NA | NA | 18 | 18 | A | WBJEE | % students placed – 100 Average salary – 4.52 |
| 10 | Amity Institute of Pharmacy, Amity University | Gautam Budh Nagar | 10 | 21 | 11 | 17 | 21 | A | Class 12 Merit | % students placed – 69 Average salary – 3.5 |
| 11 | I. S. F. College of Pharmacy | Moga | 11 | 32 | 29 | 29 | 24 | A | Class 12 Merit | % students placed – 100 Average salary – 5.35 |
| 12 | Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University | Delhi | 12 | 25 | 32 | 22 | 25 | A | 12th Merit based | % students placed – 60 Average salary – 4.5 (median) |
| 13 | Department of Pharmacy, Annamalai University | Chennai | 13 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 26 | A+ | Class 12 Merit | % students placed – 3.12 Average salary – 84 |
| 14 | Department of Pharmacy, Banasthali Vidyapith | Banasthali | 14 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 23 | A++ | All Indian Entrance Test (conducted by the Banasthali University) | % students placed – 55 Average salary -3.5 |
| 15 | Department of Pharmacy, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Mesra | Ranchi | 15 | 16 | 26 | 35 | 28 | A | NEET | % students placed – 75 Average salary – 3.84 |
| 16 | Poona College of Pharmacy | Pune | 16 | 22 | 17 | 21 | 29 | A | Entrance Test | % students placed -60 Average salary – 3 |
| 17 | Faculty of Pharmacy, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda | Vadodara | 17 | 14 | 24 | 16 | 30 | A+ | Class 12 Merit | % students placed – Average salary – |
| 18 | Maharishi Markandeshwar College of Pharmacy | Ambala | 18 | 28 | 34 | 24 | 31 | A++ | NEET | % students placed – 80 Average salary – 3.5 |
| 19 | Department of Pharma Sciences, Chandigarh University | Mohali | 20 | NA | 51 | 37 | 34 | A+ | Class 12th | % students placed – 55 Average salary – 5.24 |
| 20 | Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dibrugarh University | Dibrugarh | 21 | 35 | 38 | 47 | 33 | B++ | Class 12 | % students placed – 100 Average salary – 3 |
| 21 | Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Maharshi Dhayanand University | Rohtak | 22 | 36 | 31 | 30 | 35 | A | Class 12 Merit | % students placed – 40 Average salary – 3.8 |
| 22 | Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Pharmacy, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research | Chennai | 23 | 26 | 21 | 31 | 36 | A++ | All India entrance test | % students placed – 100 Average salary – 4.2 |
| 23 | Institute of Pharmacy, Nirma University | Ahmedabad | 24 | 17 | 20 | 28 | 37 | A | Class 12 Merit | % students placed – 32 Average salary – 2.25 |
| 24 | SVKM`s Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati College of Pharmacy | Mumbai | 25 | 30 | 28 | 38 | 38 | NA | NEET/CET | % students placed – 100 Average salary – 4.5 |
| 25 | KLE College of Pharmacy | Belgaum | 26 | 37 | 40 | 40 | 39 | A | Class 12 score | % students placed – 94 Average salary – 2.2 |
| 26 | Noida Institute of Engineering and Technology, Pharmacy Institute | Greater Noida | 27 | 50 | 43 | 39 | 42 | A | JEECUP / UPCET | % students placed – 99 Average salary – 4.14 |
| 27 | Dr D.Y.Patil Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research | Pune | 28 | 41 | 39 | 41 | 45 | A++ | MH-CET | % students placed – 84 Average salary – 2.93 |
| 28 | School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vels Institute of Science Technology & Advanced Studies (VISTAS) | Chennai | 29 | 43 | 37 | 34 | 47 | A | Class 12th | % students placed – 23 Average salary – 3.24 |
| 29 | N.G.S.M. Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences | Mangaluru | 30 | 49 | 45 | 45 | 46 | A | Class 12 | % students placed – 77 Average salary – 2.52 |
| 30 | Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research, Punjabi University | Patiala | 31 | 23 | 18 | 25 | 40 | A++ | 12th Merit based | % students placed – 55 Average salary – 2.16 |
| 31 | School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shoolini University | Solan | 32 | 39 | 36 | 36 | 41 | B++ | NEET/JEE/ SAT or Shoolini University’s multiple choice entrance test, and faculty interaction | % students placed – 52 Average salary – 3.24 |
| 32 | GITAM School of Pharmacy | Visakhapatnam | 32 | NA | NA | 49 | 48 | A++ | GAT Pharmacy | % students placed – 68 Average salary – 2.45 |
| 33 | Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology (GJUST) | Hisar | 33 | 31 | 27 | 33 | 49 | A+ | HSTES, CBSE 12th | % students placed – Average salary – 3.5 |
| 34 | R. C. Patel Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research | Shirpur | 34 | 53 | 50 | 46 | 50 | A | Class 12 | % students placed – 30 Average salary – 3.3 |
| 35 | Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University | Nagpur | 35 | 33 | 76-100 | 42 | 51 | A | MH-CET | % students placed – 60 Average salary – 3 |
| 36 | Galgotias College of Pharmacy, Galgotias University | Greater Noida | 36 | 76-100 | 76-100 | 59 | 52 | A+ | Class 12 | % students placed – 92 Average salary – 3.1 |
| 37 | Parul Institute of Pharmacy and Research, Parul University | Vadodara | 37 | NA | NA | 86 | 53 | A++ | Class 12 | % students placed – 42 Average salary – 2.3 |
| 38 | Institute of Pharmaceutical Research, G. L. A. University | Mathura | 38 | NA | 59 | 69 | 54 | A+ | GLAET (An online MCQ test of 60 minutes) | % students placed -100 Average salary – 5.5 |
| 39 | Bombay College of Pharmacy | Mumbai | 39 | 24 | 25 | 32 | 55 | A | Maharashtra state CET for pharmacy | % students placed – 48 Average salary – 4.25 |
| 40 | Department of Pharmacy, Integral University | Lucknow | 40 | 46 | 41 | 48 | 56 | A+ | IUET | % students placed – 60 Average salary – 2.2 |
| 41 | Sri Venkateswara College of Pharmacy | Chittoor | 41 | 69 | 62 | 68 | 57 | NA | AP EAMCET | % students placed – 86 Average salary – 5.15 |
| 42 | L. M. College of Pharmacy | Ahmedabad | 42 | 45 | 47 | 52 | 58 | A | GUJCET | % students placed – 71 Average salary – 2.5 |
| 43 | PSG College of Pharmacy | Coimbatore | 43 | 51 | 64 | 70 | 61 | B++ | entrance exam | % students placed – 100 Average salary – 2.5 |
| 44 | Department of Pharmaceutical Science, Kumaun University | Nainital | 44 | 75 | 58 | 61 | 64 | A | Entrance Test | % students placed – 76 Average salary – 2.5 |
| 45 | Faculty of Pharmacy, M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences | Bengaluru | 45 | 52 | 52 | 62 | 65 | A | RUAS AT/ KCET | % students placed – 80 Average salary – 3.5 |
| 46 | Goa College of Pharmacy | Panaji | 46 | 47 | 56 | 55 | 66 | NA | Class 12 | % students placed – 100 Average salary – 2.2 |
| 47 | Acharya & B M Reddy College of Pharmacy | Bengaluru | 47 | NA | 60 | 57 | 67 | A | Class 12 | % students placed – 85 Average salary – 3.15 |
| 48 | ASBASJSM College of Pharmacy | Bela | 48 | 60 | 57 | 56 | 69 | NA | Class 12 | % students placed -100 Average salary – 3.78 |
| 49 | Chandigarh College of Pharmacy | Mohali | 49 | NA | 63 | 91 | 86 | A+ | Class 12 | % students placed – 100 Average salary – 6.5 |
| 50 | KIET School of Pharmacy | Ghaziabad | 50 | NA | 76-100 | 97 | 88 | A+ | UPCET | % students placed – 65 Average salary – 3.93 |