Nazareth College of Pharmacy

Positive - the college atmosphere is amazing. The students are friendly, and helpful. The teachers and non teaching staffs are amazing. Negative - College tours are an imagination sometimes due to the tight schedule, hence we have to sacrifice that sometimes.

The course here is very detailed and difficult as compared to other states. The syllabus is decided from the University which is Kerala University of Health Sciences. The examination for promotion is conducted every year which are University exams. In between the year, there are 3 sets of internal examinations conducted by the college which includes theory and practical. The theory examinations are out of 70 marks and practical examination out of 30 marks. That's all.

The placements and job opportunities here in India, especially Kerala are very limited for this course. The majority of the jobs are outside India. Yes, our college provides internship for my course in our partnered hospital. The internship is 1 year. I haven't started my internship yet as I have 2 more years to go. The stipend is low - around 5000?.

There are a lot of events celebrated in our college such as Onam, pharmacist's day, diabetes day, obesity day, Alzheimer's day, Christmas, biennially Arts and sports events, farewell and other events.

It is the same in all the pharmacy colleges - ?200000 per year. This is feasible if you consider other states but there are states where the fees are lesser than what is in here. So, it depends on person to person and their income.

There are various scholarship facilities which the college supports, but since I haven't applied yet, I have no idea on those. Loan is provided only to such students who are financially in trouble. For other students of scheduled casts and tribes, there is concession and reduction.

Labs are all highly functional and great. The equipments are costly and have not been that recent since bought. Sports are another important activity in our college. We have badminton, cricket, football only which we play after college. There are sports events conducted biennially in our college.

There isn't hostel facility for boys yet as the number of boys in the college are way less as compared to the number of girls in our college. The girls hostel on the other hand is great, has lots of spacious rooms and it was constructed recently.

There isn't an alumni network as of now. I'm hoping the college or the alumnus students start one soon. We usually have contact with the seniors who have passed out of the college, but that's all. It would be really helpful if an alumni network was formed.

I was selected in both community and NRI quotas. There are other quotas like merit, entrance, etc. First, you have to apply for the desired course in the desired form which is actually common to all the pharmacy colleges in Kerala. Then you are ranked in various colleges that you applied for and you can select the college based on your ranking. Once that's done, the admission procedure is simple, bring the necessary items like fitness certificate, original documents of 10th and 12th Mark lists, and other related documents with a few passport size photographs. Once you're done with the selection and submitted your documents, you're called later to inform when the college will start the inaugural ceremony and when the first day starts. That's it.

The faculty members are very helpful and caring. They are involved in all the activities of the college. The teaching staff, including the principal is very efficient and educated. There is strict discipline and rules to be followed. The non teaching staffs include lab assistants and other cleaning staffs. They're also very helpful and caring.