#1 · NIRF 11
Pilani, Rajasthan
Deemed
NAAC A++
Est. 1964
11NIRF Rank
Rs 5.2LAnnual Fee
Rs 10Avg Pkg
#2 · NIRF 16
Vellore, Tamil Nadu
Deemed
NAAC A++
Est. 1984
16NIRF Rank
Rs 2LAnnual Fee
Rs 7Avg Pkg
#3 · NIRF 18
Kolkata, West Bengal
Government
NAAC A++
Est. 1964
18NIRF Rank
Rs 15KAnnual Fee
Rs 7Avg Pkg
#4 · NIRF 51
Ranchi, Jharkhand
Deemed
NAAC A
Est. 2000
51NIRF Rank
Rs 1.8LAnnual Fee
Rs 6Avg Pkg
#5 · NIRF 175
Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir
Government
NAAC A+
Est. 2002
175NIRF Rank
Rs 50KAnnual Fee
Rs 5Avg Pkg
#6
Bangalore, Karnataka
Private
NAAC A+
Est. 2002
-NIRF Rank
Rs 1LAnnual Fee
Rs 6Avg Pkg
#7
Agartala, Tripura
Government
Est. 2009
-NIRF Rank
Rs 15KAnnual Fee
Rs 4Avg Pkg
#8
Bangalore, Karnataka
Private
NAAC A+
Est. 1972
-NIRF Rank
Rs 80KAnnual Fee
Rs 6Avg Pkg
#9
Thrissur, Kerala
Deemed
NAAC A++
Est. 1998
-NIRF Rank
Rs 2LAnnual Fee
Rs 7Avg Pkg
#10
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Aided
NAAC A+
Est. 1953
-NIRF Rank
Rs 20KAnnual Fee
Rs 6Avg Pkg
#11
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Aided
NAAC A+
Est. 1957
-NIRF Rank
Rs 45KAnnual Fee
Rs 7Avg Pkg
#12
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Government
NAAC A
Est. 1990
-NIRF Rank
Rs 20KAnnual Fee
Rs 4Avg Pkg
#13
Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Deemed
NAAC A
Est. 2012
-NIRF Rank
Rs 1LAnnual Fee
Rs 5Avg Pkg
#14
Amritsar, Punjab
Deemed
NAAC A+
Est. 2012
-NIRF Rank
Rs 1.5LAnnual Fee
Rs 6Avg Pkg
#15
Raipur, Chhattisgarh
Private
NAAC A
Est. 2009
-NIRF Rank
Rs 70KAnnual Fee
Rs 4Avg Pkg
#16
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Government
NAAC A
Est. 1966
-NIRF Rank
Rs 25KAnnual Fee
Rs 5Avg Pkg
#17
Bangalore, Karnataka
Private
NAAC A+
Est. 1980
-NIRF Rank
Rs 1LAnnual Fee
Rs 6Avg Pkg
#18
Bangalore, Karnataka
Government
NAAC A+
Est. 1966
-NIRF Rank
Rs 30KAnnual Fee
Rs 6Avg Pkg
#19
Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir
Government
Est. 1977
-NIRF Rank
Rs 15KAnnual Fee
Rs 4Avg Pkg
#20
Palakkad, Kerala
Government
NAAC A+
Est. 1970
-NIRF Rank
Rs 20KAnnual Fee
Rs 6Avg Pkg
#21
Palakkad, Kerala
Private
NAAC A+
Est. 2007
-NIRF Rank
Rs 80KAnnual Fee
Rs 5Avg Pkg
#22
Roorkee, Uttarakhand
Private
Est. 2010
-NIRF Rank
Rs 1.3LAnnual Fee
Rs 8Avg Pkg
#23
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Government
NAAC A+
Est. 1975
-NIRF Rank
Rs 20KAnnual Fee
Rs 6Avg Pkg
#24
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Deemed
NAAC A
Est. 2004
-NIRF Rank
Rs 80KAnnual Fee
Rs 5Avg Pkg
#25
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Private
NAAC A
Est. 2002
-NIRF Rank
Rs 70KAnnual Fee
Rs 5Avg Pkg
#26
Amritsar, Punjab
Private
NAAC A+
Est. 2009
-NIRF Rank
Rs 90KAnnual Fee
Rs 6Avg Pkg
#27
Jaipur, Rajasthan
Private
NAAC A
Est. 2007
-NIRF Rank
Rs 80KAnnual Fee
Rs 5Avg Pkg
#28
Delhi, Delhi
Deemed
NAAC A++
Est. 1962
-NIRF Rank
Rs 1.2LAnnual Fee
Rs 8Avg Pkg
#29
Mysore, Karnataka
Deemed
NAAC A++
Est. 1980
-NIRF Rank
Rs 1.4LAnnual Fee
Rs 7Avg Pkg
#30
Mysore, Karnataka
Deemed
NAAC A++
Est. 1980
-NIRF Rank
Rs 1.5LAnnual Fee
Rs 8Avg Pkg
#31
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
Deemed
NAAC A+
Est. 1997
-NIRF Rank
Rs 1LAnnual Fee
Rs 5Avg Pkg
#32
Mangalore, Karnataka
Deemed
NAAC A+
Est. 1979
-NIRF Rank
Rs 1.2LAnnual Fee
Rs 6Avg Pkg
#33
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Aided
NAAC A+
Est. 1974
-NIRF Rank
Rs 40KAnnual Fee
Rs 6Avg Pkg
#34
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Government
NAAC A+
Est. 1946
-NIRF Rank
Rs 25KAnnual Fee
Rs 7Avg Pkg
#35
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Private
NAAC A+
Est. 2002
-NIRF Rank
Rs 70KAnnual Fee
Rs 5Avg Pkg
#36
Amritsar, Punjab
Deemed
NAAC A+
Est. 2005
-NIRF Rank
Rs 1.5LAnnual Fee
Rs 5Avg Pkg
#37
Pune, Maharashtra
Private
NAAC A+
Est. 1999
-NIRF Rank
Rs 1.2LAnnual Fee
Rs 6Avg Pkg
#38
Manipal, Karnataka
Deemed
NAAC A++
Est. 1976
-NIRF Rank
Rs 2.2LAnnual Fee
Rs 8Avg Pkg
#39
Jaipur, Rajasthan
Deemed
NAAC A+
Est. 2011
-NIRF Rank
Rs 1.8LAnnual Fee
Rs 6Avg Pkg
#40
Amritsar, Punjab
Deemed
NAAC A+
Est. 2001
-NIRF Rank
Rs 1LAnnual Fee
Rs 5Avg Pkg
#41
Mangalore, Karnataka
Deemed
NAAC A
Est. 2007
-NIRF Rank
Rs 1.5LAnnual Fee
Rs 6Avg Pkg
#42
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Government
NAAC A+
Est. 2007
-NIRF Rank
Rs 35KAnnual Fee
Rs 10Avg Pkg
#43
Guwahati, Assam
Government
NAAC A
Est. 2007
-NIRF Rank
Rs 35KAnnual Fee
Rs 8Avg Pkg
#44
Hyderabad, Telangana
Government
NAAC A+
Est. 2007
-NIRF Rank
Rs 35KAnnual Fee
Rs 10Avg Pkg
#45
Kolkata, West Bengal
Government
NAAC A
Est. 2007
-NIRF Rank
Rs 35KAnnual Fee
Rs 8Avg Pkg
#46
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Government
NAAC A
Est. 2008
-NIRF Rank
Rs 35KAnnual Fee
Rs 8Avg Pkg
#47
Amritsar, Punjab
Government
NAAC A++
Est. 1998
-NIRF Rank
Rs 35KAnnual Fee
Rs 12Avg Pkg
#48
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Deemed
NAAC A+
Est. 2005
-NIRF Rank
Rs 1.8LAnnual Fee
Rs 6Avg Pkg
#49
Kolkata, West Bengal
Private
NAAC A
Est. 2004
-NIRF Rank
Rs 1LAnnual Fee
Rs 5Avg Pkg
#50
Hyderabad, Telangana
Government
NAAC A+
Est. 1944
-NIRF Rank
Rs 20KAnnual Fee
Rs 5Avg Pkg
#51
Vadodara, Gujarat
Deemed
NAAC A
Est. 2009
-NIRF Rank
Rs 1LAnnual Fee
Rs 5Avg Pkg
#52
Patna, Bihar
Government
Est. 2010
-NIRF Rank
Rs 15KAnnual Fee
Rs 4Avg Pkg
#53
Pune, Maharashtra
Private
NAAC A
Est. 1998
-NIRF Rank
Rs 70KAnnual Fee
Rs 5Avg Pkg
#54
Gurgaon, Haryana
Deemed
NAAC A
Est. 2011
-NIRF Rank
Rs 1.2LAnnual Fee
Rs 5Avg Pkg
#55
Pune, Maharashtra
Aided
NAAC A+
Est. 1956
-NIRF Rank
Rs 40KAnnual Fee
Rs 7Avg Pkg
#56
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Private
NAAC A+
Est. 1994
-NIRF Rank
Rs 1LAnnual Fee
Rs 6Avg Pkg
#57
Thrissur, Kerala
Private
NAAC A
Est. 2002
-NIRF Rank
Rs 80KAnnual Fee
Rs 5Avg Pkg
#58
Kollam, Kerala
Private
NAAC A+
Est. 2001
-NIRF Rank
Rs 90KAnnual Fee
Rs 5Avg Pkg
#59
Guwahati, Assam
Deemed
NAAC A
Est. 2013
-NIRF Rank
Rs 1LAnnual Fee
Rs 5Avg Pkg
#60
Patna, Bihar
Private
Est. 2003
-NIRF Rank
Rs 60KAnnual Fee
Rs 4Avg Pkg
#61
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Deemed
NAAC A+
Est. 2002
-NIRF Rank
Rs 1.3LAnnual Fee
Rs 6Avg Pkg
#62
Dehradun, Uttarakhand
Deemed
NAAC A+
Est. 2009
-NIRF Rank
Rs 1.8LAnnual Fee
Rs 6Avg Pkg
#63
Surat, Gujarat
Private
NAAC A+
Est. 1999
-NIRF Rank
Rs 60KAnnual Fee
Rs 5Avg Pkg
#64
Pune, Maharashtra
Private
NAAC A
Est. 1994
-NIRF Rank
Rs 90KAnnual Fee
Rs 5Avg Pkg
#65
Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Deemed
NAAC A+
Est. 2004
-NIRF Rank
Rs 1.2LAnnual Fee
Rs 5Avg Pkg
#66
Mysore, Karnataka
Private
NAAC A+
Est. 1993
-NIRF Rank
Rs 90KAnnual Fee
Rs 6Avg Pkg
#67
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Deemed
NAAC A+
Est. 1994
-NIRF Rank
Rs 1.6LAnnual Fee
Rs 7Avg Pkg
#68
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Private
NAAC A+
Est. 1994
-NIRF Rank
Rs 90KAnnual Fee
Rs 6Avg Pkg
#69
Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
Private
NAAC A+
Est. 1991
-NIRF Rank
Rs 80KAnnual Fee
Rs 5Avg Pkg
#70
Mangalore, Karnataka
Private
NAAC A+
Est. 1999
-NIRF Rank
Rs 90KAnnual Fee
Rs 6Avg Pkg
#71
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Deemed
NAAC A++
Est. 2002
-NIRF Rank
Rs 1.5LAnnual Fee
Rs 7Avg Pkg
#72
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Private
NAAC A+
Est. 2000
-NIRF Rank
Rs 80KAnnual Fee
Rs 6Avg Pkg
#73
Warangal, Telangana
Government
NAAC A+
Est. 1979
-NIRF Rank
Rs 25KAnnual Fee
Rs 6Avg Pkg
#74
Amritsar, Punjab
Government
NAAC A++
Est. 1952
-NIRF Rank
Rs 25KAnnual Fee
Rs 8Avg Pkg
#75
Dehradun, Uttarakhand
Government
NAAC A
Est. 1990
-NIRF Rank
Rs 20KAnnual Fee
Rs 5Avg Pkg
#76
Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
Deemed
NAAC A+
Est. 2002
-NIRF Rank
Rs 1LAnnual Fee
Rs 5Avg Pkg
#77
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Deemed
NAAC A
Est. 1999
-NIRF Rank
Rs 1LAnnual Fee
Rs 5Avg Pkg
#78
Pune, Maharashtra
Private
NAAC A
Est. 2009
-NIRF Rank
Rs 80KAnnual Fee
Rs 5Avg Pkg
About Top Pharmacy Colleges - 2026
Pharmacy courses in India include D.Pharm, B.Pharm, M.Pharm and Pharm.D. Below is the list of colleges offering pharmacy programmes, ranked by NIRF, with fees and accreditation details.
Career Opportunities & Salary
Average package: Rs. 3-5 LPA average for freshers | higher in pharma R& D and regulatory roles
Career roles: Pharmacist, Drug Inspector, Clinical Research Associate, Quality Control Analyst, Medical Representative, Regulatory Affairs Executive
Why Choose This Course?
- Growing pharma industry: India has a large pharmaceutical sector with demand for trained graduates.
- Multiple entry levels: You can start with D.Pharm or B.Pharm and continue to M.Pharm or Pharm.D.
- Varied career options: Hospital, retail pharmacy, manufacturing, research and regulatory roles.
- Affordable to premium options: Rs. 40,000 - 2 Lakh per year - compare government and private colleges.
How to Choose the Right College
- Check that the programme is approved by the Pharmacy Council of India (PCI).
- Check NIRF Ranking and NAAC Grade of the college or university.
- Compare annual fee and placement record.
- Look at lab facilities and industry tie-ups for internships.
- Click View to see full college details, courses and fees.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the pharmacy courses in India?
The main pharmacy programmes are D.Pharm (diploma), B.Pharm (bachelor), M.Pharm (master) and Pharm.D (doctoral level professional degree).
Which is better, D.Pharm or B.Pharm?
D.Pharm is a shorter route that prepares you for pharmacist registration, while B.Pharm is a 4-year degree with wider career and higher-study options such as M.Pharm.
Which entrance exam is needed for pharmacy?
Many states admit to B.Pharm through state CETs or on 10+2 merit. GPAT is the national exam for M.Pharm admission and scholarships.
How much is the pharmacy college fee?
Fees vary by programme and college, from around Rs. 40,000 per year in government colleges to Rs. 2 Lakh or more in private universities.
Is PCI approval necessary?
Yes. Check that the college and programme are approved by the Pharmacy Council of India before taking admission.