Academic Programs

Department of Pharmaceutics was established in October 2017 in the Faculty of Pharmacy, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan. It is the most recognized part of Pharmacy dating as far back as Sumerian times, around 2000 to 1500 BC, from which cuneiform tablets have been preserved recording medical prescriptions. It is also source of medieval pharmaceutical medicines in Europe, as well as in the Islamic world. Pharmaceutics basically relates with the science of drug development, formulation and all relevant processes involved in the production as well as marketing. It is also related with drug dosage forms and formulation processes, the art of dispensing, production and quality control of drugs as well as cosmetics. Department of Pharmaceutics is well equipped with two undergraduate research laboratories and separate research lab for graduate students. The Department is also involved in quality research using local raw materials as standard alternatives to the imported ones with a view to promote indigenous manufacturing industry.