Pharmacy education in Bangladesh started its journey in 1964 after the establishment of Department of Pharmacy in the University of Dhaka. The first academic session (1964 -1965) of the department began with 24 students, including 4 female students.However, Pharmacy as a profession was recognized in Bangladesh after the promulgation of Pharmacy Ordinance1976. Initially, the academic curriculum consisted of a 3-year Bachelor (Honors) and 1-year Master of Pharmacy programs.Lateron, the undergraduate program was upgraded to 4-year Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honors) degree in 1996. In 2010, theundergraduate course was further upgraded to 5-year with internship in hospitals and pharmaceutical industries in order to cope with the international Pharm. D. (Doctor of Pharmacy) program. Pharmacy graduates in Bangladesh are mainly employed in different sectors of pharmaceutical industries. Very recently, a few pharmacists have been employed as hospital pharmacists in few highly reputed private hospitals. However, hospital, community and clinical pharmacy in Bangladesh have not been well developed due to lack of government policy and hence our people are partly deprived of proper health care services in Bangladesh.
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