Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University (DPSRU) is a
state university
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located at
New Delhi
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,
India
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.
History
The Delhi Pharmaceutical Science and Research University has its root in the Delhi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Research (DIPSAR). DIPSAR was founded in 1964 as Department of Pharmacy and was located in Kashmiri gate, Delhi. In 1972, it was converted into the College of Pharmacy and moved to the campus of the
Pusa Institute. Finally, in 1979 it moved to its present campus in Pushp Vihar. In 2004 it was named as Delhi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Research and affiliated to
University of Delhi
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.
The university is ranked 17th among pharmacy institutes in India by the
National Institutional Ranking Framework
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(NIRF) in 2024.
In 2008, the
Government of Delhi
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passed the ''Delhi Pharmaceutical Science and Research University, 2008'', The institute finally opened its gates in 2015,
with DIPSAR as its constituent college, both operating from the same premises.
University has currently following units:
* Delhi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (DIPSAR)
* School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
* School of Allied Health sciences with centre of Physiotherapy
* Academy of Sports Sciences Research and Management
* DPSRU Innovation & Incubation Foundation (DIIF)
See also
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Jamia Hamdard
Jamia Hamdard is an institute of higher education deemed to be university located in Delhi, India. Founded in 1963 as Hamdard Tibbi College by Hakim Abdul Hameed, it was given the status of deemed to be university in 1989. Its origins can be ...
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Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra (BIT, Mesra) is a government funded technical institute (GFTI) situated at Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. It was declared as a deemed university under Section 3 of the UGC Act. The institute was included under ...
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Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences
The Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, formerly U.P. Rural Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, is a medical school, hospital and medical research public university located at Saifai in the Etawah District of Uttar Pradesh, Ind ...
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Panjab University
Panjab University (PU) is an Indian collegiate public state university located in Chandigarh. Funded through both State and Union governments, it is considered a state university. It traces its origins to the University of the Punjab in Lahor ...
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Universities in Delhi
Universities and colleges established in 2015
2015 establishments in Delhi
Pharmacy education in India
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