The Institute of Pharmacy was established in the year 2003 under Nirma University to develop competent professionals in the field of pharmaceutical sciences.
In a short span of period, it has become one of the leading institutions in the country, offering pharmaceutical education at the undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral and postdocto levels.
The Institute has shown its presence at the national level by being ranked 5th in National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) by the Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD), Government of India in the year 2016 and for subsequent years also, Institute has maintained its ranking in the top 40 institutes.
The Institute has received grants of more than Rs 95 million from various government agencies, such as BRNS, RSSDI, DST, DBT, ICMR, SAC-ISRO, AYUSH, GSBTM and GUJCOST for research and development. The DST-FIST grant worth Rs 5.5 million for the purposes of infrastructure development was awarded to the Institute for the years 2015-2020.
The Institute houses state-of-the-art instruments, like Freeze dryer, Laminar air flow unit, BOD incubator, Gel Documentation System, Thermal cycler, Bio Monocular Inverted Microscope, Convulsiometer, Analgesiometer, Langendroff's assembly, Rotary tablet machine, Refrigerated centrifuge, Florescent microscope, Twin Chamber Type Incinerator, Automatic Titrator, Photo stability Chamber, Brookfield viscometer, Mini spray drier, supercritical fluid extractor and chromatogram, HPTLC, HPLC, MPLC, GC, Fluorescence Spectrometer, Raman Spectrometer, UV Spectrophotometer, FTIR, ELISA, PCR, Electrophoresis, Texture Analyzer, Automated Dissolution Apparatus, Extruder-Spheronizer, Multiple diffusion Assembly, High Pressure Homogenizer, Particle Size Analyzer, Microwave synthesizer and stereotaxic apparatus with Microdialysis. The Institute also has software like Syby X, iWorx, Gold Suit, eCTD, Design Expert, etc.
The Institute also has a cell culture facility which provides all the basic and advanced equipements required for the culturing of mammalian cells. The facility enables students to work with primary and secondary cell lines. The expertise of in-house faculty members and regular interactive sessions with national and international experts through workshops, conferences make the most of it for the young-minds of the Institute and other organizations in advancing their research.
The Institute has a two-storied animal house facility registered with the Committee for Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CPCSEA), Government of India. Besides, there is also a medicinal plant garden "Nirma Herbal Wealth", having an area of 3356.5 sqm with around 150 genera and 500 plants.