Amrita University, Kochi

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham was established in 2003. Its headquarters are at Ettimadai, approximately 22 km from Coimbatore. Amrita University is a private university affiliated to Kerala University of Health Sciences and approved by the Al India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).

Campus

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has set up its one campus at Kochi that comprises of a pre-eminent medical institute, the Amrita Institute Medical Sciences (AIMS) along with the School of Medicine, School of Dentistry, School of Nursing, School of Pharmacy & School of Allied Health Sciences and Center for Nanosciences. The campus of the Kochi is situated at Brahmasthanam Temple Complex at Edappally, Kochi by the NH-17.

Facilities

The University has well-equipped and spacious library having national and international journals, e journals and stocks thousand of books of various subjects. The university has well-furnished and ventilated classrooms with modern teaching aids like multimedia projectors attached with computers, slide projectors, overhead projectors, etc. It has well-equipped conference hall with high tech presentation facilities. It has hundreds of variety of medical plant garden for research purpose.

Programmes

The courses offered by the university are in Diploma, Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Doctoral levels. The courses offered by the university in its College of Pharmacy are approved by PCI, New Delhi. The courses offered by the university in the field of Pharmacy are given below:

B.Pharma
M.Pharma
- Pharmaceutical Chemistry
- Pharmaceutics
- Pharmacology
Pharma.D (Pharmaceutical Sciences)

Placement

Amrita University has a separate training & placement cell which conducts various programs related to placement for the students. The cell arranges the on-campus drives and also job fairs. Students are well-placed in reputed organizations or industries. Most of the reputed industries visited the campus and hire students of the final/pre-final year.