To develop a centre of excellence imparting graduate, postgraduate, doctoral level education in pharmaceutical sciences
To cater to the human resource needs of the rapidly expanding pharmaceutical industry, educational institutions and research laboratories in Karnataka State and in the country at large
To promote research in high tech emerging and thrust areas of medicine and human healthcare and contribute towards fulfilling the national objectives in pharmaceutical education and technology
To establish excellent industry academy interactions and undertake collaborative professional programmes in the areas of pre-clinical toxicity studies, pharmacokinetics and drug metabolism, formulation and development studies
To regularly conduct continuing education programmes for intellectual development of teachers