This document summarizes various models and theories of drug dissolution. It discusses diffusion layer theory, which involves drug dissolving from the solid into a saturated film and then diffusing into the bulk solution. The Noyes-Whitney and Nerst-Brunner equations are presented to model this. Other models covered include zero-order and first-order release kinetics, the Hixson-Crowell cube root model accounting for changing surface area, Danckwert's surface renewal theory, and the interfacial barrier/limited solvation theory involving an energy barrier to dissolution. Theories of dissolution aim to quantitatively understand and interpret in vitro dissolution results.