Degree Overview

  • Delivery Format: on-campus
  • Required Credits: 12

Program Details

This primarily online certificate is designed for recent STEM graduates and working professionals. The curriculum consists of two required core courses and two electives. Students study biotechnology processes and bioprocess unit operations, then select electives in areas such as pharmaceutical quality and regulation, operations and technology management, digital biomanufacturing, or biologically driven engineering systems. An optional three-credit summer capstone, project, or internship may be completed in addition to the 12 required credits.

What You Will Learn:

  • Microbial and mammalian bioprocessing principles
  • Industrial biotechnology manufacturing workflows
  • Upstream and downstream bioprocess operations
  • Filtration, centrifugation, chromatography, and separation processes
  • Bioprocess scale-up and manufacturing systems
  • Good Manufacturing Practice compliance
  • Pharmaceutical quality systems, validation, and regulatory requirements
  • Process data analysis and digital biomanufacturing
  • Project management, technology transfer, and production operations

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Chemical Engineering Salaries

$75,900

Starting Salary, NJIT Average

$86,991

Mid-Career Salary, National Average

NJIT’s Chemical Engineering program is in the top 100 in the country

Career Prospects

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Common Job Titles
  • Chemical Engineer
  • Process Engineer
  • Manufacturing Engineer
  • Product Engineer
  • Research And Development Engineer
Top Employers
  • Colgate-Palmolive
  • FM Global
  • L'Oreal USA
  • Phillips 66
  • TEVA Pharmaceuticals

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