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Degree Overview
- Delivery Format: on-campus
- Required Credits: 12
Program Details
The program consists of two required core courses and two electives. Core coursework covers pharmaceutical engineering principles and pharmaceutical unit operations. Electives allow students to explore facility design, pharmacokinetics and drug delivery, validation and regulatory requirements, or particle-processing technology. All certificate credits may be applied toward NJIT’s M.S. in Pharmaceutical Engineering.
What You Will Learn:
- Principles of pharmaceutical engineering and industry operations
- Drug discovery and development processes
- FDA requirements, regulatory compliance, and approval processes
- Drug dosage forms and pharmaceutical manufacturing systems
- Quantitative analysis and design of pharmaceutical unit operations
- Processing of liquid and dispersed-phase systems
- Pharmaceutical facility design
- Pharmacokinetics, drug delivery, and drug transport
- Particle-processing principles relevant to solid pharmaceutical products
Admissions & curriculum
12 Required Credits
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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
Where do Chemical Engineering majors work?
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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