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
Course listing and prerequisites
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Chemical Engineering Salaries

$75,900

Starting Salary, NJIT Average

$86,991

Mid-Career Salary, National Average

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