M.S. in Pharmaceutical Engineering
The master's degree is a valued professional credential, offered on a full-time or part-time basis. Applicants are expected to have a baccalaureate degree in chemical engineering or equivalent with a minimum GPA of 3.0. Students with undergraduate degrees in biology, chemistry, physics, and equivalent may also be admitted on condition that additional undergraduate courses, specified at the time of admission, be taken and successfully completed. International students must achieve a TOEFL score of at least 550 (paper-based); 213 (computer-based); 79 (internet-based). A quantitative section of GRE must be at the level approved by NCE, presently at 155.
Thirty credit hours are required for the degree. A thesis is optional.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses (5 courses=15 credits): | ||
| CHE 612 | Kinetics of Reactions and Reactor Design | 3 |
| CHE 611 | Thermodynamics | 3 |
| PHEN 601 | Principles of Pharmaceutical Engineering | 3 |
| PHEN 603 | Pharmaceutical Unit Operations: Processing of Liquid and Dispersed Phase Systems | 3 |
| PHEN 618 | Principles of Pharmacokinetics and Drug Delivery | 3 |
| Select at least two from these courses (2 course=6 credits): | ||
| PHEN 602 | Pharmaceutical Facility Design | 3 |
| PHEN 605 | Pharmaceutical Packaging Technology | 3 |
| PHEN 604 | Validation and Regulatory Issues in the Pharmaceutical Industry | 3 |
| CHE 714 | Micromechanics of Part Tech Pr | 3 |
| CHE 624 | Transport Phenomena I | 3 |
| CHE 603 | Separation Process Principles | 3 |
| 3 | ||
| Select any combination of three elective courses/thesis courses/project course from the following list (3 courses=9 credits): | 9 | |
| Any of the courses already listed above but not yet taken | 3 | |
| Any courses from the programs specified below: | 3 | |
Pharmaceutical Engineering (PhEn) (such as courses not taken already) | ||
Chemical Engineering (ChE) | ||
Biomedical Engineering (BME) | ||
Biology (BIOL) | ||
Chemistry (CHEM) | ||
Biopharmaceutical Engineering (PhB) | ||
Pharmaceutical Materials Processing (PhMP) | ||
Pharmaceutical Systems Management | ||
Industrial Engineering (IE) | ||
Engineering Management (EM) | ||
Mathematics (MATH) | ||
| Project/Independent Study | 3 | |
| Thesis | 6 | |
