PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Pharmaceutical Engineering
EducationalRequirements
- Bachelors of Science (4-6 year) degree
- Master's or Doctoral degree is highly suggested
- First 2 years: general/organic chemistry, biology, math, physics
- Last two years: courses on drug developement
Starting Salary:
$85,000
With experience and increasing responsibility, their compensation can grow significantly. They also can receive bonuses throughout the development of a new drug.
Job Description:
-Help develop the manufacturing plants
-Design pharmaceutical products
-Work towards the development and betterment of society's health
Job responsibilities/duties:
-Conceive, design, and produce pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical therapies from biological and chemical materials.
-Package and label the end products.
-Most time spent in research facilities and manufacturing plants.
How this relates to Chemistry
- Type of chemical engineering
- Discovery of new drugs
- Learn how compounds interact with disease-causing cells and organisms
- Investigate how these compounds interact with the human body
Job Availability:
Job Outlook: The BLS expects chemical engineers to experience a relatively slow job growth rate of 6 percent from 2010 to 2020, leading to about 1,800 new jobs.
