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.

Citations:
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http://education-portal.com/articles/Pharmaceutical_Engineer
-http://www.usciences.edu/academics/collegesdepts/chemistry/pharmchemistry
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http://explorehealthcareers.org/en/Career/144/Pharmaceutical_Scientist

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