Commonly referred to as NJIT, the New Jersey Institute of Technology is a public institution in Newark with more than 8,300 undergraduate and graduate students. In 2010, the U.S. News and World Report ranked the college's engineering program 86th in the United States. The university offers a Master of Science in pharmaceutical engineering. Admission to the program is typically reserved for students with a bachelor's degree in mechanical or chemical engineering, though the university will also consider applicants with a bachelor's degree in a natural science or another engineering specialty. Students in the program can elect to study processes that involve pharmaceutical ingredients or the technology of drugs. The latter program requires coursework in packaging science and facility design, while the ingredient concentration includes classes in reaction engineering and separation processes. Both courses of study culminate in a final master's thesis.
New Jersey Institute of Technology
University Heights
Newark, NJ 07102
973-596-3300
njit.edu
Located in Ann Arbor, the University of Michigan received the eighth-place ranking among all engineering programs in the United States from U.S. News and World Report in 2010. More than 41,000 students attend courses at the public university. The school offers a combined Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering and Master of Engineering in chemical engineering degree program that allows students to receive both an undergraduate and graduate degree with five years of full-time study. The college also grants a traditional two-year Master of Engineering in pharmaceutical engineering and a Ph.D. in pharmaceutical engineering. Students in the traditional master's program can specialize in pharmaceutical development science, biopharmaceutical manufacturing science, electronic clinical computer systems or regulatory science.
University of Michigan
Robert H. Lurie Engineering Center
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
734-647-7090
engin.umich.edu
Home to more than 41,000 students, the University of Washington is a public institution in Seattle. U.S. News and World Report ranked the school 28th among all engineering schools in 2010. The university offers a Master of Science degree program in pharmaceutical bio-engineering. The college prefers to admit students with a bachelor's degree in a scientific field, public health and engineering as well as individuals with a Bachelor of Science in any other field and at least two years of work experience related to biotechnology or pharmaceuticals. The program allows students to specialize in either translational pharmaceutics or drug discovery and design. All students in the program take courses in molecular and cellular biology, statistics and experimental design and pharmaceutics. Students have the option of completing a final research thesis or project prior to graduation.
University of Washington College of Engineering
371 Loew Hall
Box 352180
Seattle, WA 98195
206-543-5929
u.washington.edu