Pharmaceutical Technology and Quality Systems

This two-year distance learning course in Pharmaceutical Technology and Quality Systems at University College Cork is aimed at graduates who currently work within the pharmaceutical industry who wish to fulfil the EU educational requirements for Qualified Person status. 

The Pharmaceutical Technology and Quality Systems courseat University College Cork is not limited to aspiring QPs: it is designed to broaden your professional development and provide up-to-date assessments of the latest trends in the areas of pharmaceutical/biopharmaceutical development, manufacturing and quality. The individual modules provide knowledge and experience of benefit to all technical, quality, regulatory and managerial staff in the pharmaceutical industry.

Careers Information

Although the course meets the educational requirements for registering as a QP, it is not only aspiring QPs who complete the course. Many of our graduates use the skills obtained in the course to develop their careers within other areas of the pharmaceutical industry.

Students from the EU can use this qualification to apply to your regulatory authority to register as a QP. Recently a number of our students from Malta graduated from this course and registered as QPs in Malta.

Courses Include:

• Pharmaceutical Chemistry

• Pharmaceutical Dosage Form Design

• Pharmacology

• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing - API to Finished Product

• Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Sterile Manufacturing

• Biopharmaceutical Development of Investigational Medicinal Products

• Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

• Pharmaceutical Statistics and Process Control