Industrial Pharmaceutical Sciences, Operations and Management

This Industrial Pharmaceutical Sciences, Operations and Management program from University College Cork is designed by industry for industry to ensure graduate success in the marketplace and will be delivered by the School of Pharmacy and Cork University Business School. The program covers the technical, regulatory, operations and management aspects required in the biopharma & pharma industry. In addition, we cover digital transformation, the Pharma 4.0 operating model and lean six sigma, thereby future-proofing students for the factory of the future.

We place a major focus on experiential learning through an 8-month paid industry placement (from January to August) and the use of state-of-the-art pilot scale biopharma & pharma manufacturing facilities in the School of Pharmacy and digital simulation facilities in the UCC Assert Centre, as well as the Cork Enterprise Training Board Life Sciences Facility in Carrigaline.

Benefits

• An 8-month industry placement

• A multi-disciplinary program designed with industry

• Practical & applied industry focus with 60 hours of hands-on practicals

• Industry experienced lecturers

• Guest industry lectures across all modules

Courses include:

• Pharmaceutical Technology & Unit Operations

• Pharmaceutical GxP & Regulatory Science

• Bioprocessing Unit Operations

• Pharmaceutical Analysis & Analytics

• Pharmaceutical Operations & Management

• Business Case for Analytics

• Developing Management & Leadership Skills for Organisational Effectiveness

• Project Management