Industrial Pharmaceutics

This Industrial Pharmaceutics degree course from University College Cork is a unique research program that develops the critical skills required to work in the pharma and biopharma manufacturing industry in Ireland. The program will develop competency in the design of experiments, data analysis, process development and analytical method development.

This Industrial Pharmaceutics program at University College Cork is a 12-month full time (24 months part-time) research program based within the School of Pharmacy and/or industry. The program consists of an extensive research induction program to develop basic pharma/biopharma process and analytical development skills.

This is the first research-intensive, industry-focussed MRes course of its kind in Ireland and is designed to meet the needs of the pharmaceutical industry for more specialist scientists with expertise in the analytical or process development space in Ireland and abroad.

Skills and Careers Information

As the global biopharmaceutical industry continues to expand it continues to experience a shortage of highly skilled staff so this is an ideal program for those of you wishing to work in the Irish, or international, biopharmaceutical industry. In addition, the iEd Hub and School of Pharmacy will endeavor to work with the local biopharma industry to maximise employment opportunities for our research program graduates.

Courses include:

• Pharmaceutics Research Skills

• Pharmaceutical GxP and Regulatory Science

• Process Control and Validation for Pharmaceutical Processes

• Pharmaceutical Analysis and Analytics

• Pharmaceutical Operations