Pharmaceutical Engineering
The Masters Program in Pharmaceutical Engineering, jointly offered by IST (BioEngineering Dept. and Chemical Engineering Dept.) and FFUL (Pharmaceutical Sciences Dept. and Pharmaceutical Technology Dept.), prepares professionals with a solid background in Pharmaceutical Technology and Process Systems Engineering applied to pharmaceutical processes. The graduates from the program have a decisively contribution to promote innovation and competitiveness improvement of industrial pharmaceutical manufacturing. They may also be able to contribute to address unmet public health needs and contribute to bringing new therapies to patients and pharmaceutical market.
The majority of the graduates in the Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Engineering are employed in pharmaceutical companies producing active ingredients, formulating finished products, biopharmaceutical companies, regulatory bodies of the pharmaceutical activity in Portugal or abroad, medical device companies or in the hospital area and health systems in general. A few of them have pursued 3rd Cycle studies in institutions in Portugal or abroad (e.g. Germany, Switzerland, Canada).
Access and ingress
Only the students that meet the requirements below may apply for a 2nd cycle of IST or to a 2nd cycle of na IST Integrated MSC Programme:
- those who have concluded a 1st cycle degree programme, or a 1st cycle of an Integrated MSc Programme, which do not have scientific consistency with the 2nd cycle for which they apply;
- those who hold a 1st cycle degree in the area of Science and Technology (except for the 2nd cycle in Architecture which presupposes a 1st cycle programme in Architecture);
- those who have a school, scientific or professional background, certifying their capacity to carry out a MSc for which they apply.
