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2008 | 2009

Bachelor of Engineering (Pharmaceutical) B.E(Pharm)
2008

Program Outline

Pharmaceutical engineers are vital to improving the health and wellbeing of society through the development, largescale production, packaging and delivery of healthcare products.

Pharmaceutical Engineering is a high tech program with an innovative, interdisciplinary approach to post-genomic engineering. It takes a sustainable approach, minimising waste and maximising the use of by-products. Pharmaceutical Engineering is extremely rewarding for many different reasons. Working in the health industry as an engineer, speeding up the delivery time of drugs to patients, making medications more affordable and more widely available, and designing new drugs to target very specific parts of the human body with fewer side effects - all these aspects of the career are highly satisfying on a personal level.

As our technological capabilities continue to improve, we move into an era where drugs could be dispensed via nano-robots in the blood stream. As a Pharmaceutical Engineer you will be well placed to pioneer nanotechnology through the 21st Century

This degree is concerned with pharmaceutical process improvement from drug discovery to drug delivery. Students will learn how to develop drug formulation processes at an industrial scale with high levels of efficacy, and how to improve the economic delivery, manufacturing and packaging, and design of pharmaceutical products.

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Admission Information

Admissions information for domestic ? and international ? students.

Domestic

Selection criteria: ?
2007 Commonwealth-supported TER: 80.3
2007 Fee-paying TER: 80
Without formal qualifications? See our special access schemes.
Prerequisites: ? SACE Stage 2 Mathematical Studies and TWO of Chemistry, Biology, Physics, or Specialist Maths (or equivalent)
How to apply: ? Application and Admission
Mid-year entry? Subject to availability
Annual tuition fees: ?
Commonwealth-supported place: $7,260
Australian Full-fee place: $18,000
General enquiries: Student Centre

International

Selection criteria: ?
IELTS Total
Reading
Listening
Writing
6
5.5
5.5
6
International TER 80
IB 26
A-Level 9
UEC [Malaysia] 15
SAT [US] 1770
ISC & CBSE [India] 75%
How to apply:
Mid-year entry? Subject to availability
Annual tuition fees: ? International student place: $20,600
General enquiries: Student Centre
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Study Plans

The study plans ? given are examples of pathways through this degree. For a complete description, see the program rules.

Level I

Semester 1

Semester 2

* Students who have undertaken SACE Stage 2 Specialist Maths will be required to enrol in Maths IA followed by Maths IB. Students who have not taken SACE Stage 2 Specialist maths will be required to enrol in Maths IMA followed by Maths IA and Maths IB in summer semester to complete the requirements at Level 1.

^ Students with a Subject Achievement score of at least 13 in SACE Stage 2 Chemistry or equivalent must enrol in CHEM 1100 Chemistry IA / CHEM 1200 Chemistry IB. All other students must enrol in CHEM 1101 Foundations of Chemistry IA / CHEM 1201 Foundations of Chemistry IB.
Level II

Semester 1

  • CHEM ENG 2014 Process Engineering IIA (3 units)
  • CHEM 2510 Chemistry IIA (3 units)
  • CHEM ENG 2012 Principles of Pharmaceutical Engineering (3 units)
  • CHEM ENG 2010 Introduction to Process Simulation (3 units)

Semester 2

  • CHEM ENG 2011 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (3 units)
  • CHEM ENG 2018 Process Engineering IIB (3 units)
  • CHEM ENG 2015 Principles of Biotechnology 2 (3 units)
  • CHEM 2540 Medicinal & Biological Chemistry 2 (3 units)
Level III

Semester 1

  • CHEM ENG xxxx Environmental Engineering & Sustainability (3 units)
  • CHEM ENG xxxx Pharmaceutical Engineering Applications A (3 units)
  • CHEM ENG xxxx Pharmaceutical Engineering Applications B (3 units)
  • PHARM 2002 Drugs, Chemicals & Health (3 units)

Semester 2

  • CHEM ENG xxxx Pharmaceutical Engineering Projects & Expt Design III (3 units)
  • CHEM ENG xxxx Pharmaceutical Plant Design & Process Engineering (3 units)
  • CHEM 3214 Medicinal & Biological Chemistry III (3 units)
  • CHEM ENG xxxxx Advanced Pharmaceutical Unit Operations (3 units)
Level IV

Semester 1

  • PHARM 3009 Fundamentals of Drug Development (3 units)
  • CHEM ENG xxxx Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (Validation & Regulation) & Packaging Systems (3 units)
  • CHEM ENG 4018 Industrial Economics & Management (3 units)
  • CHEM ENG xxxx Particulate Processes & Colloid Science (3 units)

Semester 2

  • CHEM ENG xxxx Pharmaceutical Plant Design Project (includes lectures on Process Safety & Management) (6 units)
  • CHEM ENG xxxx Pharmaceutical Engineering Research Project (3 units)
  • Elective (3 units)
Electives
  • LAW xxxx Intellectual Property Law (3 units)
  • MECH ENG 2019 Dynamics & Control I (3 units)
  • CHEM ENG 4008 Biochemical Engineering (3 units)
  • CHEM ENG xxxx Statistical Quality Control (3 units)
  • CHEM ENG xxxx Design of Batch Processes (3 units)
  • CHEM ENG xxxx Materials in Biomedical Applications (3 units)
  • CHEM ENG xxxx Molecular Engineering (3 units)

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Career Opportunities

Pharmaceutical Engineers can work in diverse fields such as: 

  • Pharmaceutical
  • Nanotechnology
  • Biotechnology
  • Biomedical
  • Food & Food Additives
  • Nutrition
  • Cosmetics & Personal Products

Graduates will be capable of directing development, commercialisation and manufacturing of components within the pharmaceuticals industry. With a global labour shortage, graduates will command lucrative national and international career opportunities. Further graduates of this program will have the flexibility and option to practice as a Chemical Engineer.



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Graduate Attributes

The objective of the undergraduate Chemical Engineering programs is to produce graduates with following attributes:

  • The ability to apply knowledge of basic science and engineering fundamentals.
  • Ability to communicate effectively, not only with engineers but also with the community at large.
  • In-depth technical competence in at least one chemical engineering discipline.
  • Ability to utilise a systems approach to design and operational performance.
  • Ability to function effectively as an individual and in multi-disciplinary and multicultural teams; with the capacity to be a leader or manager as well as an effective team manager.
  • Understanding the social, cultural, global and environmental responsibilities of the professional engineer, and the need for sustainable development.
  • Understanding of professional and ethical responsibilities and commitment to them; and expectation of the need to undertake lifelong learning, and capacity to do so.
  • Ability to focus on the integration of process safety considerations with environmental concerns, waste minimisation, and control system specifications.
  • Confidence to tackle real-world problems and issues central to engineering and to work as individuals and cooperatively in multidisciplinary and multicultural teams.
  • Enthusiasm and interest for undertaking life-long learning and the continual updating of their engineering skills.

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