Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Science

Combining chemical engineering with pharmaceutical science, this double degree course is unique in Australia and rare worldwide.

Chemical engineers can design, run and troubleshoot production facilities, but their training typically excludes the skills to develop pharmaceutical and related products. Similarly, formulation scientists can invent and test new products such as pharmaceuticals, food and cosmetics, but they lack the know-how to manage the product process beyond the laboratory stage.

This course combines chemical engineering and pharmaceutical science to produce professionals capable of covering the full spectrum of the pharmaceutical product design and development process.

Pharmaceutical engineers work in all aspects of the design and development process, from experimenting with innovative formulations to manufacturing commercialised products. A pharmaceutical engineer might:

• design, develop and improve industrial processes and equipment for large-scale chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing
• plan and test methods of manufacturing
• develop methods for the treatment of by-products
• devise production processes that are safe, efficient, profitable and environmentally sound
• research naturally occurring chemical reactions and copy these processes for society's benefit
• develop and implement cleaner production technologies
• design, develop and use new materials.