The master’s program in Pharmaceutical Management aims to train graduates to solve the many challenges facing the pharmaceutical industry, ranging from the need to lower drug development costs, to optimizing manufacturing and distribution costs, to managing supply chains for branded, generic and over-the-counter (OTC) products. Graduates will design and build solutions which combine systems management knowledge and a knowledge of pharmaceutical industry methods and processes.

The academic mission of the program is to enhance the skills of practicing professionals by providing advanced knowledge and skills that are needed to manage the development, manufacturing and distribution operations of pharmaceutical companies.

Specific learning outcomes include the ability to:

• Apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering to identify, formulate and solve problems.
• Integrate, model, continuously improve, control, and if necessary, redesign and enterprise activities
• Perform data analysis and optimization for enterprise decision-making.
• Facilitate systems engineering and project management.
• Function on multidisciplinary teams.
• Understand and exhibit professional and ethical responsibility.
• Communicate effectively.
• Possess the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental and societal context.