Introduction
ENVIRONMENT
The fast-growing Pharmerging markets will worth 50% of the global pharmaceutical market in 2020, with an annual growth of 15% a year. Most pharmaceutical industries will have to increase their production and supply chain, in accordance with the international regulations, and to develop new dosage forms, in line with the best world standards.
STRONG POINTS OF THE SCHOOL/PROGRAM
IMT Mines Albi is accredited by the French Ministry of Industry and the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research
IMT Mines-Albi International Campus is located in the heart of the Europe’s highly innovative pharmaceutical industry
IMT Mines-Albi International Campus is located in Albi, UNESCO World heritage 2010.
Strong network of the industries and academic institutions
ADPHARMING Master is a unique Master taught entirely in English
Free French language courses
6-month master thesis in industry or in a research lab
Master boosted by the research department RAPSODEE (CNRS UMR 5302)
IMT Mines-Albi/RAPSODEE have more than 20 years of experience in Pharmaceutical engineering teaching and research
Strong network of the industries and academic institutions
An international team of international students
A quality-chartered “Welcome to International Students” package
Scholarships based on academic excellence are available for outstanding candidates
COURSE AIMS
ADPHARMING course offers challenging opportunities for students interested in developing a career in the pharmaceutical industry. ADPHARMING aims at developing a new kind of leaders with a global high-level training for R & D, drug production, quality management, lean management, logistics, and supply chain, in the field of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, biotechnology, etc.
PROGRAM
This is a full-time program of 2 years divided into four semesters: courses over 3 semesters followed by an internship of one semester in a company or in a research laboratory.
First semester: Introduction, scientific and technological bases. 30 ECTS Credits
Cultural and linguistic integration
Introduction to the pharmaceutical industry
Fundamental sciences for pharmacy
Transfer phenomena and thermodynamics
Bases of the pharmaceutical engineering
Initiation to the corporate world, visits
Generic tools for engineering
Project 1: Bibliography and presentation
Semester 2: Bases of pharmaceutical engineering, project and production management. 30 ECTS Credits
Pharmaceutical engineering today
Pharmaceutical engineering: process engineering, modeling.
Project management
Production management
Supply chain management
Lean management
Eco-design, circular economy, innovation
Control systems, sensors
French culture and language
Project 2: Research, modeling, industrial topics, innovation.
Semester 3: Advanced Pharmaceutical Engineering. 30 ECTS Credits
Specificities of international pharmaceutical companies
Regulatory agencies
Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
Mechanism of drugs action
QbD, PAT
Green processes for pharmacy
Pharmaceutical processes & development.
Pharmaceutical engineering: dosage forms, advanced and innovative galenics.
Quality management system, QRM
Pharmaceutical environment (clean rooms…)
French culture and language
Project 3: Research and/or industry oriented
Semester 4: MSc Thesis. 30 ECTS Credits
- 6-month MSc thesis in Industry or in a research lab (France or international).
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Participants must hold a Bachelor of Science or Engineering degree with related major (Chemical Engineering, Chemical Sciences, Pharmaceutical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences, etc.) or an equivalent degree. Participants holding a first industrial experience are also welcome. Online application:
COMPETENCIES ACQUIRED
Global learning outcomes:
Advanced knowledge of the specificities of the international pharmaceutical industry
Advanced knowledge and ability to use the specific international regulations of pharmaceutical industry
An in-depth knowledge of the drug life cycle.
Strong ability to use state of the engineering sciences, technology, and regulatory aspects to conceive and develop innovative drugs by advanced galenics
Strong ability to use the pharmaceutical engineering to design pharmaceutical processes in a sustainable way.
Strong ability to develop and produce generic drugs and biosimilars,
Good ability to manage and supervise the pharmaceutical quality
Good ability to use Quality by Design and PAT.
Understanding of the strategies and methodologies of management: management techniques, techniques of lean design and management, manufacturing and management, project management, planning techniques, financial analysis and cost management, resource management, risk analysis methods
Good ability to lead a complex project in compliance with quality procedures, to take into account the Good Manufacturing Practices and regulations; to develop a sense of responsibility and of decision-making; and an ability to act effectively.
Good ability to integrate into real working life, into an organization, to animate and evolve in it: project management, communication ...
Strong ability to work in an international context: fluency in English, cultural and international awareness, knowledge of French culture & language
The opportunity to enter a high-level career in the pharmaceutical industry or to continue the preparation of a doctoral thesis.
TYPICAL JOBS
The master ADPHARMING was created to satisfy the growing needs of the dynamic mundial pharmaceutical industry sector. ADPHARMING course offers challenging opportunities for young students interested in the pharmaceutical industry. It has the ambition to train them and produce experts and skilled managers. Today, making the critical decision needs a global high-level training including science, technology, quality, management, regulatory knowledge, sustainability and know-how in the pharmaceutical field. ADPHARMING aims at developing this new kind of leaders, for Galenic R & D, drug production, lean management, logistics, and supply chain… Choosing ADPHARMING allows you to pilot and boost your career in the pharmaceutical industry with a high return on investment, in a variety of positions:
R&D manager in advanced galenics
Formulation project leader
Quality system manager
PAT project manager
Pilot Plant manager
Plant performance & process excellence manager
Auditor, Consultant or Expert in the field
Production Planner, Production Analyst
Deputy Head of Bioproduction
Lean project manager or leader
Supply chain manager
QA - Supplied Materials manager
Technology transfer manager/supervisor
