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Is chemical engineering a good major to go into the pharmaceutical field?

  • I'm nearing the end of my junior year and am working on college applications. I'm almost certainly staying in-state, and one school I want to go to in particular has chemical engineering. As a future career, I'm considering chemical engineering, pharmaceutical engineering, or being a pharmacist. I'm still unsure which route I want to take, but they're all chemistry-related. The pharmaceutical field is of high interest for me, but I don't immediately want to try jumping into that specific route, as I still want to keep chemical engineering open. Is chemical engineering a good major if I do eventually decide to go onto pharmacy school? I've heard of people getting general chemistry majors before pharmacy school, but I'm not sure on chemical engineering. Thanks in advance!

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    If you study chemical engineering, then you will certainly find a job in the drug industry. The reason is that they want to produce drugs, and you will know mass and energy transfer, plus unit operations in production. Also process chemistry. Chemical engineering is not a good opening to pharmacy. Pharmacy is a five-year major with hundreds of hours of internship at a drug store after that. Then, you're working in a drug store and not doing much chemical engineering.

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I was originally a pre-pharmacy student but after working as a pharmacy technician at a retail store, I quickly found out that it wasn't the right career for me. You can pretty much major in anything you want to be a pharmacist. What you need to do is just complete all the prerequisites each pharmacy school has. Many pharmacy schools also have a 6 year program where you are guaranteed a spot at the pharmacy school. In order to be admitted into this program you need to have stellar HS record (I did NOT have this). You will have to spend 2 years completing the pharmacy school's prerequisites by taking classes such as chemistry, organic chemistry, biology, physics, calculus, etc, maintain a certain GPA and then you will automatically be admitted to the pharmacy school where you will spend another 4 professional years. If your HS stats are not so good, you can just complete the prerequisites in any university while majoring in anything you like but the downside of this is that you have to take a standardized test called the PCAT and will normally take you at least 3 years to complete in addition to the 4 professional years after you are admitted to the pharmacy school of your choice. If you are still unsure about you want to do, I recommend you doing the 2nd option that I mentioned. This route will open up many opportunities since you are not strictly just going to be completing the prerequisites.

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