To train professionals of the highest level in the field of Pharmaceutical Engineering, who contribute to the welfare and national technological development, through the application and generation of knowledge that is linked to the needs of the productive and social sectors. To generate through research activities, knowledge, goods, and technological services that contribute to the promotion of pharmaceutical science in the country.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE AREA

• Verbal reasoning.
• Mathematical reasoning.
• Spanish: Reading comprehension, grammar.
• Basic Mathematics.
• Basic Biology.
• Basic Physics.
• Basic Chemistry.
• History.
• Philosophy.
• Administration and quality.
• The Socio-Economic environment of Mexico.

AREA OF SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE

• Physics for the area of Engineering and Physical Mathematical Sciences.
• Background in physics.
• Statics.
• Kinematics.
• Dynamics.
• Properties of matter.
• Thermodynamics.
• Electrostatics.
• Electrodynamics.
• Electrochemical sources.
• Electromagnetism.
• Engineering mathematics.
• Arithmetic and algebra.
• Geometry and trigonometry.
• Analytic Geometry.
• Differential calculus.
• Integral calculus.
• Probability and statistics.

LANGUAGE AREA

• English: Reading comprehension.

KNOWLEDGE

Mastery of Physical-Mathematical and Chemical-Biological sciences, including other disciplines such as Communication Sciences, relevant for the development of Pharmaceutical Engineering and the sustainable use of natural resources. Engineering of production and recovery of biological products, with emphasis on the processes of purification of drugs for human use Frontier knowledge in emerging areas of knowledge:

• Proteomics, Genomics, Metabolic, Nanobiotechnology, and Bioinformatics.
• Social development, ethics, economics, and administration are relevant to the understanding of the economic-social environment, the development of self-employment capacity, and the development of technology-based companies.
• Grammar, phonetics, and syntax in Spanish and English.

SKILLS

Upon completion of the Pharmaceutical Engineering Curriculum, the graduate will develop the skills to

• Design, develop, operate and optimize bioprocesses for the production and recovery of biotechnological products.
• Oral and written communication (Spanish and English).
• Logical thinking.
• Information search and analysis.
• The conjunction of interdisciplinary knowledge.
• Adaptability and social coexistence.
• Organization of work teams.
• Resource management.
• Execution of coordinated work.

ATTITUDES AND VALUES

Students should strengthen the attitudes and values inherent in a Polytechnic professional, such as:

• Honesty
• Respect
• Tolerance
• Perseverance
• Social responsibility
• Availability to work
• Permanent updating
• Continuous improvement

The requirements to become a student at the Institute are:

1. To comply with the academic background and other requirements indicated in the respective call for applications.
2. To take the admission exam for the higher level.
3. To be selected for admission.

The labor market can be divided into three main sectors: public, private, and research and development. Within these three sectors, the most important for the Pharmaceutical Engineer is the private sector, taking into account the multiple possibilities of development in the widely varied areas that exist in the sector and taking into account that most of the large pharmaceutical consortiums have production plants in our country. This involves the reception, analysis, and control of raw materials to the formulation, quality control, and packaging of the final product.

The coverage of these areas must necessarily include all the unitary operations involved in the areas of production, recovery, and purification of a drug, as well as the quality control and performance of each of the operations of the previous areas.

Pharmaceutical engineers will also have access to the areas of product process validation and equipment involved in the different areas of a pharmochemical company. It is worth mentioning that the positions to be filled in all the above-mentioned areas of this sector range from specialized technicians to management level.

• In the public sector, the labor market is more restricted since only some parastatal companies maintain production processes of pharma chemicals and therapeutic agents due to their social importance and their repercussions on the health of the Mexican population. However, these production plants follow the same guidelines described for the industrial sector.

• Finally, in the research and development sector, the recruitment of pharmaceutical engineers has an almost virgin field because in this sector it is necessary to complement knowledge with postgraduate studies; however, the emerging fields in the area of research and development for the production of new drugs, the development of diagnostic reagents and new therapeutic systems based on genetic engineering and molecular biology make it extremely attractive, since it must be taken into account that all these products have a biotechnological production and control base, which implies taking into account their eventual scaling up.

Check the list of subjects, credits and total hours of the program in:

• UPIBI
• UPIIG Campus Guanajuato