Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Master's Program

A host of organizations, including pharmaceutical companies, biotech firms, personal care products and cosmetics are in desperate need of trained professionals who can command new technologies, manage modern facilities and steward quality assurance processes under high regulatory scrutiny.

Stevens’ master’s degree program in pharmaceutical management—which is available fully online—offers maximum flexibility for professionals already working in this rapidly changing field. Here, you’ll gain advanced expertise in the technology that powers pharmaceutical manufacturing as well as the skills to lead teams and solve challenging problems. Our graduates have gone on to careers at top firms such as Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Pfizer and Regeneron. With Stevens’ flexible curriculum, you can choose a fast-tracked degree path where you take courses over the summer and you can finish in just one year.

Designed for Busy Professionals

Quickly build skills in your current industry or gain skills to transition to a new field with one of these graduate certificates:

• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing >

• Validation, Compliance and Quality >

Credits from these classes can also apply toward a master’s degree.

The Pharmaceutical Manufacturing master's program at Stevens is available on campus or fully online. Visit the link below to learn more about and apply to the online program.

Join a Top 40 Online Graduate Engineering Program

Stevens is ranked among the top 40 in the U.S. for "Best Online Graduate Engineering Programs" in 2025 by U.S. News and World Report.

The Stevens Advantage: Widen Your Career Options

With a projected shortage of engineers through 2030, now is the time to get your engineering degree. But to compete in today’s career climate, graduates must adapt to rapidly-evolving technologies impacting all corners of the job market, like generative AI. At Stevens, you’ll learn the in-demand skills you need to fill the talent gap. Our core curriculum – infused with AI electives and hands-on education opportunities – develops the deep expertise, critical thinking, interdisciplinary collaboration, and entrepreneurial savvy required to thrive in a technologically disrupted marketplace.

You can choose to pursue a dual degree, earning an MBA from the Stevens School of Business at the same time you complete your pharmaceutical manufacturing master’s degree. Stevens’ location also offers a wealth of networking opportunities with leading pharmaceutical and personal care product companies with headquarters in New York and New Jersey.

• Core AI Curriculum: To help build the next iteration of an AI-competent workforce, our standard graduate curricula is infused with core and elective artificial intelligence courses.

• Graduate Cooperative Education Program: Available with two tracks, your co-op experience can serve as a starting point for a research project or augment your on-campus research with complimentary experience.

• International Student Experience: Tap into our expanding worldwide network of research, academic and alumni partners and mentor with our expert faculty in a number of federally-designated STEM degree programs. Optional Practical Training (OPT) or Curricular Practical Training (CPT) is available to gain work experience in your major/field of study.

• State-of-the-Art Research Labs and Facilities: Build, tinker and test your designs in Stevens' MakerCenter, Prototype and Object Fabrication Lab, or numerous other research facilities.

• Research Opportunities: Renowned faculty, labs and research centers – as well as industry partnerships and funding from leading national agencies – support strategic and interdisciplinary research in engineering and science.

More opportunities for Stevens graduate students include:

• Wide selection of Graduate Certificates

• Student Organizations

• Optional research or clinical thesis

• Credit for on-the-job projects with your current employer

• Extensive hands-on laboratory experience

• Research with clinical collaborators

Find out more about life as a graduate student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stevens by visiting the links below.