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Pharmaceutical Engineering – Medicines

Architecture and EngineeringHealth, Therapy and Complementary MedicineIndustry and Manufacturing

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Where to study it

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What you study

Pharmaceutical engineering focuses on the processes involved in planning, manufacturing, and developing drugs, from research and production of a drug’s active ingredient, a chemical or biological molecule, through the design of systems suited to manufacturing the drug, management of production lines, quality control, and more. The degree provides comprehensive training in basic sciences such as chemistry, biochemistry, mathematics, and physics, as well as advanced courses in pharmaceutical engineering, including genetic engineering, pharmaceutical biotechnology, quality assurance and pharmaceutical regulation, microbiology and protein expression in cells, immunology, fundamentals of pharmacology, fundamentals of pharmacokinetics, industrial pharmaceutical technology, drug development, and more.

After the degree

Graduates’ salaries are about average 16,600 ₪ average monthly salary 5–6 years after graduation(average across all institutions)

In short, in plain words

In pharmaceutical engineering, students learn about the design, production, and development of medicines.

The program includes basic sciences such as chemistry, mathematics, and physics, as well as courses in the field, such as pharmaceutical biotechnology and immunology.

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Admitted students and graduates — by type of institution

average across colleges

  • Program length: 4 years
  • Average bagrut score of admitted students: 102 points
  • Average psychometric score 520 points

average across all institutions

  • Program length: 4 years
  • Average bagrut score of admitted students: 102 points
  • Average psychometric score 520 points

An unofficial guide. Every fact comes from a public source — the institutions' sites, the Council for Higher Education, the Labor Ministry's Avodata, the Ministry of Defense — and links to it. Requirements change: check the institution's site before you apply.

How the data was collected

  • The Council for Higher Education register of institutions and programs — 2 Oct 2026
  • Avodata, Ministry of Labor: fields, employment and pay — 2023 data, collected 2 Oct 2026
  • Institutions' sites: admission requirements — checked 2 Oct 2026–5 Oct 2026
  • The Russian, English and French text is machine-translated and reviewed; where they differ, the Hebrew original prevails

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