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Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs,
MS
Since 1968, Temple's QA/RA program has played a significant role in training pharmaceutical company personnel in regulations and quality principles and practices. Its courses meet the career requirements of entry-, associate-, and mid-level managers in the pharmaceutical and related industries. The program provides students with a broad knowledge of the industry, fostering their professional development and preparing them for supervisory and mangerial positions.
Campus
Location:
Fort Washington
The MS is offered in its entirety on evenings and weekends at Fort Washington.
Students are able to complete the degree program through classes offered after 4:30 p.m. Students able to complete the degree program on a part-time basis (8 credit hours or less per semester).
Department
Information
QA/RA Office
425 Commerce Drive
Suite 175
Fort Washington, PA 19034
qara@blue.temple.edu
215.591.2333
Ranking:
Established in 1968, Temple's QA/RA master's degree is widely recognized as the oldest and most comprehensive and most resepcted academic program of its type in the world.
Accreditation:
False
Areas
of Specialization:
This is a non-thesis MS program. Faculty members are specialists in many areas, including Quality Assurance, Regulatory Affairs, Manufacturing, Validation, auditing, pharmaceutical, food, and device law, pharmaceutical labeling and advertising, IND/NDA submissions, and clinical trials management and operations.
Job
Placement:
Students find positioins in all areas of the industry, including big PhRMA and generic companies, clinical research organizations, medical devices and packaging, and biotechnology. Government agencies (including FDA) and healthcare providers are also represented.
Affiliation(s):
Each year the program sponsors a major conference with the pharmaceutical industry and the US FDA, focusing on current regulatory and quality issues.
Interdisciplinary
Study :
The program fosters interdisciplinary study with pharmaceutical sciences and technology.
Study
Abroad:
Licensure:
False
Non-degree
Student Policy:
Students may complete a maximum of three courses (9 semester hours), before formally applying for admission. New students are strongly encouraged to complete "Drug Development" (Pharmaceutics 459) and then "Food and Drug Law" (Pharmaceutics 592) before taking any electives.
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