Is pharmaceutical engineering poor?

"I chose this major because of the recommendation of my relatives. The school's chemical industry is relatively strong (pharmaceutical engineering belongs to the Institute of Chemical Engineering). After entering the school, I found that most of my classmates transferred to this major with low scores, and the employment prospects were not optimistic. "

See your description, full of sense of sight.

My situation is somewhat similar to yours, except that I am a male, and I worked after graduation from pharmaceutical engineering in 1 1 year. I am not good at mixing, and I am not qualified to give you guidance. I just want to talk about my own experience in response to your question.

First of all, generally speaking, in the pharmaceutical industry, even in the chemical industry, the average salary level of production and R&D system is low, which is far lower than that of employees in IT, economy and other industries in Zhihu (I am a manufacturer, and the medical representative of sales only listens to my colleagues, and the specific situation is not clear). Sino-American SmithKline in Tianjin, Johnson & Johnson in Xi, and Pfizer in Dalian are all fairly average, while Novartis in Beijing and AstraZeneca in Suzhou are slightly better.

How much advantage does a master's degree have over a bachelor's degree in pharmaceutical companies? I think what is more important is their own level and opportunities, not their academic qualifications.

The advantage in the R&D position should still be obvious, because the undergraduates in the R&D department of pharmaceutical companies are basically experimenters now, and it is difficult to go up again. However, it is generally domestic pharmaceutical companies or outsourcing enterprises such as Wuxi PharmaTech that recruit employees for R&D positions. It seems that foreign companies don't recruit people in this field, at least in pharmaceutical engineering. As you and I both know, pharmaceutical engineering is a bit awkward. Chemistry is inferior to polymer, organic and inorganic majors, chemistry is inferior to chemical engineering and technology, and pharmacy is inferior to pharmacy, medicine and pharmacology. )

The advantage in the production post may not be obvious, because the content in the work is basically irrelevant to the content learned, but the basic salary is slightly higher. Examples around you are:

My undergraduate student B, 65438+2003, graduated with a master's degree (master's degree, 2-year system) and went to Novartis to work in workshop and production;

A, one year ahead of himself, 10 graduated with a bachelor's degree. He is also in Novartis, making production. Now is junior high school, B's superior; C, a junior, graduated from 12, also in Novartis, and at the same level as B, both are subordinates of A.

A job-hopping went to Pfizer some time ago, basically at the same level, and here it is also a small middle level.

I'm just a basic technician, let me cry for a while ...

The production system of pharmaceutical foreign enterprises has absorbed a large number of master students, some of whom are engaged in production management in the workshop, and some are engaged in QC or QA in the quality inspection department.

Of course, besides going to pharmaceutical companies, master students have more choices than undergraduates. After graduation, classmate D went to Tianjin University to study for a master's degree in pharmacy and went to the pharmacy department of a hospital in Tianjin. Another student studied for a master's degree in our school and was admitted to a hospital in Dalian. For example, hospitals and drug supervision departments are basically masters now, and undergraduates are not qualified to take the exam.

Whether girls are suitable to be medical representatives may depend on individuals, and not everyone can be a boy. I envy others for making more money, but I just can't talk. I don't know what to say when I meet strangers, so I can only stay in the office. Because medical representatives have to socialize, some girls may not be able to adapt to this at the wine table and in KTV.

How useful are licensed pharmacists? Frankly, it's basically useless. I took the exam last year and got the certificate this year. Now I am affiliated with a chain pharmacy, and the unit doesn't even know that I have this card.

It is useless for production and R&D work, which only shows that you have a solid grasp of the content when you go to school, and it is not very related to the work content.

Whether it is helpful to the market or sales, it cannot be said that it is not. When doing marketing propaganda or communicating with doctors, you need to know the chemical structure, pharmacological effects and adverse reactions of related drugs, but this has nothing to do with the certificate itself, but only with the knowledge reserve in this area.

If I go to work in a foreign company, I can think that the necessary knowledge is English.

Many emails are in English, and foreign companies often have to accept foreign audits and so on. If you can have a smooth conversation in English, there should be more opportunities. I really don't understand the rest, because I don't have it myself.