Program Overview

KE2331 Pharmaceutical Technology

The course KE2331 Pharmaceutical Technology is a 7.5 credit course that focuses on the manufacturing of pharmaceuticals, specifically the process steps from active pharmaceutical ingredient to final formulation. It covers pharmaceutical unit operations for the manufacture of solid dosage forms, with an emphasis on batch processing and agitated tank operations in multi-purpose, multi-product plants.

Course Contents

The course gives a detailed description and analysis of the unit operations crystallization, agitation and mixing, and drying, together with underlying physico-chemical theory. It also includes a description of dosage forms, pharmaceutical excipients, and important pharmaceutical unit operations such as granulation, grinding, and tableting.

Intended Learning Outcomes

After the course, the student should be able to:

• Describe manufacturing of pharmaceutical dosage forms, batch-wise pharmaceutical production processes, and the components and unit operations thereof
• Plan, design, and perform experiments to develop, design, or improve batch-wise processes for production of solid pharmaceutical forms
• Perform calculations over design, performance, operation, and scaleup/scaledown of pharmaceutical unit operations
• Analyse pharmaceutical production processes and propose safe, sustainable, technically feasible, and economically viable improvements or solutions to process problems

Literature and Preparations

Specific Prerequisites

• Completed degree project 15 credits
• 75 credits in chemistry or chemical engineering
• 20 credits in mathematics, numerical analysis, and/or data science
• English B/6

Literature

Information about course literature can be found in the course memo for the course offering or in the course room in Canvas.

Examination and Completion

Grading Scale

A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Examination

• LIT1 - Literature review, 1.5 credits, grading scale: P, F
• TEN1 - Written exam, 6.0 credits, grading scale: P, F

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students. If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years. The final grade of the course is determined based on an algorithm described in the course-PM.

Other Requirements for Final Grade

Classes with mandatory attendance are specified in the course information.

Examiner

Kerstin Forsberg

Ethical Approach

• All members of a group are responsible for the group's work
• In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used
• In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution

Further Information

Offered by

CBH/Chemical Engineering

Main Field of Study

Chemical Science and Engineering

Education Cycle

Second cycle

Information per Course Offering

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Course Details for Autumn 2026

• Start: 24 Aug 2026
• Duration: 24 Aug 2026 - 23 Oct 2026
• Periods: Autumn 2026: P1 (7.5 hp)
• Pace of study: 50%
• Application code: 10179
• Form of study: Normal Daytime
• Language of instruction: English

Contact

• Examiner: Kerstin Forsberg
• Course coordinator: Michael Svärd
• Teachers: Michael Svärd