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Pharmaceutical Management Concentration (RBS)

Pharmaceutical Management


Rutgers Business School (RBS) offers a leading M.B.A. program for health care, pharmaceutical, and biotech professionals, an education bolstered by the school's proximity and its connections to the hub of industry activity in New Jersey.

RBS partners with such companies as Bayer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eisai, Johnson & Johnson, and Novartis to provide M.B.A. students focused on pharmaceutical management with distinct advantages. The partnerships help to support a prestigious industry scholars program industry scholars program that provides scholarships to cover in- or out-of-state tuition for eligible students, offers meaningful internship opportunities, and enhances employment prospects with industry giants.

Concentration Requirements (15 Credits)

Dual Primary Concentration Requirements: Pharmaceutical Management students that wish to have a dual Primary Concentration with Marketing, must take 22:630:604 Marketing Research as one of their chosen electives. 

In addition, students must complete: 

  • 22:630:609 Marketing Strategy – as Marketing required

  • 1 additional Marketing elective from the elective Marketing courses

Restrictions: There is no secondary concentration option for the Pharmaceutical Management concentration.

Required Courses (9 Credits)

Course #

Course Name

Credit(s)

STEM (Y/N)

22:223:607

Pharmaceutical Industry: Issues, Structure & Dynamics 

3

N

22:373:621

Ethics in the Pharmaceutical Industry

3

N

22:373:622

U.S. Healthcare System & Pharmaceutical Managed Markets 

3

N

Elective Courses(6 Credits)

Course #

Course Name

Credit(s)

STEM (Y/N)

22:630:604

Marketing Research

3

Y

22:630:618

Pharmaceutical Product Management

3

N

22:630:619

Managing the Pharmaceutical Sales Organization

3

N

22:630:684

Market Access and Reimbursements for Drugs

3

Y

Rutgers STEM M.B.A.

Students can now earn a STEM M.B.A..  To qualify, students must take a minimum of half of their credits in STEM-designated courses (25-30 credits). The Core Curriculum provides 9 STEM credits. Please use the STEM Link below to view all STEM courses.

STEM Designated Course List

Course List and Descriptions