Chemical Engineer to Pharmacy

[Dancer5072]

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Hi I am a junior in High School and I plan to major in Chemical Engineering, and with that degree I want to go to Pharmacy school afterwards and work at a company like Pfizer afterwards. Is the degree that I want compatible for what I want to do? or am I completely insane. I absolutely love chemistry and I want to be involved with it for the rest of my life.

 

[PharmtoCS]

Go for a PhD in pharmacology instead. The majority of pharmacists work in settings where you use little or none of the chemistry you learn in school.

 

[Litha]

Agreed. I have my undergrad in Chemistry/Biochemistry and I use basically none of that knowledge in my pharmacy career. Go for the PhD if working in pharmaceuticals is what you are interested in.