Department of FS&T

Graduate Programs in Health Product Risk Management

Virginia Tech offers both a Master of Science degree and a Graduate Certificate for professionals in the pharmaceutical, medical products, and food processing industries.

Why Consider Graduate Study in Health Product
Risk Management?

For healthcare product manufacturers, risk management is a key activity that is linked to the success of the organization due to the direct impact on customer health and safety. Both the certificate and master's degree programs are designed to meet the training needs of healthcare product professionals involved with managing risk. Professionals who attend these courses will be better equipped to assist their organizations by:

  • Improving company processes related to risk.
  • Controlling risk and improving product risk profiles.
  • Making better recall decisions based on risk science principles.
  • Providing insights for future developments in the Risk Management field.

The online program has been designed, created, and taught to be convenient and practical for working professionals.

Application Deadlines

Spring 2012:
December 1

Summer I 2012:
April 15

Summer II 2012:
June 1

Fall 2012:
July 1


PDFStudent Handbook (PDF)