Bringing the Northeastern Co-op Experience to Toronto

Bringing the Northeastern Co-op Experience to Toronto

 

Experiential learning is central to Northeastern University’s vision of education in the 21st century. We are passionate about helping students to put knowledge into action, to make connections between the material that they learn in the classroom and challenges that arise in the world outside of the classroom. In this spirit, we encourage students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels to undertake co-op placements—full-time work experiences that are related to their field of study and that provide them with invaluable practical experience as they prepare to begin their careers.

Given Toronto’s diverse and fast-growing economy, we anticipate numerous experiential learning opportunities for students enrolled at our Toronto graduate campus. Indeed, these opportunities have already begun to materialize! In January of this year, one of the students in our MS in Regulatory Affairs for Drugs, Biologics, and Medical Devices program will begin a co-op placement at Synaptive Medical, a Toronto-based company specializing in the design and manufacture of neurosurgical hardware and software.

This co-op placement comes during an exciting period of growth for Synaptive. Formed in Canada in 2012, Synaptive has recently begun expanding to international markets, including the United States. In the Fall of last year, Synaptive reached out to Northeastern Toronto in search of a co-op student who could help tackle the numerous regulatory hurdles that come along with this expansion. This student would be responsible for researching regulatory requirements as they apply to particular products, briefing senior team members on those requirements, and preparing regulatory submission documents. Uniquely in the Canadian higher education marketplace, Northeastern’s MS in Regulatory Affairs for Drugs, Biologics, and Medical Devices provides the background necessary to take on such a role.

The MS in Regulatory Affairs for Drugs, Biologics, and Medical Devices program offers students an immersion in regulatory laws and procedures in the United States. At the same time, students learn to prepare regulatory submissions in the Common Technical Document (CTD) format, the mandatory format for new drug applications in the EU and Japan. Students in the program even have the opportunity to select International Regulatory Affairs as an area of concentration—offering them a detailed knowledge of regulatory processes in overseas markets such as Australia and Asia.

We are very encouraged by the close fit between our curriculum and Synaptive’s growth trajectory. The goal of all of Northeastern’s regional graduate campuses—in Toronto, Seattle, Charlotte, and Silicon Valley—is precisely to respond to local industry needs and to prepare students to take advantage of the most exciting and rewarding job opportunities available.

Individuals seeking more information about Northeastern’s Toronto campus and its programs—including the MS in Regulatory Affairs for Drugs, Biologics, and Medical Devices—can contact us by email at [email protected] or by phone at (888) 660-6938.

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