Internship: Project on bulk freeze-drying process, Belgium – 2025

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Education required: You are regularly enrolled in a Master’s in Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering, Biology or similar master course in an Educational Establishment located in Europe.
Language requirement: English (must), French and/or Italian are a plus.
Other requirements: Skills in analysing data in Excel, Matlab or other data analysis/postprocessing software; understanding of good laboratory practice; knowledge in heat and mass transfer phenomena. 
Expected start date: As soon as possible
Duration: Minimum 6 months
Work arrangements: On site (Rixensart, Belgium)
Requisite: The internship must be mandatory & done in the framework of the curriculum, for which an agreement must be signed between GSK, the student and the Educational Establishment.
Remuneration: according to Belgian legal requirements, the internship will not be paid. However, some expenses will be reimbursed. 
Application deadline: We will close this vacancy when we have enough applications, so please apply as soon as you can to be considered.

Are you looking to gain valuable world work experience and help to positively impact the health of billions of people? Apply for a GSK Internship today!

A GSK internship offers you the opportunity to kickstart your career – to take on a real role with genuine impact!  You’ll take on challenging, serious work on live projects or assignments.  You’ll also get to learn from us, develop your skills and gain valuable experience for wherever the future takes you.

What will you do? 

• Perform an exhaustive bibliography on bulk freeze-drying; 

• Propose experimental strategies, perform experiments and analyse data to characterize heat transfer in bulk freeze-drying;

• Propose experimental strategies, perform experiments and analyse data to characterize mass transfer in bulk freeze-drying;

• Final report of the activities (in English).

What are we looking for? 

• Passion for research, hard-worker; 

• Interest in the pharmaceutical world; 

• Knowledge of thermodynamics, heat and mass transport phenomena is a must; knowledge in polymer science is a plus; 

• Quick learner, adaptable to stand alone work or work within a multicultural team.

• Use of Excel; knowledge in programming languages and modelling software (e.g. Matlab); basic knowledge in the graphic interface development;

• Adaptability to change and working under pressure

• Excellent communication skills 

• Strong problem-solving skills driven by curiosity

Let’s do this!

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GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

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