Careers with a bioscience degree
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This map gives most of the common career options open to new graduates with a bioscience or biology degree.
This map gives most of the common career options open to new graduates with a bioscience or biology degree.
Postgraduate Study
Postgraduate Study
About 40% of UK bioscience graduates opt to do postgraduate study for a PhD or Master's degree. This is partly because grants are more easily available in the Sciences for postgraduate study than in the Arts or Social Sciences. It should be remembered though that postgraduate study is not an easy option and research for a PhD will require dedication and determination to see things through over a period of 3 or more years. It is becoming quite rare now for bioscience graduaets to enter a PhD without having done a Master's degree first.
About 40% of UK bioscience graduates opt to do postgraduate study for a PhD or Master's degree. This is partly because grants are more easily available in the Sciences for postgraduate study than in the Arts or Social Sciences. It should be remembered though that postgraduate study is not an easy option and research for a PhD will require dedication and determination to see things through over a period of 3 or more years. It is becoming quite rare now for bioscience graduaets to enter a PhD without having done a Master's degree first.
Cancer Research UK http://science.cancerresearchuk.org offers about 25 funded PhD places per year (about £18,000 p.a.) They accept UK, EU and non-EU students. Closing date is usually late November and you need to be expecting a good 2:1 or first and must have some research experience.
Cancer Research UK http://science.cancerresearchuk.org offers about 25 funded PhD places per year (about £18,000 p.a.) They accept UK, EU and non-EU students. Closing date is usually late November and you need to be expecting a good 2:1 or first and must have some research experience.
Jobs entered by UK BSc bioscience graduates soon after graduation
Jobs entered by UK BSc bioscience graduates soon after graduation
Who employs bioscientists?
Who employs bioscientists?
INDUSTRY
INDUSTRY
- Pharmaceutical - GSK, Pfizer, Astra-Zeneca etc.
- Agrochemical - Akzo Nobel etc.
- Cosmetics and Toiletries Industries
- Food and Drink - Nestle, Cadbury-Schweppes etc.
- Water Companies
- Contract Laboratories
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR
- Hospitals
- Health Protection Agency www.hpa.org.uk formerly the Public Health Laboratory Service. Diagnostic service for hospitals.
- Blood Transfusion Service
- Cancer Research Institutes
- Civil Service Laboratories - agriculture and fisheries, forensic science, defence.
- Research Council Laboratories -MRC/AFRC/NERC
- Universities
