What to do with a Chemical science caste

Explore the careers you might exist interested in going into later on studying a Chemistry degree.

Chemistry student in a lab at the University of Sussex

What tin you do with an undergraduate Chemistry caste?

Chemistry students can go into a diverseness of careers.

If you decide to study at Sussex, you'll undertake cadre modules before choosing from a range of option modules in year three, allowing you lot to tailor your concluding year to your interests. You'll also practise your skills in laboratory sessions.

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What jobs can you lot become with an undergraduate Chemistry degree?

Jobs may include, merely are not limited to:

  • belittling, formulation, medicinal or procedure chemist
  • chemic or geochemical engineer
  • biotechnologist
  • [jobs in] drug discovery and chemical industries
  • environmental, forensic or materials scientist
  • food technologist
  • nanotechnologist
  • patent chaser
  • pharmacologist
  • scientific discipline writer
  • scientific laboratory technician
  • teacher
  • toxicologist
  • auditor
  • banking
  • IT consultant
  • journalist
  • management consultant
  • marketer or salesperson.

If you haven't studied a degree notwithstanding, and y'all're because a Chemistry course, you lot may want to browse our:

  • undergraduate Chemistry courses
  • Masters Chemistry courses.

What do our Chemistry graduates do?

Hear from some of our Chemical science graduates nigh their careers beyond Sussex:

  • Joseph Newcombe – Trainee Patent Attorney
  • Promise Aitchison – Technology Consultant
  • Emma Coakley – Trainee Chartered Auditor
  • Adam Heins – Gamble Advisory Manager
  • Hester Bristles – Mail service-doctoral Researcher
  • Lisa Wootton – Spectroscopy and separations scientist, Evotech
  • Charlotte Averre – Head of Science at international school
  • Jack Hayes – Stock-still income and derivatives specialist.

Skills

You may develop skills including:

  • analysis and problem solving
  • independent thinking
  • working in a laboratory
  • numerical and data analysis
  • exact communication
  • teamwork and communication
  • IT
  • scientific integrity and ethics
  • writing with scientifc rigour
  • creative thinking
  • commercial awareness
  • entrepreneurship.

At Sussex, you tin further develop your report skills by signing up for a range of workshops, tutorials and online resources.

Work experience and placements

You may be able to develop practical and technical experience during your degree through:

  • laboratory work
  • your terminal research project (if you do 1 as part of your course)
  • applying for inquiry schemes such equally our Inferior Research Associate scheme for undergraduate students.

At Sussex, during your degree, you can too choose to use for one of the below:

  • a professional placement
  • a inquiry placement (y'all may able to do a enquiry placement if you are a high-performing student on a selected scientific discipline course)
  • an integrated placement if it is a requirement for a course.

This may help yous proceeds skills and work experience before you graduate. You'll exist responsible for applying for and securing your placement. Find out more than about placements and internships at Sussex.

You may want to look for piece of work experience opportunities in your ain time at organisations, such as:

  • regime departments
  • inquiry institutes and universities
  • pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies
  • companies working in agricultural chemicals, plastics, metals and petrochemicals.

What can you exercise with a Masters in Chemistry?

You might desire to pursue a career in any of the to a higher place jobs. Or you could think nearly standing your education further.

At Sussex, we offer research (PhD) degrees in the following subject area areas:

  • Biochemistry
  • Chemistry
  • Genetics.

You may so be able to get into an academic career, including roles such as:

  • researcher
  • college education lecturer
  • professor.

For more than data virtually what to do afterward a Chemistry degree, meet the Prospects website.

If you're a current student, run into more advice from our careers section.

You lot might likewise be interested in:

  • Biochemistry
  • Biological science
  • Biomedical Science
  • Genetics
  • Neuroscience.