Careers with a Biomedical Sciences degree
The skills you gain from a Biomedical Sciences degree are useful to many healthcare-related jobs. Take a look at the diverse career opportunities available.
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What can you do with a Biomedical Sciences degree?
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Career options with a Biomedical Sciences degree
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Who employs Biomedical Sciences graduates?
What can you do with a Biomedical Sciences degree?
A degree in Biomedical Sciences gives you a deep understanding of the human body and how to support the diagnosis and treatment of disease. You’ll learn how to carry out lab tests and conduct medical research for issues like infection, immunity, genetics, cancer and stress.
This opens the doors to professional roles that aim to improve people’s health and wellbeing, from diagnostic medicine and dentistry to public health and policy. Commercial sector and pharmaceutical opportunities include medical technology, clinical trials, drug discovery, communication, informatics and sales.
Many graduates continue their studies pursuing an area of interest through a postgraduate degree.
Career options with a Biomedical Sciences degree
Biomedical Sciences graduates go into careers like:
- Analytical chemist
- Anatomist
- Biomedical scientist
- Biotechnologist
- Clinical scientist
- Forensic scientist
- Geneticist
- Medical physicist
- Medicinal chemist
- Microbiologist
- Physician associate
- Research scientist
- Teacher or lecturer
- Technician
- Toxicologist
Other potential opportunities include:
- Animal biochemist
- Crime scene investigator
- Environmental scientist
- Food scientist
- Haematologist
- Occupational therapist
- Medical sales representative
- Neuroscientist
- Science journalist
Who employs Biomedical Sciences graduates?
Examples of employers looking for graduates with biomedical skills:
- NHS
- Public Health England
- AstraZeneca
- Medical Research Council
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Alzheimer’s Society
- Health and Safety Executive
If you go into research, you might look for work with:
- Universities
- Research institutes
- Government-funded laboratories
- Charities
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