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What can I do with a degree in Biosciences?
The below offers a selection of the destinations University of Exeter graduates from Biosciences have gone on to. The information below is not exhaustive, however it does highlight the range of job and further study options available to you after your studies.
If you would like to learn more about any of the jobs listed below you may wish to browse the job profiles on the Prospects website.
Careers with a degree in Biosciences
Recent Exeter Biosciences graduates have entered a wide range of careers. Some recent examples include:
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- Laboratory technicians
- Chartered and certified accountants
- Biochemists and biomedical scientists
- Teaching professionals
- Primary education teaching professionals
- Project support officers
- Authors, writers and translators
- Marketing associate professionals
- Biological scientists
- Natural and social science professionals
- Archivists and curators
- Chemical scientists
- Taxation experts
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- Conservation professionals
- Web design professionals
- Biological scientists
- Laboratory technicians
- Welfare and housing associate professionals
- Public relations professionals
- Environment professionals
- Photographers, audio-visual and broadcasting equipment operators
- Archivists and curators
Remember…
Many employers accept applications from graduates with any degree subject, so don't restrict your thinking to the jobs listed above.
Other resources:
- Employment sector pages
- Panopto - Biosciences students can explore their career options via this interactive webcast video.
- Prospects to find out more about job profiles
- Association of Applied Biologists
- Association of British Science Writers
- Association of Clinical Scientists
- Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management
- Environment Agency
- Northern Ireland Environment Agency
- Scottish Environment Protection Agency
- Food Standards Agency
- Forensic Science Regulator
- Freshwater Biological Association
- Health and Safety Executive
- Public Health England
- Institute of Biomedical Science
- Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators
- Institution of Environmental Sciences
- Institution of Sustainability Professionals
- International Compliance Association
- International Entrepreneurs Association
- Medical Research Council
- National Blood Service
- The National Health Service
- Royal Agricultural Society of England
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Royal Horticultural Society
- The Royal Society
- Royal Society of Biology
- Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
- Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts
- Society for the Environment
- The Science and Technology Facilities Council
- The Science Council
- Voluntary Service Overseas
- World Health Organisation
- Graduate Outcomes Data to do a deep dive into the data on what Theology and Religion graduates do after their degree
- LinkedIn Exeter Biosciences alumni tool (you will need to be logged in to LinkedIn to access this functionality)
* Data taken from aggregating the responses from full-time, first degree, UK domiciled students who completed 2017/18 and 2018/19 Graduate Outcomes surveys (ordered from most popular to least).
Employers of Exeter alumni with a degree in Biosciences
Recent Exeter Biosciences graduates have entered a wide range of careers. Some recent examples include:*
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- Avon and Somerset Police
- Cawood Scientific
- Centrica
- Deloitte
- Environment Agency
- Ernst & Young
- Institute Of Physics Publishing
- Menarini Diagnostics
- Met Office
- NHS
- PA Consulting
- PepsiCo
- PKF Francis Clark
- PKF Littlejohn
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Sun Chemical
- Syngenta
- Thames Water
- University of Exeter
- Wiley Publishers
Cornwall
- AECOM
- CA Ecology
- Cornwall Science Community
- Corylus Ecology
- Darwin Ecology
- Ecology Partnership
- Ecology Solutions
- Fauna & Flora International
- Fishtek Consulting
- Harris Lamb - Property Consultants
- Intertek
- Jones and Sons Environmental Sciences
- Natural England
- NHS
- One Black Bear
- Society for the Protection of Turtles
- Sugro
- UKSTEM Ltd
- University of Exeter
- World Wildlife Fund
Other resources:
- LinkedIn Exeter Biosciences alumni tool (you will need to be logged in to LinkedIn to access this functionality)
* Data taken from aggregating the responses from full-time, first degree, UK domiciled students who completed 2017/18 and 2018/19 Graduate Outcomes surveys.
Skills
An Exeter Biosciences degree will arm you with some great employability skills including:
- Communicate effectively in an appropriate style and apply sustained written and oral arguments coherently and persuasively
- Analyse and critically examine diverse forms of verbal and text-based communication
- Gather, sift, interpret and organise substantial quantities of diverse information in structured ways
- Exercise independent thought and judgement in handling information and arguments in a critical and self-reflective manner
- Comprehend and develop intricate concepts in an open-ended way that involves an understanding of aims and consequences
- Work with others through the presentation of ideas and information and the collective negotiation of solutions
Further Study
Around 46% of Exeter graduates in History go on to pursue further study within 15 months of completing their undergraduate degree. Some recent progression routes include:
- MPh/MRes/PhD Biological Sciences
- MPH Medical Studies
- MRes Ecosystem and Environmental Change
- MSc Animal Behaviour
- MSc Applied Data Science and Statistics
- MSc Applied Marine Science
- MSc Bioarchaeology (Zooarchaeology)
- MSc Biodiversity and Conservation
- MSc Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- MSc Conservation and Biodiversity
- MSc Environment and Human Health
- MSc Evolutionary and Behavioural Ecology
- MSc Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture
- MSc Forensic Science
- MSc Genomic Medicine
- MSc Global Sustainability Solutions
- MSc Health Data Science
- MSc Immunology
- MSc in Evolutionary and Behavioural Ecology
- MSc Marine Environmental Management
- MSc Public Health
- MSc Science Communication
- MSc Surveying and Land/Environmental Management
- MSc Toxicology
- PGCE Secondary Science
Some went on to study other degrees including*:
- Adult Health Nursing
- Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
- Graduate Diploma in Law
- MSc Management
Useful resources:
- Find a Masters
- Masters Compare
- Masters Portal
- Prospects
- University of Exeter PG Study
- LinkedIn Exeter Biosciences alumni tool (you will need to be logged in to LinkedIn to access this functionality)
* Data taken from aggregating the responses from full-time, first degree, UK domiciled students who completed 2017/18 and 2018/19 Graduate Outcomes surveys.
**Individual course names were taken from the University of Exeter's Career Destination survey (2018/19 & 2019/20) as this information is not collected within the Graduate Outcomes survey.