Careers in the Science and Mathematics sector (including Medical and Pharmaceutical)

Careers directly related to Chemistry

• Analytical Chemist
• Chemical Engineer (with further qualifications)
• Data Scientist
• Forensic Scientist
• Healthcare Communications
• Healthcare Scientist
• Medical Sales
• Quality Assurance
• Regulatory Affairs
• Sustainability Consultant

Careers where your degree would be useful

• Accountant
• Business Analyst
• Law
• Patent Attorney
• Science Writer

Resources to research career areas

• Cogent Science Career Pathways
• NHS Careers: Healthcare Science
• Prospects, What can I do with my Chemistry degree?
• RSC: 175 faces of chemistry
• RSC: A Future in Chemistry
• Sci - a multi-science and multidisciplinary forum where science meets business
• The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry careers page - contains case studies, lists of employers in the pharmaceutical sector, and advice on getting into industry.
• The Science Council - Working towards becoming a Registered Scientist
• Royal Society of Chemistry: Faces of Chemistry
• Vega Science Career Videos
• What is a Patent Attorney
• New Scientist Careers Guide
• What pharmaceutical firms look for in a successful graduate application

Further study at the University of Leicester

• Forensic Science and Criminal Justice MSc (distance learning)
• PGCE Secondary (Chemistry)
• Medicine MBChB

Further study elsewhere

• Find a Masters in Chemistry across the UK and Europe
• Find a PhD across the world

Where to find placements and graduate jobs

Useful company websites

• Covance
• MSD
• Lubrizol
• GSK
• RB
• John Innes Centre
• Nuclear Graduates
• Met Office
• Pfizer
• AstraZeneca
• Quanticate
• Costello Medical
• Veramed
• Science Group
• A Future in Chemistry

Chemistry specific jobs boards

• Pharmafield
• Star
• Pharmiweb- can search entry level pharma jobs.
• BioCity
• CK Science
• Jobs in Science
• ID Search and Selection
• Paramount Recruitment
• Zenopa
• Carrot Pharma
• Reed (This links to the ‘scientific’ filter of Reed and you can search by ‘suitable for graduates’.)

• Chemistry World Jobs
• New Scientist Jobs
• SRG - A science, engineering and technical recruiter
• Gradcracker - Search for internships, placements and graduate opportunities.
• TargetJobs - Browse opportunities, career sectors, internships and careers advice.
• Prospects - Search for graduate jobs. 
• STEM Graduates - Search for STEM specific graduate jobs.

Professional bodies

• The Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences
• The Royal Society of Chemistry
• The British Toxicology Society
• The Biochemical Society

Top Graduate Pharmaceutical Companies

• AstraZeneca
• GSK (Glaxosmithkline)
• Johnson & Johnson 
• Merck & Co
• Novartis
• Pfizer
• Roche
• Superdrug 

Careers directly related to Mathematics

• Actuary
• Business Analyst
• Engineer
• Operational Researcher
• Statistician
• Teaching

Careers where your degree would be useful

• Civil Service
• Finance
• Management consultancy
• Technology

Further study at the University of Leicester

• Actuarial Science with Data Analytics MSc, PGDip
• Data Analysis for Business Intelligence MSc
• PGCE Secondary

Further study elsewhere

• Find a Masters in Mathematics across the UK and Europe
• Find a PhD across the world

Websites

• Dolan Accountancy: How to become an accountant
• Maths Careers profiles
• Plus Magazine
• Prospects: What can I do with my degree
• Top Universities, What can you do with a Mathematics degree?
• The Science Council - Working towards becoming a Registered Scientist
• IMA - Real Life Applications of Maths
• Gradcracker - Search for internships, placements and graduate opportunities.
• TargetJobs - Browse opportunities, career sectors, internships and careers advice.
• Prospects - Search for graduate jobs. 
• STEM Graduates - Search for STEM specific graduate jobs.
• Ask in your department
• IMA Jobs and research opportunities
• London Mathematical Society Careers
• Maths Careers
• Who employs mathematicians – links to companies, many have graduate schemes
• GradCracker – search under ‘Science/Maths’, then ‘maths’

Videos

• Interviews with Mathematicians
• Where can studying Mathematics take you?

Materials

• IMA advice for mathematicians to advance their career

• Institute of Mathematics
• The London Mathematical Society
• The Royal Statistical Society
• The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

• Research Scientist (Medical)
• Research Scientist (Life Sciences)
• Meteorologist
• Clinical Research Associate
• Environmental Consultant

Careers where your degree would be useful

• Environmental Health Practitioner
• Forensic Scientist
• Science Writer
• Actuary
• Patent Examiner
• Secondary School Teacher
• Operational Researcher

• Find a Masters
• Find a PhD across the world

The following links to Prospects will give you further ideas about career options.

• Scientific Services
• Health
• Environment
• Gradcracker - Search for internships, placements and graduate opportunities
• TargetJobs - Browse opportunities, career sectors, internships and careers advice
• Prospects - Search for graduate jobs
• STEM Graduates - Search for STEM specific graduate jobs

• Association of Applied Biologists
• Association of British Science Writers
• Association of Clinical Scientists
• Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management
• The Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences (CSFS)
• Institute of Biomedical Science
• Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators
• Institution of Environmental Sciences
• The Royal Society
• Society for the Environment
• Society of Biology
• Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
• Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
• British Astronomical Association
• Institute of Physics
• Royal Astronomical Society
• The Science Council

• Biotechnologist
• Higher education lecturer
• Marine biologist
• Microbiologist
• Nanotechnologist
• Nature conservation officer
• Pharmacologist
• Research scientist (life sciences)
• Scientific laboratory technician
• Secondary school teacher
• Soil scientist
• Teaching laboratory technician

Jobs where a degree in these disciplines would be useful

• Animal physiotherapist
• Dental hygienist
• Dentist
• General practice doctor
• Health promotion specialist
• Clinical scientist, cardiac sciences
• Physician associate
• Science writer
• Sustainability consultant
• Veterinary nurse
• Zoologist

• Find a Masters
• Find a PhD across the world
• NHS Scientist Training Programme (STP): Postgraduate training involving three years of work-based training, leading to an accredited master's degree and certification of achievement in one of nine themed pathways
• PGCE, Secondary
• Teach First

Further Study Options at the University of Leicester

• Infection and Immunity MSc
• Cancer Molecular Pathology and Therapeutics MSc, PGCert
• Molecular Genetics MSc
• Cancer Cell and Molecular Biology MSc
• Bioinformatics MSc

Websites

• ABPI, case studies
• Generation Medics
• List of Biology Careers Resources
• NHS: explore roles
• NHS, training opportunities with a degree
• Prospects, what can I do with a Biology degree?
• Prospects, what can I do with a Biomedical science degree?
• TargetJobs, what can I do with a biology degree?
• Top Universities, what can you do with a Biology degree?

Videos

• Careers after biological sciences

Materials

• Nextsteps: Options After a Bioscience Degree

• MyCareers - Our website for vacancies and opportunities and internally through your department
• Gradcracker - Search for internships, placements and graduate opportunities
• TargetJobs - Browse opportunities, career sectors, internships and careers advice
• Prospects - Search for graduate jobs. 
• STEM Graduates - Search for STEM specific graduate jobs
• Ask in your department

 Biology specific websites

• Bioscience Careers
• Cogent Skills careers
• Nature Jobs
• RSB jobs
• Science Careers

• Biochemical Society
• Institute of Biomedical Scientists
• Royal Society of Biology
• The Academy of Medical Sciences
• The Association for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine
• The Society for General Microbiology

• Astronomer
• Engineer
• Higher Education Lecturer
• Meteorologist
• Research Scientist (life sciences)
• Research Scientist (medical)
• Science Writer
• Sound Engineer

Careers where a Physics degree would be useful

• Accountant
• Actuary
• Business Analyst
• Patent Attorney
• Secondary school teacher
• Software Engineer

• Find a Masters
• Find a PhD across the world

Further Study Options at the University of Leicester 

• Space Exploration Systems MSc, PGDip
• Satellite Data Science MSc
• Actuarial Science with Data Analytics MSc, PGDip

Websites

• Physics World
• IOP, your future with Physics
• The Science Council - Working towards becoming a Registered Scientist

Videos

• Vega

Materials

• IOP, the career paths of Physics graduates
• IOP, resources for students

Physics Specific Websites

• Bright Recruits
• Carbon60
• CERN Courier
• Earthworks Jobs
• Jobs in Science
• New Scientist
• Science Careers
• Cogent Skills
• Space Careers - Cofounded by Portia Bowman, Physics & an MSc in Space Exploration Systems University of Leicester Alumni
• Grad Cracker
• Inside careers
• Space Park Leicester
• Stellar Jobs

Top Company Websites

• TopCareer.jobs
• ATKINS
• AVEVA
• AWE
• BAE Systems
• BP
• CGI Group
• Cisco
• Diamond Light Source
• DESG
• DSTL
• EDF Energy
• European Patent Office
• Five.AI
• Institute of Physics “where to find a job”
• International Atomic Energy Agency
• International Energy Agency
• IONGroup
• ITER
• MTC
• MThree Consulting
• Nuvia
• OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
• Philips
• Photonis
• Rolls Royce
• Schlumberger
• Seagate
• Shell
• Siemens
• Tessella

• The Institute of Physics

• Clinical psychologist
• Counselling psychologist
• Educational psychologist
• Forensic psychologist
• Further education teacher
• Health psychologist
• High intensity therapist
• Occupational psychologist
• Primary care graduate mental health worker
• Psychological wellbeing practitioner
• Sport and exercise psychologist

Careers where your degree would be useful

• Actuarial analyst
• Advertising account planner
• Advice worker
• Careers adviser
• Counsellor
• Data analyst
• Forensic accountant
• Human resources officer
• Market researcher
• Physician associate
• Play therapist
• Psychotherapist
• UX analyst

• Find a Masters degree in Psychology across the UK and Europe
• Find a PhD

Further Study at the University of Leicester

• Research Methods in Psychology MRes
• Psychology MSc, by distance learning
• Crime, Justice and Psychology MSc
• Occupational Psychology MSc, by distance learning
• Psychology of Work MSc, PGDip, by distance learning
• Research Methods in Neuroscience MRes

Websites

• BASES: The British Association of Sport and Excercise Sciences.
• Clinpsy, information for those interested in a career in Clinical Psychology
• Generation Medics
• NHS: explore roles
• NHS, training opportunities with a degree
• Prospects, what can I do with a degree in Psychology?
• TargetJobs, what can I do with a Psychology degree?
• The British Psychological Society
• BPS: Different areas of Psychology
• British Psychological Society Careers booklet
• Psychology Student Employability Guide

Prospects Job Profiles

• Sport and exercise psychologist
• Psychological wellbeing practitioner
• UX analyst
• Play therapist

Videos

• icould: Clinical Psychologist
• icould: Consultant Psychotherapist
• icould: Psychotherapist
• Vega: Psychologist

Psychology Specific Websites

• BPS - Jobs in Psychology
• Children and Young People Now jobs
• Jobs and careers in the justice system
• Mental Health Jobs
• National Autistic Society jobs
• NHS jobs
• Recruit3
• Social care jobs

• British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
• British Psychological Society
• The Royal College of Psychiatry
• UK Council for Psychotherapy

• The Medic Portal
• The Medic Portal: Graduate Entry Guide

• Find a PhD.com
• NHS Course Finder tool 
• Prospects:  Search Postgraduate courses and research opportunities

MMI Interview Guidance

• The Medic Portal: Multiple Mini Interview Guide

Graduate Entry Medicine at the University of Leicester

• Graduate entry - Graduates and final year undergraduates of any discipline are welcome to apply if you have achieved (or been predicted) at least a 2:1 Honours Degree. You must also have at least the minimum GCSE requirements above (or equivalent) plus A-level Chemistry or Biology at grade B.

Other UK Medicine Schools offering Graduate Level Entry

• The Medic Portal: Medicine Graduate Entry Guide

HealthCare: Including Physiotherapy, Nursing and Midwifery

• Clinical Academic Careers
• Careers in Health
• 'Find your Health Career' Tool
• UKCAT Official Guide 2018
• NHS Careers website
• NHS course-finder tool 
• NHS bursaries and course funding
• British Occupational Hygiene Society
• Pharmiweb
• Clearing House for Clinical Psychology courses
• Aspiring Clinical Psychologists
• Social and Pastoral care work
• Prospects job profiles
• Midwife
• Midwives Jobs
• Nursing Times
• Pulse
• Nursing Agencies List
• Your Midwife Career
• BMI Healthcare Jobs
• BUPA UK Careers
• Nuffield Health Careers
• Nursing Times Jobs
• RCN Bulletin Jobs
• Nursing roles in the armed forces
• Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC)
• Royal Air Force - Medical Careers
• Royal Navy Careers
• NHS: Careers in Nursing
• Prospects job vacancies - Health Care
• TARGETjobs vacancies - Social care, Nursing, Medicine
• Graduate-jobs.com - Health
• Job Medic - Careers in Healthcare
• NHS Jobs Website
• Zenopa UK
• Graduate Recruitment Bureau
• Prospect Health
• Maxxima
• MCG Healthcare

• Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
• The Royal College of Midwives.
• Search for postgraduate courses in midwifery.
• BMA (British Medical Association)
• Institute of Biomedical Science 
• Physiotherapy 
• Speech Therapy 
• Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine
• British Complementary Medicine Association
• AMRC 
• British Psychological Society - includes 'So You want to be a Psychologist' which you can download
• Association of Educational Psychologists
• Association of Optometrists
• Association of Reflexologists
• Association of Surgeons of Great Britain
• British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
• British Association of Clinical Dental Technology
• British Association of Dermatologists
• British Association of Occupational Therapists
• British Association of Paediatric Surgeons
• British Chiropractic Association
• British Dental Association
• British Institute of Dental and Surgical Technologists
• British Institute of Radiology
• British Psychotherapy Foundation
• Royal College of Anaesthetists
• Royal College of General Practitioners
• Royal College of Nursing
• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
• Royal College of Ophthalmologists
• Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
• Royal College of Physicians 
• Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
• Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC): To practice as a registered Physiotherapist
• Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP)