Best Science Degree

hi. what do you guys think the most useful science degree is in terms of career opportunities? (apart from medicine, dentistry and pharmacy).

Reply 1

Sarah_V

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From what our teachers have said, something like Chemistry or Physics as employers tend to think you're a genius if you've done a degree in either, and apparently physics graduates are the third highest paid people in the country. Whether that's true or not.....?

Reply 2

national

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Chemical Engineering.
It's all Maths and Chemistry, useful applied Science.
Chemical Engineers are the best paid Engineers and can earn stratospheric volumes of money :smile:

Engineering is just the practical and useful application of science, you should consider it :smile:

Natural Sciences

I would probably say chemistry and physics.

Although if you're asking about what subject you should do at uni... do the subject you find most interesting!

Reply 5

SoundDevastation

13

food and plant sciences... developing new strains of crop that produce more yeild in dry/hot/toxic/salty/poor conditions... as the effects of climate change increase we'll need to grow more food in less space. though physicists and engineers are in demand too..

With biology and chemistry you really need to specialise i think, need more expertise.. one thing i decided half way through my bio degree was that ill end up knowing little bits of everything and alot of nothing - couldnt see many career ops there.

Reply 6

andy5788

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They're going to need physicists to rebuild the National Grid soon when the bugger finally gives in and I bet whoever's involved in that will earn a packet...

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nosh24

OP

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thanks you guys. ive heard that chemical engineering and physics are good, but what do you think about biomedical sciences?

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ajking

1

I think the biomedical science is a very good degree to have.Any science degree
is good to have.Its how you use it thats really important. Have a look at this website,its got all different degrees,what you come out with and why you would do it.
http://education.independent.co.uk/higher/az_degrees/

I got it from the zoology thread,which of course is the most amazing thread on this planet :biggrin:

Yep you guessed it,im doing zoology at the end of the year,which is a bioscience by the way.As long as you're doing something you enjoy,something you look forward to doing each day and something that ur gonna want to work hard at thats all that counts :smile:

Good luck anyways :biggrin:

From Andy

Reply 9

mkgm1

Personally I'd say Physics is better than anything else...but I would. :P

Engineering's pretty good - any kind really. I would thoroughly recommend going on a Headstart course. Chemical Engineering might be the most well paid, but from what I learnt about it by going on the Headstart course, and generally talking to my cousin, who's in his final year of a chemical engineering degree, it seems really dull.

Reply 10

ChemistBoy

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For within the sciences themselves it has to be chemistry really from what I've observed, we seem to get everywhere. I've met chemists working in physics (well I am myself actually!), biology, biochemistry, pharmacy, chemical engineering, geology and archeology here at nottingham. Whilst I have met physicists and biologists in some of those areas too (obviously apart from their home discipline) they don't seem to be as broadly spread as chemists, probably because chemistry borders between physics and biology. Of course any science degree is a good degree to have especially the physical sciences.

Reply 11

Jump

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Maths is pretty good for opening doors in non-science related industries afterwards. It really depends on what you wanna do though.

Reply 12

Abra

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Jump

Maths is pretty good for opening doors in non-science related industries afterwards. It really depends on what you wanna do though.

Maths doesn't give you communication skills tho. After 4 years I forgot how to talk.

Reply 13

Lou_

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nosh24

thanks you guys. ive heard that chemical engineering and physics are good, but what do you think about biomedical sciences?

Biomedical science would be a good degree.
If it's what you want to do then do it. You're more likely to do well in something you enjoy.
Don't fret too much about which one is better.
At the end of the day a science degree, any one, is good to have.

Reply 14

Jump

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Abra

Maths doesn't give you communication skills tho. After 4 years I forgot how to talk.

I guess that depends, uni to uni etc. As far as I was aware most science degrees aren't the best for communication skills, but one can more than compensate by doing things outside of their course.

Reply 15

DumberChild

ChemistBoy

For within the sciences themselves it has to be chemistry really from what I've observed, we seem to get everywhere. I've met chemists working in physics (well I am myself actually!), biology, biochemistry, pharmacy, chemical engineering, geology and archeology here at nottingham. Whilst I have met physicists and biologists in some of those areas too (obviously apart from their home discipline) they don't seem to be as broadly spread as chemists, probably because chemistry borders between physics and biology. Of course any science degree is a good degree to have especially the physical sciences.

You stole my thunder lol

Of all the science degrees, Chemistry is easily the most flexible, and when it comes to specialisation you can basically go off in any direction. So if you find out you're not really that good at maths, you can specialise in the more biology-like modules, or if you find you're a profound and abstract thinker, you can take modules in theoretical physics. With a Chemistry degree, the world of science is your oyster, so to speak. :biggrin:

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