Career after chemistry degree

I’m in my first year studying chemistry at the university of Warwick and was wondering what the career options are after this and starting salaries? I just started to worry about where this degree is going as I don’t know whether it’s useful for a good job or not.

Reply 1

National Careers Service

Hi there,

Hoping I can offer some helpful information. There are a number of careers that are directly related to a chemistry degree such as:

-Academic researcher
-Analytical chemist
-Biotechnologist
-Chemical engineer

Some careers where a chemistry degree would be useful in would be:

-Civil service fast streamer
-Environmental consultant
-Higher education lecturer
-Management consultant

You can find out salary details and further information about these and other careers on a graduate website called Prospects:

https://www.prospects.ac.uk/careers-advice/what-can-i-do-with-my-degree/chemistry

You can also find out useful information about these and other related careers on our website job profiles:

https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/job-categories/science-and-research

I hope this is helpful and please get in touch if you have any other questions. You can also chat to an adviser on our website here- https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/webchat/chat/

Best of luck- Samrita.