Career Destinations

As a Nottingham Chemistry Graduate you will be well prepared for a wide range of prestigious employment and postgraduate study opportunities. Many of our students choose to pursue a research career through postgraduate research that usually leads to the award of a PhD degree from Nottingham or from another university in the UK or overseas. Others take up positions in the chemical industry directly after their undergraduate programme. A degree in Chemistry from Nottingham demonstrates that you can think critically, solve complex problems and work effectively. Consequently, some of our graduates are also recruited into professions outside the chemical industry including those in finance, education, marketing and the media.

School of Chemistry Graduate Destinations by Sector:

 

Postgraduate research 33%

Information technology 5%

Industrual scientists 18%

Management 10%

Finance 13%

Marketing 5%

Teaching 5%

Human resources 5%

Overseas employment 4%

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) also provides lots of information on the various career paths open to chemical scientists.