Career Prospects

A graduate degree in pharmaceutical sciences can lead to a wide range of roles across pharmaceutical and biotech industries, healthcare, clinical research and beyond, including but not limited to:

biomedical researcher
clinical research scientist
computer modeling/simulation scientist
consultant
data analyst
drug delivery/formulation scientist
drug manufacturing and analysis
drug metabolism scientist
health economist
market access specialist
medical science liaison

pharmaceutical chemist
pharmaceutical marketing and sales
pharmacokineticist
pharmacologist
policy analyst
product development scientist
quality assurance specialist
quality control specialist
regulatory affairs specialist
scientist entrepreneur
toxicologist

Below are some examples of companies that have employed our graduates:

AbbVie
Amgen
AstraZeneca
Bayer
Bristol Myers Squibb
Eli Lilly
Genentech

GSK
Incyte
Johnson & Johnson
Merck & Co.
Novo Nordisk
Pfizer

Salary data (pharmaceutical scientists)


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