As a Cardiff Biology graduate, you can expect a wide range of career options. In the past, our graduates have gone into research and development posts with multinational companies (e.g. AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline) or research institutes (e.g. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, MRC Medical Research Institute), teaching, and many non-biological areas such as management, accountancy and banking where employers are looking for well-educated people who can deal with qualitative and quantitative information and think on their feet.
In 2010, 89% of the School’s graduates were in employment or further study within six months of graduation while others were taking time out to travel etc. Employers included: universities and hospitals in the UK and overseas, local government departments, museums and organisations such as the BBC and National Museum of Wales. Career destinations included: assistant ecologist, laboratory researchers, lecturer, scientist and environmental scientist.