Graduates of the School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences have excellent career prospects, with 100% in employment or further study within six months of graduating, 87% of those in employment are in highly skilled jobs and 62% are earning over the median salary. The average UK salary for our postgraduate students 15 months after graduating is £27,395 (HESA GOS, 2020/21.)
During your studies you'll have access to support at every stage in your degree, including one-to-one academic guidance, tailored workshops and external guest speakers. The school also has a dedicated Careers and Enterprise Team, who can offer specialist advice and organise subject-specific events.
From your very first day till up to two years after you graduate you will have access to the team. They’ll work with you to:
Graduates of this program will have a distinct competitive advantage in seeking employment. Not only do they demonstrate that they can cross traditionally distant disciplines but they also will show that they understand the applications of AI to biology and biomedicine. The data analysis and coding skills that we teach are highly sought after not only by employers in the areas of biology and biomedicine, but across a wide range of sectors.
Graduates will find employment opportunities throughout the agro- and biotechnology industry, pharmaceutical companies, universities, medical research institutes, in governmental agencies, in non-profit organisations, and as data scientists, software engineers or consultants in a wide range of sectors.