Careers in Medical Science
Careers in Medical Science
Where can I work?
Graduates with a Bachelor of Medical Science have a diverse variety of career prospects in science-related fields.
This degree prepares you for exciting, dynamic and challenging career opportunities in an ever-expanding field of knowledge.
If you choose to enter the workforce rather than proceed to graduate studies you may obtain employment in the following fields or positions:
- biochemist
- bioethics and law
- biological scientist
- biologist
- biomedical technician
- biosecurity expert (technical or administrative)
- biotechnologist
- blood transfusion scientist
- clinical biochemist
- clinical chemist
- clinical microbiologist
- communicable disease control expert
- diagnostic pathologist (in medical and pathology laboratories)
- disease monitor technician
- drug registrant
- endocrinologist
- epidemiologist
- food safety and inspector
- forensic technician
- geneticist (genetic counselling, DNA, genetic engineering)
- government regulatory industries
- haematologist
- health administrator
- histopathologist
- hospital and healthcare industry
- human molecular biologist
- immunologist
- international health administrator
- laboratory technician
- medical microbiologist
- medical sales and marketing
- medical technician
- microbiologist
- molecular biologist
- occupational health & safety expert
- pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies (developing diagnostics for disease and new drugs for treatments)
- pharmaceutical industry
- public health (water, preventative health, etc)
- research assistant (universities and hospitals)
- research and development (universities; research institutes and hospitals)
- scientific publications officer
- sports science technician
- Standards, regulation and compliance officer (administration)
- statistician for health and behavioural sciences (administration)
- technical and scientific positions on research projects funded by governmental and private agencies
- therapeutic goods and medical devices industries
- toxicologist
- veterinary technician