Today, I would find my job as a medical sales representative very difficult without the medical knowledge and the many skills I took away with me from a very good degree programme. I accepted a research post at the Royal Free and University College Medical School in London. The area of my research is the neuropharmacology of brainstem areas involved in cardiovascular control. I found that my Biomedical Science degree gave me a broad basis to my science interest and allowed a degree of flexibility in that my final year project selection allowed me to pursue the main area of interest that my degree had provoked. A degree in Biomedical Sciences offers a wide range of flexible career opportunities, and employment rates of these graduates are high.
Some graduates enter employment directly, while others go into further education or training.
Many graduates are employed by major companies in the pharmaceutical, veterinary products or food science field, and jobs vary from research and development to biomedical information officers. Alternatively, you can work as a sales or technical representative for manufacturers of biomedical equipment or drugs. Some graduates join NHS pathology laboratories, private laboratories or Public Health Service laboratories. Others progress to research in universities or research institutes, leading to the award of M.Sc. or PhD. degrees, and opportunities are available in Durham and other universities. Alternatively, many forms of further training are available, including progression to careers in nutrition and dietetics, medicine, dentistry and teaching.