Careers in Chemistry

Job titles for chemistry graduates can include:

• Analytical chemist
• Bioanalytical scientist
• Business development manager
• Chemical engineer
• Chemical sales representative
• Defence scientist
• Environmental chemist
• Food technologist
• Geochemist
• Industrial chemist
• Inorganic chemist
• Materials chemist
• Nanotechnologist
• Organic chemist
• Patent attorney
• Pharmaceutical chemist
• Physical chemist
• Policy analyst
• Project or program manager
• Quality assurance officer
• Research assistant
• Science writer or editor
• Teacher
• Toxicologist

^{Sources include: LinkedIn profiles of University of Melbourne graduates.}

Our chemistry graduates are employed at organisations including:

• AECOM
• Alfred Health
• BHP Billiton
• CSIRO
• CSL
• Deloitte
• DET Victoria
• ExxonMobil
• Florey Institute
• GHD
• HPS Engineering
• Mars
• Melbourne Water
• Monash University
• Morgan Advanced Materials
• Murdoch CRI
• NAB
• Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
• Petronas
• Rio Tinto
• RMIT
• Royal Melbourne Hospital
• Springer Nature
• St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne
• Tesla
• ThyssenKrupp
• Toll Group
• Unilever
• University of Melbourne
• Wiley

^{Sources include the LinkedIn profiles of University of Melbourne graduates.}

Chemistry graduates work in fields such as:

Bachelor of Science majors:

• Chemistry
• Chemical Systems

Graduate study options include:

• Master of Science (Chemistry)
• Master of Environmental Science
• Master of Biotechnology
• Master of Biomedical Science
• Master of Industrial Research (Chemistry)
• Doctor of Philosophy (Science)