Careers in physics
Job titles for physics graduates can include:
- Astronomer
- Cyclotron engineer
- Data scientist
- Lecturer
- Materials scientist
- Physicist
- Researcher
- Teacher
- Patent Examiner
Sources include: LinkedIn profiles of University of Melbourne graduates.
Our graduates are employed at organisations including:
- ANZ
- Australian Army
- Defence Science and Tech Group
- Deloitte
- KPMG
- Monash University
- NAB
- PwC
- RMIT
- Royal Melbourne Hospital
- Telstra
- University of Melbourne
Sources include the LinkedIn profiles of University of Melbourne graduates.
Physics graduates work in fields such as:
- Business development
- Community and social services
- Consulting
- Education
- Engineering
- Finance
- IT
- Operations
- Research
Bachelor of Science majors:
Graduate study options include:
Meet our alumni

Geena Glass
Bachelor of Science (Physics)
The rapidly growing field of big data is upending everything from commerce to industry and applied science. One University of Melbourne graduate is right in the thick of it, helping online giant eBay manage its data in Shanghai.

Daniel Flynn
PhD
Daniel received the Dr Alan Kenneth Head Travelling Scholarship that allowed him to visit The Centre for Cold Matter at Imperial College, London.