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School of Science

Natural Sciences

Your careers team

Careers Network is here to support you by providing information, advice, guidance, events and opportunities to enable you to secure placements, work experience, self-employment and graduate careers.

Working closely with your academic school, our team of experts ensures that every student has access to careers advice.  As well as large careers fairs, we hold sector-specific events, involving employers and Loughborough alumni, to help you make valuable connections and secure high-quality placements and graduate roles. 

To find out more about what we do and how we can support you, visit Meet the teams. 

Details of the Placements Officers for your school can be found here.

We look forward to supporting you throughout your Loughborough journey.

Key skills developed during your degree

  • Understanding of the scientific concepts required to explain the natural world and the fundamentals of physical, biological and mathematical sciences
  • Specialist technical and laboratory skills, ability to complete practical work
  • Interdisciplinary mindset, big picture thinking
  • Mathematical, data handling and analysis skills
  • IT literacy
  • Communication ideas effectively – verbal and written
  • Project management
  • Interdisciplinary approach to problem-solving
  • Analyse and solve problems and make decisions
  • Multidisciplinary scientific research skills
  • Organisation and time management
  • Work independently and in teams, including multidisciplinary project groups

Career options

Jobs directly related to your degree:

Jobs where your degree would be useful include:

Further study

Further study at Loughborough University:

Many students stay on to complete Master’s and PhDs at Loughborough University, and you can find further information about the courses available here. 

Further study elsewhere:

Where do graduates go?

Employers are increasingly looking for graduates with expertise in multiple science subjects. A degree in Natural Sciences can prepare you well for a variety of different career paths.

As a relatively new course at Loughborough University, detailed destination data is not currently available. However, you can see the destinations of graduates from related programmes under ‘Options with your degree’; choose programmes such as Mathematical Sciences, Physics, Chemistry, Geography, Biological Sciences, Human Biology and Materials Engineering.

Destinations from these similar subject areas include: GlaxoSmithKline; 3M; Fujitsu UK; Lubrizol; Pirelli; Unilever; PricewaterhouseCoopers; Argos; Barrier Energy; BUPA; Key Forensic Services Ltd; Home Office; National Nuclear Laboratory; Nova Nordish; Shell Global Solutions; Lyons Seafoods Ltd and Havas Life Medicom.

Further Information:

For more information on companies graduates work for, industry links and career opportunities, visit the subject area page of the University website.  You can also find out what our students say in our student stories of personal journeys through and beyond Loughborough and track the career journeys and Loughborough experiences of some of our alumni.

Resources to research career areas

Websites:

You can find further links within the other departmental pages:

 

Resources to find work experience, placements and graduate jobs

Students have the option of taking a year-long placement in industry which provides an invaluable opportunity to develop their professional and technical skills further. You will receive talks in your department and one-to-one appointments to help you with the recruitment process for this.

Additionally, we advertise many opportunities for summer internships and encourage students to gain experience valuable in the workplace through extra-curricular activities such as volunteering, committee memberships, work-shadowing and part-time work.

Find a selection of useful job sites below.

Industry specific websites:

There are many specialist recruitment agencies, some of which are listed below:

You can find information on using recruitment agencies on the Prospects website here.

 

Professional bodies, sector and labour market information (LMI)

Professional bodies:

Sector and labour market information:

 

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