Top jobs with a microbiology degree
When you study microbiology, you see the unseeable: the hidden world of microbes can reveal the answers to some of the biggest challenges we face as a global community. Discover what roles our graduates have gone on to and who they’re working for.
Our Microbiology course will help you prepare for a wide range of careers.
Job roles
From detecting the threat of emerging diseases to researching antibiotic resistance, microbiology plays an important role in the world today. Our research-led Microbiology course will help you prepare for a wide range of careers, including scientific and technical roles in specialised areas, and roles that draw upon the breadth of microbiology, such as teaching and science journalism. In addition to microbiologist, typical roles also include:
- Government and public health scientist
- Research analyst
- Scientific data analysis specialist
- Technician.
With the critical thinking, problem solving, and communication skills learnt throughout the course, several of our graduates have sought careers in business, healthcare, teaching and tourism.
93% of our biosciences graduates are in employment or further study (Graduate Outcomes 2024, HESA).
Employers
You can find our alumni in academic and industrial research laboratories across the world, including:
- Food Standards Agency
- GSK plc
- Leatherhead Food Research
- Procter & Gamble
- Sainsbury's
- Sanofi
- The Pirbright Institute
- Thermo Fisher Scientific.
Supporting your career journey
Our award-winning Careers and Employability team supports students to find the right career after graduating and, over the last decade, our employment figures have been among the best in the UK. We offer careers information, advice and guidance to all students whilst studying with us, which is extended to our alumni for three years after leaving the University.
