Careers and Employability

Our MSc programmes open up a wide range of career opportunities.

They provide you with:

specialist in–depth knowledge in areas of current relevance
interdisciplinary knowledge, so broadening career choices and options
vital transferable skills including team working, communicating with peers and sector specialists, logical reasoning, innovation, organisation and planning, and report writing and oral presentation
a foundation for a specific career, career change or a boost to your current career
skills to prepare you for a PhD

Isaura Garcia Manoso

Product developer in Tozer seeds

MSc Sustainable Crop Development graduate (2024)

"I gained valuable insight into potential career paths, how to apply for them effectively through meeting past students and gaining knowledge into key companies to apply for"

Read our student profiles

Our employability rankings

6th most targeted University by UK's top graduate employers

(The Graduate Market in 2024, High Fliers Research Ltd)

32nd in the world for Employer Reputation

(QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022)

Careers support

Our Student Opportunity: Careers team is here to offer tailored support as you develop your skills, explore career options, and gain valuable experience.

Whether you're currently at Warwick or have already graduated, you can access a variety of support services throughout your time here and beyond.

How we support you

Real-time and recorded webinars and virtual workshops, including contributions from graduate recruiters
Help with job applications and information on topics including CVs and Applications, Interviews, LinkedIn Profiles and Assessment Centres
Face-to-face and online courses to help develop your skills, including leadership, enterprise and communication
Access to 1,000s of employer vacancies targeted at Warwick students and graduates
Careers Fairs, both in-person and virtual, ranging from our sector-specific Life Sciences Careers Showcases and STEM Fair to multi-industry university-wide events
Bespoke support from the Senior Careers Consultant linked to the School of Life Sciences
1:1 Careers Guidance appointments available in-person and online

Career destinations of our graduates

MSc Biotechnology, Bioprocessing and Business Management

This MSc is suitable for those looking for a career in biotechnology and related industrial sectors where employees need multidisciplinary knowledge. Graduates work in a wide range of jobs including project management, business development and general managerial positions.

Career destinations of our alumni include:

The Binding Site Group Ltd, Tata Technologies, AkzoNobel, Frost & Sullivan, Pfizer, Novartis, the European Medicines Agency as well as numerous small to medium sized businesses and PhD programmes.

Alumni job titles include:

Business Analyst; Project Manager; Product Specialist; Regulatory Affairs; Medical Writer; Business Development Manager; Research Associate; Clinical Project Manager.

MSc Environmental Bioscience in a Changing Climate

This MSc is for those looking for a research career in environmental bioscience or to improve their employment prospects in governmental or non-governmental organisations concerned with environmental policy development.

Graduates could expect to work in areas related to sustainability in farming systems, rural development, environmental management, science communication, policy and consultancy.

Career destinations of our alumni include:

Policy Outreach Officer at Climate Change Consortium of Wales; Science Editor and Marketing Manager; Environmental Marketing Officer; Global Sustainability Manager at Molson Coors Brewing; Integrated Farm Management promotion for LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming)

MSc Food Security

Demand for well qualified people to contribute to food production and the supply chain will increase. Governments require experts who are able to contribute to policy creation and legislation and non-governmental organisations need people who work at the interface of natural and social science.

This MSc prepares you for career paths in academic research and a wide range of public and commercial enterprises, government agencies, policy development and consultancy.

Career destinations of our alumni include:

Analyst Consultant for Air Quality at Ricardo-AEA; Assistant Manager at Gouria Agricultural Ventures Ltd; Abu Dhabi Farmers Service Centre; NGO work on sustainable agro-nutrition

MSc Medical Biotechnology and Business Management

This MSc is suitable for those looking for a career in medical biotechnology and related industrial sectors where employees need multidisciplinary knowledge. Graduates are expected to work in a wide range of jobs including project management, business development and general managerial positions.

Career destinations of our alumni include:

Analyst for Datamonitor Healthcare; Regulatory Affairs Consultant at The Binding Site; Clinical Trials Data Clerk for Oxford University Hospital; Associate Data Analyst for Abcam; Technology Graduate Associate at Parexel; MSD Woman's Health Account Executive at Ashfield Healthcare.

MSc Sustainable Crop Production: Agronomy for the 21st Century

MSc Sustainable Crop Production: Agronomy for the 21^st Century

You will acquire the skills necessary for career paths in the agriculture of crops, agronomy, crop trial management, and as policy development officers, technical commodity specialists and professional advisors. You will also be able to join sales teams for fertiliser, agrochemical and other specialist supply companies.

We expect graduates to become the industry’s future managers and leaders. Alumni have gone on to study for a PhD or, for example, into agronomy and agricultural consulting.

Career destinations of our alumni include:

Regional Technical Agronomist at Bayer CropScience; Trainee Agronomist at Valley Produce Ltd; Trainee Product Technologist at Berry World; Trainee Agronomist at Agrovista, Crop Trialist at Eurofins; Agronomist and Agricultural Consultant at Agrinig, Nigeria; Senior Field Technician at University of Warwick.

Returning to study - career enhancement and change

Are you currently in work and thinking about returning to University to boost your career or facilitate a career change? Studying for a Life Sciences Master's degree at Warwick could be for you.

You might find it hard to reach the next level in your chosen career or have a successful career but want to move its direction and focus. In an ever-changing and competitive job market, brushing up on skillsets and gaining new knowledge can give you the edge.

Although many of our Master's students are in their early 20s, we have a significant number of mature learners who successfully use their work-based skills, such as managing workloads, projects, and people, to support their Master's experience and performance.