Chemistry Careers
An ultimate guide for Chemistry Careers!
Interested in taking chemistry as your major? But wondering that what are the possible career opportunities, right? Well then you’re at the right place where you’ll find all the answers about careers in chemistry.
I remember my first day in physical chemistry class, 3rd semester in university, when the first sentence said by our class teacher was “A Miracle Happened And You Opted For Chemistry”. Since that day I feel blessed being a Chemist and take it as the right decision that I chose Chemistry as my Major. My success story as a Chemistry Professional will be another topic. Let’s talk about the opportunities one can have after getting a degree in chemistry.
Chemistry also called the “central science” is a wide subject. It has various sub-fields such as:
Analytical Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry
Physical Chemistry
Industrial Chemistry
Environmental Chemistry
Forensic Chemistry
Biochemistry
Nuclear Chemistry
Nano-Chemistry
Quantum Chemistry
And the list goes on. In the final year of your bachelors/ Masters, you have to opt from one of the above sub-fields as your research area in chemistry. Being a chemist means you’ll have to learn various lab techniques to get hands-on experience for different roles in the job market as a professional chemist. There is a vast range of career opportunities for chemistry professionals, some of them are mentioned below:
1- Chemistry Careers in Industry
a- Types of Industry
- Chemical Manufacturing
- Pharmaceutical
- Petrochemicals
- Polymer Industry
- Textile
- Leather and tanning
- Paints
- Food processing
- Nutraceuticals
- Automotive
- Cosmetics
- Detergents
- Pesticides
- Electroplating
- Oil & Soap Industries
1.1- Role in Industry
a- Research & Development
- Applied Research and Product Development
- Cheminformatics
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemical Technology
- Crystallography
- Dyes, Pigments, and Inks
- Industrial Management
- Laboratory Management
- Project Management
b- Quality Control/Regulatory
- Chemical Health and Safety
- Hazardous Waste Management
- Regulatory Affairs
- Quality Assurance
- Quality Control
- Toxicology
c- Support
- Chemical Information Management Specialist
- Human Resources
- Public Information and Outreach
- Technical Support
- Technical Communication
d- Manufacturing
- Formulation Chemistry
- Process Chemistry
e- Sales/Marketing
- Technical Sales and Marketing
2- Chemistry Careers in Government
a- Environment and Health
- Environmental Protection
- Public Health
- Chemical Health and Safety
- Hazardous Waste Management
- Toxicology
- Water Chemistry
b- Law and Policy
- Chemistry and the Law
- Public Information and Outreach
- Regulatory Affairs
- Science Policy
- Social Impact/Activism
- Technical Communication
c- Military & Law Enforcement
- Military Science & Technology
- Forensic Chemistry
d- Quality
- Quality Assurance
- Quality Control
e- Research & Development
- Applied Research and Product Development
- Basic Research
- Cheminformatics
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemical Technology
- Crystallography
- Industrial Management
- Laboratory Management
- Project Management
f- Other
- Chemistry in the Arts
- Chemical Information Management Specialist
3- Chemistry Careers in Academia
a- Higher Education
- Academic Professional Staff
- Basic Research
- Chem-informatics
- Chemistry Professor
- Chemical Information Management Specialist
b- High School
- High School Chemistry Teacher
4- Chemistry Careers in Non-profit
- Chemistry in the Arts
- Environmental Protection
- Public Health
- Public Information and Outreach
- Regulatory Affairs
- Science Policy
- Social Impact/Activism
- Technical Communication
5- Chemistry Careers as an Entrepreneur
- Consulting
- Chemical Business
Read more about the importance of business in chemicals and how to start a business: Click on the link below.
Link: Chemical Business Ideas
For more details and job descriptions of the roles mentioned above check the following links provided.
1- Chemistry Careers Details by ACS
In the link above all the details of chemistry, jobs are provided thoroughly by the expert’s opinion of the American Chemical Society.
2- Career options for Chemistry Graduates
The above link provides useful information about career options for chemistry graduates by the Royal Society of Chemistry (U.K).
The above link gives thoughtful insight into a range of sectors and opportunities, meaning your future career isn’t restricted to the lab being a chemist.
4- 15 Top Chemistry Degree Jobs
The link above states how a degree in chemistry provides opportunities to a wide variety of careers in many different fields, where you can find positions that suit your particular interests while earning a high salary.
5- Careers With a Degree In Chemistry
The above link tells, there are many jobs chemistry majors are suited to do. Recently the Journal of Higher Education has listed Green Chemistry as one of the Hot Academic Jobs of the Future.
6- The Best Jobs and Career Advice for Chemistry Majors
The above link provides useful information that how acquiring a degree in chemistry opens a multitude of doors for graduates for a variety of educational or professional opportunities.
Please read the Disclaimer.
P.S: If the download link(s) is/are not working, kindly drop a comment below, so we’ll update the download link for you.
Happy reading!
Read More: How to Start a Small Scale Chemical Business
Note: Kindly Like and share our Social Media pages so that a maximum of people interested in Chemistry can find useful data from this web portal.
Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Pinterest
2 Responses
Your home is valueble for me. Thanks!?
You are Welcome.