After completing the Pharmacology major, you’ll be well placed to move into the workforce, further study, or graduate research.

Career outcomes

After completing this major you could pursue careers in various roles in the pharmaceutical industry, universities, research institutes and government departments.

Outside of the lab, you could look at jobs in marketing, sales, teaching, patent law, communications, or consulting within government or private enterprise.

Employers include the Florey Institute, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, and Royal Melbourne Hospital.

Further study

You can complete an honours year in Pharmacology as part of your bachelors degree, or you can immediately move into graduate studies.

GRADUATE DEGREES

If you wish to continue your studies at graduate level, this major is a great lead-in to many specialist science and health degrees. Graduate degrees you could consider include:

• Doctor of Dental Surgery
• Doctor of Medicine
• Doctor of Optometry
• Doctor of Physiotherapy
• Master of Biomedical Science
• Master of Biotechnology
• Master of Science (BioSciences)
• Master of Science (Chemistry).

Depending on the subjects you take in your undergraduate degree, a range of other graduate degrees may be possible – in fields as diverse as science and technology, health sciences, teaching, law, business, humanities and more.

GRADUATE RESEARCH

If you complete an honours year or a masters course with a significant research component, you can go on to study a PhD (Doctor of Philosophy), or another graduate research program.

• Doctor of Philosophy – Science
• Doctor of Philosophy – Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences.

This will set you up for a rewarding career in research with a university, research institute, hospital or biotechnology company.