After graduation

Microscopists play a pivotal role in measuring and interpreting the structure-property relationships in materials and enjoy excellent employment prospects.

Our students find employment in areas as diverse as:

• forensic laboratories
• anatomy and histology
• pathology
• hospitals
• environmental agencies and monitors
• museums
• manufacturing industries, quality control and product development
• government and university research laboratories

The emerging areas of biotechnology and nanotechnology are now creating an increasing demand for skills and know-how in microscopy.

Graduates of this program also have a great future in PhD research and access to a number of career options in forensic, biomedical, biotechnological, chemical, geological, archaeological, metallurgical, physical, engineering and nanotechnological fields requiring imaging expertise.