Graduates follow careers in research and development across bio industries covering medical diagnostics, therapeutics, pharmaceuticals, agribusiness, food
processing and manufacturing, waste management and sustainable development. Opportunities also exist in bio technology policy development, regulation and monitoring, patent protection, public health and research.
The career outlook in the field of biotechnology is very promising. The proliferation of new technologies is expanding employment opportunities in research, production, development and manufacturing.
- Clinical Human Genetics (molecular & cancer genetics and gene therapy)
- Genetic counseling
- Clinical molecular diagnostic laboratories (public and private)
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Biotech industry
- Plant genetics and tissue culture
- Food industry
- Forensic sciences
- Bioinformatics and bio statistics companies
- Environmental biotechnology organizations
Research institutes (Lab Assistant, Research Associate, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Scientist, Associate Scientific Director, Scientific Director, Project Manager and Technical Services Manager)