Post-Graduation Options
Most biochemistry graduates gain employment in industry or government, or enter medical school or graduate school. Information on investigating these possibilities is provided below.
Job Opportunities
The Career Services Center, maintained by the university and located at 715 S. Wright St., offers a full range of programs, services, resources, and counseling to assist you with career guidance, exploration, job-search strategies, and internships.
The MCB Advising Program provides information about career choices, interviews with industrial representatives, and related services such as assistance with resumes, tips on effective interviewing, and help in locating summer jobs.
Medical School
The Career Services Center's Health Professions area performs such services as: planning academic programs to meet entrance requirements, obtaining letters of evaluation, arranging meetings with representatives of various schools, and so on.
For a list of M.D./Ph.D. programs: U.S. Medical School M.D.-Ph.D. Programs
Graduate School
The Biochemistry Office of Student Affairs maintains a "Graduate Schools" file and poster board in room 420 Roger Adams Lab. It contains materials received from graduate schools in the United States and Canada, along with graduate school guides (e.g., Peterson's Annual Guides to Graduate Study). Another source of information is the Department of Biochemisty faculty. Students interested in applying to a school that was attended by one of the faculty members should make an appointment to discuss that school's program with the faculty member. In addition, all seniors in Biochemistry are invited to a discussion meeting each October with one or two faculty members, to discuss the general topic of graduate school admission.
More graduate program information can be found at each of these sites:
