This document provides information about career options for physics and astronomy graduates. It discusses areas of employment that require a physics or physical science degree, including research careers that typically require postgraduate study in fields like energy, nanotechnology, and medical science. More directly related options mentioned include medical physicist, geophysicist, and teaching. The document also notes that physicists are sought after for their problem solving, analytical, and computational skills and lists options in other fields like meteorology, patent law, civil service, software engineering, and consulting. It provides examples of employers of physicists and resources on the careers website.
19. Employability of Physicists De La Rue Centrica Hyder Consulting Thermo Fisher Scientific SciSys UK Limited SeaChange International Fraser Nash MBDA Oxford Instruments Tracerco Selex Amec Babcock Jordan Valley Semiconductors E.ON Nuclear Medical Centre Dstl TTP Areva Rolls Royce Air Products Ultra Electronics, Xerox Ltd IBM Traffic Directorate BAE Systems Sharp Laboratories of Europe Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST)
20. A bit about the Careers Centre Where we are Advisers Website CC Events Employer events Law Fair 11th October Management and Finance Fair 14th October Science and Technology Fair 21stOctober
21. The most useful urlsfor Physicists http://www.iop.org/careers/index.html http://careers.guardian.co.uk/careers-blog/physics-degree-careers http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/careers/wiki/Physics_and_Astronomy_-_using_your_degree http://www.prospects.ac.uk/options_physics_your_skills.htm
