What can I do with my chemistry degree?
Knowledge & Skills Developed:
- Adaptability to different work environments
- Attention to detail
- Communication skills (verbal & written)
- Critical & inferential thinking
- Ethical practice
- Experimental design
- Laboratory equipment operation
- Organization, analysis, & interpretation of scientific data
- Performing calculations using complex formulae
- Project management
- Scientific writing
- Theory development
Potential Careers:
- Analytical Chemist
- Biochemist
- Biotechnologist
- Cancer Researcher
- Chemical Warfare Expert
- Cosmetic Chemist
- Environmental Auditor
- Food & Drug Inspector
- Forensic Laboratory Analyst
- Hazardous Waste Management Technologist
- Hydrometric Technologist
- Medical Librarian
- Occupational Health & Safety Officer
- Organic Chemist
- Professor/Teacher
- Quality Control Manager
- Research Scientist in Nanotechnology
- Toxicologist
Note: Additional education or specialized training is required for many occupations.
Explore hundreds of Alberta Occupational Profiles.
Potential Employers:
- 3M Science
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada - Agroforestry Development Centre*
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)*
- Alberta Environment and Parks
- ALS Canada*
- Amgen*
- Apex Engineering*
- BioLargo*
- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories*
- Canadian Space Agency*
- Delta Genomics*
- Defence Research and Development Canada, Suffield Research Centre*Environment Canada*
- Epsilon*
- Gilead Alberta ULC*
- Guardian Chemicals INC.*
- Husky*
- Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada*
- Johnson & Johnson
- Lululemon
- Maple Leaf
- Nova Chemicals*
- Natural Resources Canada - CanmetEnergy*
- Parks Canada Agency*
- Public Health Agency of Canada*
- Syncrude Canada Ltd.*
- The Metabolomics Innovation Centre*
- University of Alberta*
*These companies have partnered with our Science Internship Program to offer you working experience during your undergraduate degree.