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EXTRA OPPORTUNITIES

More and new opportunities to help develop your skills in Chemistry
Undergraduate Chemistry Society

  • Meet other UBC Chemistry students and interact with faculty, through events and programs.

UBC Science Co-op

  • Gain work experience in chemistry between study terms.

UBC Chemistry Research and Rewards

  • Get involved in summer opportunities or take classes that incorporate laboratory experience in chemistry.

Departmental Research Opportunities 

  • Reach out directly to faculty members to ask about potential research positions.

Collaborative Research and Training Program
Mentorship Program for Chemistry Students

  • Receive training in project management and patent development while getting involved in catalysis research.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

There are many job opportunities that require your good academics, exceptional skills, and you experience, with your different interests.

Available Jobs:

  • Brewery Laboratory Analyst

  • Chemical Process Operator

  • Chemical Product Developer

  • Chemical Technologist

  • Chemist

  • Coatings Chemist

  • Clinical Research Associate

  • Consumer Protection Specialist

  • Dangerous Substance Inspector

  • Electrochemist

  • Environmental Chemist

  • Food and Drug Inspector

  • Food Chemist

  • Forensic Laboratory Technician

  • Fuel cell and battery Chemist

  • Geochemist

  • Hazardous Waste Manager

  • Health and Safety Inspector

  • Laboratory Technician

  • Medical Doctor

  • Medical Laboratory Technician

  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopist

  • Oceanographic Chemist

  • Patent Agent

  • Perfumer

  • Pharmacist

  • Pharmacological Chemist

  • Pharmacologist

  • Pollution control technologist

  • Quality control technician

  • Scientific writer

  • Soil chemist

  • Teacher/Professor

  • Technical sales representative

  • Technical writer

  • Toxicologist

  • Wastewater treatment chemist

WHY DOES CHEMISTRY BENEFIT YOUR FUTURE?

How can it benefit your future?

When you’re studying Chemistry, you’re learning how to work with chemical compounds that can be used across industries like energy, water, medicine and materials development. These skills will let you recieve job opportunties

SKILLS YOU OBTAIN AS YOU LEARN CHEMISTRY

The skills you can get from learning Chemistry:

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  • Analytical method development or validation

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  • High detail observer

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  • Laboratory report writing and presentation of data to scientific and non-scientific audiences

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  • Advanced qualitative and quantitative analysis

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  • Application of logical, systematic thought processes to understand cause and effect

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  • Can identify chemical dangers and can understand what to dispose safely

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  • Techniques in isolation, purification, analysis, synthesis, and usage of specialized laboratory instruments

 

There are many job opportunities that require your academics, skills, and experience with your different interests.

AVERAGE SALARIES OF CHEMISTRY RELATED JOBS

Chemistry related jobs have an approximate average salary of $79,010. This average is only the approximate from what is shown below.

  • Chat with an upper-level UBC Chemistry student to learn about helpful resources and opportunities.

Agricultural Scientist

$89,737

Biochemist

$76,113

Forensic Chemist

$71,290

Environmental Scientist

$63,119

Chemical Technician

$49,326

Chemistry Professor

$45,468

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