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Natural Sciences Graduate Outcomes

Graduate Outcomes 2021/22 for full-time UK domiciled first degree Natural Sciences graduates - 15 months after Bath.

Courses included on this page

On this page find Graduate Outcomes Survey data for 2021/22 leavers for the following course(s):

  • Natural Sciences BSc/MSci

Example job titles

  • Associate Medical Writing Scientist
  • Audit Associate
  • Business Transformation Analyst
  • Field Ecologist
  • Group Optimisation Analyst
  • Higher Healthcare Technical Officer
  • Physicist
  • Public Affairs Associate
  • Quality Assurance Officer
  • Research Scientist
  • Site Chemist

Example employers

  • BMW
  • Deloitte
  • Eli Lilly and Company
  • Evotec
  • EY
  • Johnson and Johnson
  • JP Morgan Chase
  • National Energy Foundation
  • NHS Blood and Transplant
  • Randox Laboratories

Response rates to survey

Response rate
Total in 2021/22 cohort 1 60
% response rate 78%

Graduate Outcomes by activity

Activity summary Percentage
Work for an employer 2 67%
Further study, training or research 17%
Self-employed/own business
Other 3 4%
Unemployed 4 11%
Total 5 100%

Occupations, industries and skills

A Natural Sciences degree offers the flexibility to pursue multiple scientific interests simultaneously. Students can design their degree by selecting two main subjects from biology, biochemistry, chemistry, environmental science, pharmacology and physics at Bath, with additional options including mathematics, psychology, management and education. This multidisciplinary approach develops a broad scientific understanding alongside valuable transferable skills.

Industries

Natural Sciences graduates are uniquely positioned to understand complex interconnections between different scientific fields. This comprehensive perspective, combined with technical expertise and interpersonal skills, creates opportunities both in scientific careers and broader business roles.

Occupations

Natural Sciences graduates work across scientific and manufacturing industries, research and development, patent offices, environmental management and business operations. Their versatile skill set also enables successful transitions into consulting, marketing, public relations and finance roles.

Further study

Some Natural Sciences graduates pursue further study to develop an expertise in a specialist field. This can include vocational courses such as a PGCE to train as teachers, graduate entry into medicine or a PhD to research a novel subject area.

Graduate Outcomes explained

The Graduate Outcomes Survey is the UK's largest social survey, capturing the activities and perspectives of graduates 15 months after graduation. The University of Bath has an excellent graduate employment record, featuring in the top ten for graduate prospects in three major national league tables 6. Read more about the survey and overall statistics for Bath's graduates on What do first degree Bath graduates do?

Source: HESA Graduate Outcomes Survey for 2021/22 leavers relating to full-time UK-domiciled first-degree University of Bath graduates, 15 months after leaving university.

Copyright Higher Education Statistics Agency Limited part of Jisc 2024. Jisc cannot accept responsibility for any inferences or conclusions derived by third parties from its data.

  1. Number rounded to the nearest multiple of five. ↩

  2. Includes paid and unpaid work and voluntary work.  ↩

  3. Includes developing a creative, artistic or professional portfolio, taking time out to travel, caring for someone (unpaid), retired, or doing something else.  ↩

  4. Unemployed may include those due to start work or further study.  ↩

  5. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. Activity defined using HESA MIMPACT: identifies what the graduate considered to be their most important activity on census week. ↩

  6. 7th in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025, 6th in the Complete University Guide 2025, and 5th in the Guardian University Guide 2025.  ↩

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