Life Sciences Degrees

Detailed profiles of schools for Life Sciences from the EdRef college search portal.

Life Sciences programs prepare students for careers in a wide variety of areas, such as conservation and environmental agencies, consultancy companies, pharmaceutical industries, and hospital laboratories. Students are prepared to work in jobs where they use their skills of research, production, sales, marketing, monitoring, analysis, and diagnostics. They may also move into the areas of academic research or teaching. Most graduates go on to take science-related jobs or pursue higher academic degrees. The areas of specialization within the life sciences are broad and include biochemistry, biology, botany, cell biology, molecular biology, microbiology, and zoology.

One example of a common specialization within the field of life sciences is biology. Students who study this specialty may find careers that are incredibly exciting. They learn to ask questions, evaluate, observe, and solve problems. They study the interactions among living things. Their work may take them from a laboratory where they are studying organisms under a microscope to a rainforest where they observe the behavior of monkeys. They strive to better understand the natural world that surrounds us and tackle important issues such as environmental degradation.