Students choose Science because they enjoy it, and because they have a natural curiosity about how the world works. As well as opening up a whole world of new knowledge and experience, graduates and employers both agree that a Science degree provides many skills relevant to the workplace. As the following graduate profiles show, a science degree is a ticket to a diverse range of exciting career options. We welcome you to contact one of our student advisors to find out more about your future in science.

Careers and Employment, UNSW provides information on specific employment outcomes of our graduates. See Graduate Destination Survey.

See also the Career Profiles in the School of Physics and the School of Psychology.

Graduated with a BSc majoring in computing. He spent eight years with Microsoft including Managing Director and Vice President. He has also been Chairman and founder of ecorp while concurrently serving on the board of PBL. He has authored three books and was recently awarded an Order of Australia for services to business and the community.

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Jill Hennessy graduated with a BSc and an MSc in statistics. She now heads up the Policy Division of the NSW Department of Gaming and Racing, and was recently a recipient of Australia Day Honours for her outstanding public service on gambling-related problems.

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Adrian Banner completed an Honours degree majoring in Mathematics. He is now Director of Research at Intech (an equity funds manager that specialises in building stock portfolios using mathematical techniques). He is also a pianist for a fusion folk and jazz band.

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Dato David Koh graduated with a BSc. He returned to Malaysia, first to teach and then to become involved in housing development. His company KLS Housing is a premier developer that contributes housing for low and middle-income families. For David's services to the community, the King of Malaysia conferred upon him the title of 'Dato'.

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Lily Liang graduated with a BSc majoring in mathematics and psychology. She is now Deputy Commissioner for the Queensland Trade and Investment Office, based in Taiwan.

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Saul Griffith graduated with a degree in Materials Science, went onto a PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and founded Low Cost Eyeglasses focused on technologies to lower the costs of prescription eyecare. More recently Saul founded Squid Labs, a company that develops breakthrough technologies to solve tough science and engineering problems.

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James Purtill graduated with Honours in geography. He is now Director-General of the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency.

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Maram Kassis graduated with Honours in Chemistry. She is now a certification specialist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California.

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Toby Iemma graduated with a degree in Aviation Management. He's held a range of jobs within the aviation industry, and is currently with Qantas in revenue management.

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Imma Wormleaton graduated with a combined degree in Science and Arts, including Honours in Physics and Astronomy. She works as a business analyst in a management consulting firm.

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Lerwen Lui completed a PhD in Physics and is the Managing Director of nABACUS Ltd, a Hong Kong based leading nanotechnology investment house and consultancy in the Asia Pacific region.

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Sue Pedri BSc M.App.Psych Sue Pedri graduated with a BSc Psychology and a Masters in Applied and Organisational Psychology. She works at the Commonwealth Bank in Financial Risk Management Division as a Human Resources Manager.

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Elizabeth Kolos completed a PhD in Biomaterials and works at a Biomedical start-up company Avastra as a biomedical engineer.

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Michelle Lin workds at Frost & Sullivan, a growth consulting company. She performs research and analysis in biotechnology in the Australian and Asia Pacific markets.

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Linda Ong works for eG Capital, a life sciences investment bank. She completed an Advanced Science degreee majoring in Chemistry and a Diploma of Innovation Management.

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