Combining MBA with your degree in industrial microbiology will certainly be an asset as you can then pitch for a managerial-level job in any of the relevant industries.

Or you can try for a good job in the industry. Microbiologist can get jobs in popular industries include biotechnology, pharmaceutical manufacture, food, drinks and brewing and the water industry. Many of our graduates work in medically related posts, medical research establishments, as clinical trials managers or in forensics. Teaching is an increasingly popular career choice. In recent years the have started getting jobs in fields like industrial management, consultancy, sales, banking, law, accountancy, computing, advertising, marketing etc.

So we can see that microbiologists are employed in all sectors of the economy: government, non-profit, and private business.They work in colleges and universities, government research institutions, hospitals, and industrial laboratories in food, dairy, chemical, pharmaceutical, and genetic engineering companies. Medical microbiologists work in:

• Independent or clinical pathology laboratories
• R&D labs
• Pharmaceutical industry
• Dairy industry
• Manufacturers of medical disposable goods, cosmetics and antiseptics

• Industrial microbiologists work in Food technology industry (especially in the processed food sector)
• Beverage industry
• Pharmaceutical industry
• Manufacturers of medical disposable goods,
• cosmetics and antiseptics
• Marine microbiologists work in
• Marine research units
• Marine pollution control bodies

Industrial microbiologists work in

• Agricultural microbiologists
• Agricultural research bodies

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