Biotechnology is not all about white coated doctors hovering around petri-dishes and microscopes, finding out ways to make medicines and drugs better. The field of biotechnology is much more than that and holds immense career growth potential for a student.
The ‘biological revolution’ has led to a diversification in the field of biotechnology, encompassing an extensive choice of careers. Knowledge of biology, chemistry and other life sciences is necessary for a student to venture into this field.
Biotech students can put their knowledge to use in agriculture, biology, medicine, genetics and education, livestock production, environmental protection, veterinary medicine, plant science, forensics, energy production and even in corporate laboratories.
For students interested in biotechnology but without extensive expertise there are regulatory and authorizer positions which they can take up. A student can pursue a job in sales and marketing where intensive knowledge of biological processes and products can add value to the profession.
A job as a patent lawyer can also be very lucrative as a lot of corporations, universities, private research organizations and scientists have need of legal services to protect their discoveries and rights.
The career avenues that can be pursued in biotechnology are many and the National Institute of Science Media can be your guide to realizing where your contribution to the field lies. Joel Ball has published books and career resources pertaining to biotechnology and its study under the NISM name.
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