Engineering, manufacturing, technology and construction: roles for doctoral graduates

Around 225 doctoral graduates from 2009 are known to have entered the sector following graduation.  Data from ‘What Do Researchers Do?' shows that three and a half years after graduation, around 8.5% of doctoral graduates were known to be working in manufacturing, and that the proportion was up from the 8.1% seen six months after graduation; this is an area that, in the short term, doctoral graduates move into as their careers develop.

Doctoral graduates from recent years are known to have worked in the sector in the following profiled roles:

• Analytical chemists
• Biochemists
• Biologists
• Chemists
• Civil engineers
• Clinical psychologists
• Education psychologists
• Electrical engineers
• Electronic engineers
• Geologists
• Geophysicists
• IT consultants
• IT systems developers
• Management consultants
• Marketing executives
• Mechanical engineers
• Medical scientists
• Metallurgists and material scientists
• Network/systems designers and engineers
• Production and process engineers
• Production, works and maintenance managers
• Social and market researchers
• Software designers, programmers and engineers
• Solicitors
• Statisticians
• Trainers