Courses and programmes

Why choose physics?

From cancer treatment to tackling climate change, gaming to robotics and artificial intelligence, physics and physicists are on the front line, helping to shape the future. At a time when jobs are changing, physics offers a vast and expanding range of career paths.

And it’s not only science and technology. What many people don’t realise is how valued and respected physics skills and ways of thinking are in other, often well-paid, industries – like finance and law.

Whether you’re a young person thinking about your future or a parent or carer wanting to understand the careers physics can unlock 

Institute of Physics, 2020

Graduate employers

Careers in Physics

With a Physics degree, you can become a...

• Astronomer
• Community Engagement Manager
• Computational Physicist
• Development Aid Researcher
• Econophysicist
• Failure Analysis Engineer
• Forensic Physicist
• Games Developer
• Geophysicist
• Imaging Processing Researcher
• Laser Physicist
• Low Yield Analyst
• Mathematical Modeller
• Medical Physicist
• Meteorologist
• Nano-tech Researcher
• Onboard Geophysicist
• Particle Physicist
• Physics Lecturer
• Physics Student
• Physics Teacher
• Radiological Protection Officer
• Rocket Scientist
• Solar Physicist
• Solar Thermal Research Physicist
• Strategic Planner
• Video Producer
• Wind Analyst

Taken from Careers in Physics, 28 days, 28 Physicists Institute of Physics (IOP)