Université de Montréal Department of chemistry

Employment prospects

Chemists play a key role in various important areas, such as in:

environmental issues
pharmaceutical chemistry
biotechnology
nanoscience and nanotechnology
materials
computer modeling

Chemists are thus employed in a large number of industries, for example:

environmental
pharmaceutical
plastics and rubber
petrochemical
metallurgical
pulp and paper
food
cosmetic

Note that the Department maintains close links with many pharmaceutical research laboratories in the Montreal area, which is a huge asset in terms of employment for graduates.

Comments and information: chimie@umontreal.ca
Update 2010-12-13

Department of Chemistry - FAS / Université de Montréal