Career options
Career Options
During your studies you will acquire a broad qualification profile, especially in areas that require analytical, systematic and synthetic skills. This will give you a professional perspective in a whole range of professions and sectors and - especially after completing your doctorate - very good opportunities on the job market.
Important fields of activity for physicists can be found in the following industries (cf. Koppel 2016:27):
- Education and teaching,
- Technical services,
- Metal and electrical industry as well as
- Information and communication services.
Job profiles in which physicists are employed are in particular (ibid.: 21):
- Teaching and research occupations,
- Working occupation "Physicist" (about 1/5 of physicists),
- Engineering professions,
- MINT expert occupations (MINT=mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and technology) and
- Expert professions in economics, e.g. in management consulting and communication
but also a variety of other possible fields of activity in which the above-mentioned competences are important.
Source and supplementary information:
DPG - Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, 2008, Physik konkret, Juni 2016: Arbeitsmarkt für
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