ASE graduates are well-prepared to fill a wide array of both public and private sector positions, or pursue graduate programmes. They will have job opportunities in Singapore, Southeast Asia, and overseas, and are prepared to tackle the environmental challenges of the 21st Century.

They can expect careers in natural resources exploration, extraction and management; water resource management or hydrogeology; environmental or geotechnical consulting; geological surveying or monitoring; environmental planning, policy and management; environmental media and journalism; conservation in natural habitat; sustainability reporting; teaching or academic research. Graduates also have the opportunity to explore opportunities not commonly associated with earth and environmental sciences, such as energy-related insurance or banking and finance sectors.

Additionally, graduates from our double major programme can consider careers which include government roles, foreign and domestic policy and environmental consulting. 

Mathematics graduates often play a leading role in fields as diverse as finance, IT, biotechnology, and many others. Attesting to the versatilities of mathematical training, it is very common for mathematicians to obtain jobs with titles like “Risk Analyst”, “Actuary”, “Clinical Trials Manager”, “Epidemiologist” and countless others. Mathematics gives you a superb foundation for later specialization, and a set of analytical skills that would be valued by any employer. As the demand for data science and computer science specialists is growing rapidly, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical and Computer Sciences graduates can expect a rewarding career as data science experts across various sectors, ranging from government agencies such as healthcare and transportation authorities, to industry players such as e-commerce, infocomm and financial services sector.

Physics and Applied Physics graduates have a wide range of career choices. Our curriculum emphasises creativity, active collaboration, and effective communication, along with exposure to research and work attachments. Our graduates have gone on to careers with semiconductor companies, optics and scientific equipment manufacturers, telecommunications companies, quantitative finance firms, research and development (R&D) institutes, academia, and education.

With core academic areas such as Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology being in the same school, CCEB provides a strong foundation for a wide variety of intellectual domains that encompass different areas of science, engineering and medicine. These academic areas also support a range of industries whose products and services touch every aspect of modern life, hence ensuring that our graduates are highly employable.

Chemistry graduates find ready employment in a wide range of chemical-related industries in Singapore and overseas. These include the biomedical, pharmaceutical, petrochemical industries, specialty chemical, and food and beverage industries. A*STAR Research Institutes and other public sector agencies such as the Health Sciences Authority and DSO National Laboratories are also eager employers. Many chemistry graduates have chosen a career in education taking up the remarkable role of an educator, shaping the minds of the next generation.

CCEB also offers B.Eng. programmes in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Bioengineering. Find out more about the career prospects of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineers and Bioengineers. 

As a life sciences graduate from SBS, you will have a good variety of career options ahead of you. A career as a medical doctor, veterinarian or research scientist, amongst others, are popular routes taken by our graduates.

Our graduates are well sought after in hospitals, research institutes, government agencies and forensic departments in the public sectors. Commercial sectors have also actively sought out our life sciences graduates, with offers from the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, food, water and agriculture industries for positions such as process engineers, biotechnologists, QA specialists and clinical researchers. There is also a great demand for life sciences graduates to contribute to the public understanding of science as journalists, scientific writers and information/ liaison officers. In financial and legal sectors analysts with life science knowledge are necessary for risk assessments, and filing patents for molecular biology and biotechnology used for drug and medical applications. There is also the option of undertaking a postgraduate qualification with the National Institute of Education (NIE) for entry into the teaching profession.

Graduates with a Double Degree in Biomedical Sciences and Chinese Medicine are well-positioned to consider careers in both life sciences/ biomedical sciences and the Chinese Medicine industry. A large majority of the graduates are employed as Chinese Medicine Physicians (subject to passing the Singapore Chinese Medicine Practitioners’ Board Exam) as well as in management and administration positions in healthcare organizations and clinics. Other graduates have also chosen to pursue further postgraduate qualifications such as a Masters in Chinese Medicine, or as PhD students in research at local universities.