There are many Career opportunities for students in biotechnology. Acquiring a post-graduate degree in the field of biotechnology may help you to easily fetch a job in biotechnology industries. There is a great demand for biotechnology experts in industries such as:
- Agriculture
- Animal Husbandry
- Bioinformatics
- Bio fertilizers
- Bio-resource Development
- Marine Biotechnology
- Genetic research
- Dairy development
- Environment Conservation
- Genetic Engineering
- Health Care
- Medicine
- Industrial Research and Development and many other.
Students with a Masters degree in Biotechnology usually gets a much better starting salary as compared with students who just have a graduate degree in this field. As the amount of experience increases, there is large scope for getting heavy salary in this exciting and inspiring profession.
There is abound scope for graduate and post-graduate students from this field especially in the United States and in European countries. Huge number of post-graduate students and research scholars go out of India to complete their higher studies in the field of Biotechnology. Moreover, these students prefer seeking employment in the country where they complete their studies or research projects.
Some of the major countries having large number of companies offering jobs in Biotechnology are as follows:
Numbers of Biotech companies in the following countries in the increasing order
Sloval Republic | 15 |
Slovania | 24 |
Etonia | 40 |
India | 45 |
Poland | 74 |
South Africa | 78 |
Sweden | 100 |
Portugal | 105 |
Czech Republic | 110 |
Austria | 113 |
Finland | 141 |
Denmark | 157 |
Ireland | 167 |
Norway | 173 |
New Zealand | 186 |
Belgium | 224 |
Italy | 246 |
Netherlands | 264 |
Switzerland | 288 |
United Kingdom | 496 |
Australia | 527 |
Germany | 663 |
Korea | 836 |
Japan | 925 |
Spain | 1,095 |
France | 1,359 |
United states | 6213 |