10 January 2024

Where do PhDs in pharmaceutical sciences go?

The Drug Research Academy has conducted an employment survey on PhDs in pharmaceutical sciences completed 2020-2022 after previous enrolment at Department of Pharmacy and Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology. 74% of the PhD graduates got their first employment within 3 months after the conferment of the PhD degree, 77% have research and development as main function, 56% are employed in pharmaceutical or life science company and 26% at universities. 69% work in Denmark. 86% work in a field related to their PhD project.

The results are compared with similar surveys conducted previously.

See the full employment survey 2020-2022.