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Career opportunities Dental Materials These programmes were established to fill a niche role to prepare students for the dental materials sector. Dental materials form a large and profitable part of the healthcare sector with significant job opportunities, for example in the research, development and design of dental prosthetics and implants. Some of our graduates go on to complete a higher degree with a number studying dentistry at graduate entry level. Medical Materials Many of our medical materials graduates go on to have careers in the healthcare sector where an array of exciting opportunities exists. For example, recent graduates have gone on to work at companies such as Johnson & Johnson in medical device design and GlaxoSmithKline working on drug release. Some of our graduates go on to study medicine.
STUDENT PROFILE Samantha Gabriel Medical Materials “I love my course because it’s very multidisciplinary, with topics in biology, maths, physics and my favourite, physical chemistry. Everything I learn has a practical use in commercial products that people use every day. “The best things about the course so far have been the problem-based learning activities (like creating a bungee rope and testing it using a melon thrown off from a balcony!); the opportunities to use interesting equipment, such as a scanning electron microscope; and the visits to industrial companies, which were a great chance to network and gather ideas about work experience and my future career. “It’s hard to begin to describe what the best points about the College are. Things which spring to mind are: the campus – I love knowing that all my lecture rooms and facilities will only be five minutes walk away; the wealth of IT facilities and books available; and the helpful lecturers and friendly people. I am so happy that I came to Queen Mary – I can’t imagine going anywhere else.
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