This website features information on careers in science. It features case studies of scientists, science recruiters and those who have put their scientific skills to work in fields outside science.
It was put together by Australia 's four leading, and largest, science bodies and the NSW Ministry for Science and Medical Research. The science bodies, all Australian Government organisations, are the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), CSIRO and the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO).
Together, the science bodies employ over 7 000 scientists. Universities, Cooperative Research Centres and mining, pharmaceutical and technology companies are other large employers of scientists.
The NSW Ministry for Science and Medical Research combines strategic, regulatory and funding roles – promoting the economic and social benefits of science and medical research.
For an overview of careers in science and how science can broaden your career and lifestyle options, look beyond the horizons you already know.
Learn more about Careers in Science partners or our supporters , ACSSO and ETN Communications.
Science is the best way of understanding and changing the world in which we live. Finding out about things, what they are and how they work, coming up with new ideas as to why this might be or how to change them, then testing those ideas using logical, systematic, unbiased experiments that are able to be repeated by others in exactly the same way, makes science a unique, invaluable discipline.
You can download a careers in science brochure or fact sheet .
