Graduates of the joint Master’s degree program in Molecular Biology are highly qualified to pursue excellent employment opportunities in Austria or abroad in the field of molecular biology, cell biology, and biotechnology, both in academia or in industry. Graduates possess high-level skills such as:

• Expertise in molecular and cellular interdependency at all levels of biological interaction, primarily in networks on the genetic, protein, organelle, and tissue-forming cell level and within various model systems.
• Expertise in theory and practice of methodological techniques to analyze complex molecular and cellular processes in healthy, genetically, or chemically modified cells, tissues, or organisms.
• Ability to work independently as well as incorporate new experimental designs under supervision.

• Academic careers that include conducting base-knowledge research at international universities, Austrian universities of applied sciences, or private universities, as well as at other public or private research facilities
• Conduct research or pursue a career in the pharmaceutical industry or at clinical or medical facilities
• Product management or marketing of chemical, pharmaceutical, or biotechnological products
• Development, quality control, and production jobs at pharmaceutical and bio-pharmaceutical plants
• Work at molecular biology laboratories, chemical analysis laboratories, clinical laboratories and in the fields of bioanalytics or environmental analytics
• Work in public administration and testing laboratories in the chemical, environmental, and medical sector
• Employment in the field of medical and health care prevention at public and private institutions
• Conduct risk assessment and design risk minimization procedures at public authority offices or at chemical/pharmaceutical/biotechnological companies
• Work in the field of trademark registration and product protection or manage patent affairs at companies or at public institutions

After successful completion of the Master's degree program, you can earn an advanced degree at the JKU:

Doctorate Degree in Natural Sciences