• Question: what degrees did you have to get to become a scientist?

    Asked by anon-250143 on 10 Mar 2020.
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      Nuru Noor answered on 10 Mar 2020:

      So I studied medicine first to become a doctor 👍 Then I became interested in whether I could help treat people better and if there were better treatments available than what we currently have 🙋

      So that’s when I started doing medical research and first did a masters degree alongside working as a doctor, and now I’m back at university doing my PhD (my teachers from high school were right – you literally never do stop learning) 😎

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      Paige Chandler answered on 10 Mar 2020:

      There are many kinds of science degrees! Depending on which branch of science interests you. I did Biochemistry, which is biology and chemistry combined. Now I’m doing a PhD in Genetics. You specialise as you go on, and end up studying different things.

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      Nadine Mirza answered on 11 Mar 2020:

      I did an undergrad degree in Psychology and a Masters of Research in Mental Health. I am currently now doing a PhD in Mental Health with a focus on Dementia Health Services to cement my science status. Hope that answers it!

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      Sarah Carter answered on 11 Mar 2020:

      I have undergraduate degrees in psychology and anthropology, a Master’s degree in forensic anthropology, and a PhD in Social Statistics, which I now use to study health in populations. 🙂

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      Sarah Brown answered on 11 Mar 2020:

      I have a joint honours degree in maths and biology and a masters in mathematical medicine and biology. I am currently finishing my PhD so perhaps after this I am an official scientist – I have felt like one ever since starting my own research however!

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      Beth Bartlett answered on 11 Mar 2020:

      I did an undergraduate degree in Natural Sciences with an integrated masters degree in biochemistry (so I just stayed for an extra year and got a Masters). Now i am in my first year of my PhD in Genetics.

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      Nathan Kindred answered on 11 Mar 2020:

      My degree was biomedical sciences with modules in ageing and neuroscience 🙂

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      Samir Hopestone answered on 11 Mar 2020:

      I did a BSc in Marine Biology with Oceanography. Generally to be considered a “Scientist” you need a PhD in a scientific subject.

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      Katrina Wesencraft answered on 11 Mar 2020:

      I got an undergraduate degree, a BSc (Hons) – people sometimes just call this a “bachelor’s degree” or an “honours degree” – in neuroscience.

      Through UCAS, I applied to do pharmacology (studying the effects of drugs and chemicals on your body) but I switched degree when I went into third year.

      I know that some biology-based science degrees are very flexible, if you’re interested in becoming a scientist but don’t know exactly what you’re interested in, I’d recommend applying to a course like that! I got to study animal biology, human biology, immunology, microbiology and tried lots of things before specialising in my third year. I did my degree in Scotland where it takes 4 years.

      I changed subject a couple of times after that. I did a master’s degree (MSc) in Medical Visualisation and Human Anatomy at Glasgow School of Art (this took 1 year). Now I do a PhD in Optical Medical Imaging and Healthcare Innovation (basically microscopes and business!).

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      Ioana Grigoras answered on 11 Mar 2020:

      I have a medical degree from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest, Romania and a Masters degree in Neuroscience from the University of Oxford. I am now working towards a PhD degree in Clinical Neurosciences.

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      Andrea Kusec answered on 11 Mar 2020:

      I did a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and then a Master’s in Rehabilitation Science. There are many routes to becoming a scientist, and ultimately getting degrees in the field you’re interested in is the best way to do it! 🙂

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      Sarah Clarke answered on 11 Mar 2020:

      So I wanted to do research into the immune system. So I did a degree in Immunology (how the immune system works) and then went to medical school because I wanted to see patients and do science.

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      M S answered on 12 Mar 2020:

      So I have an bachelors in Biomedical Science

      Masters in Clinical Microbiology

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      Kate Mitchell answered on 13 Mar 2020:

      It depends what sort of scientist you are and what field you work in. I did a BSc in microbiology and then an MSc in Epidemiology (which you can’t get a BSc degree in here), and then I did a PhD. But tthat’s not the only route!

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      Sophie Arthur answered on 15 Mar 2020:

      I studied Molecular and Cellular Biology for my undergraduate degree and then studied Stem Cell Biology for my PhD.

      I wanted to do a broader degree at first so I could learn about more different types of biology and then work out which areas I preferred and ones I didn’t enjoy so much. But some people know from the start that they might want to work on the brain then they might want to study neuroscience at university.

      Is there a particular area of science you want to study?

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